Bicutan, Taguig City - As the Philippines confronts an increasingly volatile and rapidly changing global landscape, the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) through the PAGTANAW 2050 Program, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology - Negros Island Region, will be holding the second out of three regional workshops entitled SANDIWA: Building Regional Capacities in Futures Thinking for Indicators Development on 04-05 February 2026 at Acacia Hotel, Bacolod City.
Implemented by University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance - Governance Reform, Innovation, and Transformation Research (UP NCPAG - GRIT) Laboratories, the workshop aims to strengthen futures thinking and long-term planning in national and regional governance.
Participants from the Provincial Science and Technology Offices (PTSOs) in the Visayas Region will be trained in foresight tools such as sense - making, horizon scanning, futures triangle, scenario building and backcasting, which will support the localization of national indicators down to provincial, municipal, and barangay levels. The workshop will also feature talks from eminent members of NAST; Academicians Azanza, dela Peña, Padolina, and Gregorio on the PAGTANAW 2050 program and its role in shaping a Prosperous, Archipelagic, Maritime Nation.
The workshop aims to make foresight skills widely accessible through a training-of-trainers approach, enabling participants to cascade these competencies within their respective agencies and contribute to a more resilient and a brighter future for every Filipino. — Roberto Katigbak/NAST PHL
PAGTANAW 2050 is the first DOST-funded inter-disciplinal and trans-disciplinal project on Philippine-focused ST&I Foresight and Strategic Plan that would impact the aspirations of the Filipino people on or before 2050: A Prosperous, Archipelagic, and Maritime Nation.
For more information about PAGTANAW 2050, you may visit the NAST PHL website at https://nast.dost.gov.ph/index.php/pagtanaw-2050 and social media accounts through Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn: @pagtanaw2050