Design Center of the Philippines

Bachain 03:16 PM, Nov 14, 2023

November 14, 2023

Dear Allysa Marielle,

Thank you for your request dated Nov 14, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Planning and Design Guidelines for Startup Incubator/Innovation Center/Tech Startup Campus.

We received your request on Nov 14, 2023 and will respond on or before Dec 05, 2023 09:36:43 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster11032017100000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERDUC0yNjU5MjE1MTQ0NzAM, for request with ticket number #DCP-265921514470.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Khate Bachain
FOI Officer

LEONOR 01:12 PM, Nov 23, 2023

November 23, 2023

Dear Allysa Marielle Gutierrez,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 14, 2023 09:36:43 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request
You asked for Planning and Design Guidelines for Startup Incubator/Innovation Center/Tech Startup Campus.

Response to Request
Your FOI request is approved. Kindly see most of the information you requested below:

Depending on the kind of Startup that you are focusing on, there might be multiple government agencies that can possibly assist you in Planning and Designing an Incubator or Innovation Center. If this will be located within an Academic Institution, then it can become a Technology Business Incubator (TBI) which you can learn more about via the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). You may go to their website https://pcieerd.dost.gov.ph/work-with-us/59-technology-business-incubation-program. 

You would also need an understanding of how Startups mature and go from point A to point B, this entails mapping their journey and the Department of Trade and Industry - Competitiveness and Innovation Group (DTI-CIG) might be able to help you. You may review this document found on their website that helps understand, assess and prepare Startups for growth, including the right training and incubation programs: 
https://innovate.dti.gov.ph/programs/startup-development/
https://innovate.dti.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Startups_draft.pdf 

Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to FOI Appeals Authority, Mr. Lucky Lopez, Deputy Executive Director at Design Center via email at lucky.lopez@designcenter.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

CARLA MAE LEONOR
FOI Receiving Officer