PCAARRD is soon to link its socioeconomic knowledge resources with the Socio-Economics Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) through a formal agreement.
The planned collaboration was an offshoot of a recent meeting at the Council’s Headquarters, where the idea of a PCAARRD-PIDS’ SERP-P collaboration was agreed to be formalized for the first time, albeit its having started as early as 2002.
“SERP-P is not just a portal. It is a 'knowledge network',” says Dr. Sheila V. Siar, director of the Research Information Staff of PIDS.
“SERP-P is an online knowledge resource of studies related to economic development and policymaking in the Philippines, the country’s first and only electronic repository of policy research and information that capitalizes on research networking," Siar added.
Meanwhile, SERP-P Overall Coordinator Kristine Carla O. Oteyza briefed the PCAARRD personnel on the portal and its benefits for SERP-P’s member institutions.
Aside from being free, membership in SERP-P provides institutions wider exposure for its studies and researches. With about 5,000 studies from 51 member-institutions, SERP-P also facilitates knowledge resource sharing and provides opportunity to interact and link with other SERP-P network members.