Design Center of the Philippines(DCP)

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 [email protected]. 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