Science and Technology Advisory Council-Silicon Valley partners with US State Department
PALO ALTO, California – The Science and Technology Advisory Council, Silicon Valley (“STAC” or “STAC-SV”) announced it has joined the US State Department’s Global Entrepreneurship Program (“GEP”) as an official partner. The alliance will both elevate GEP’s efforts to spur entrepreneurship around the world and strengthen STAC’s private sector leadership position in fostering science and technology entrepreneurial growth in the Philippines.
STAC-GEP partnership was forged during President Benigno Aquino III’s recent meeting with President Barrack Obama. Following a lunch meeting hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in connection with Aquino’s visit, STAC’s president Christina Laskowski talked with the State Department’s special representative for commercial and business affairs Lorraine Hariton, who oversees the GEP.
The GEP is a welcome addition to STAC’s existing partner ecosystem which includes leading Filipino technology firms — Novare Technologies, Smart Communications and Kickstart Ventures, Inc. (a subsidiary of Globe Telecom, Inc.) which are major sponsors of its ON3 program; and a healthy roster of community partners that includes Wireless Wings, ideaspace, TechTalks.ph led by tech evangelist Tina Amper, roofcamp founded by entrepreneur Jay Fajardo, web geek, ICCP Ventures, University of the Philippines, MINT College, Brokenshire College, ICT Davao, CebuinIT, NICP as well as Philippine government institutions, such as the departments of trade and industry, of science and technology, and of foreign affairs.
“We are delighted to have STAC as a partner in our efforts to advance entrepreneurship in emerging markets,” Hariton said.
“This new partnership underscores STAC’s commitment to spur entrepreneurship in the Philippines and we are thrilled to participate in this global movement,” said Laskowski.
STAC believes the new alliance not only strengthens the entrepreneurial platform taking form in the Philippines, it promotes a welcome collaboration with Asian neighbors and US partners to promote entrepreneurship and the resulting economic development in the Philippines and globally.
About STAC Silicon Valley
The Science & Technology Advisory Council-Silicon Valley is a non-profit organization focused on entrepreneurship. It also serves as a policy and project implementation advisor to the Philippine government in the areas of science and technology. For more information: https://www.excelr8.org
About the Global Entrepreneurship Program. The Global Entrepreneurship Program is a US State Department-led effort to advance entrepreneurship in emerging markets and developing countries. The program functions as an interagency team, which includes USAID, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the Millennium Challenge Corporation, among others, and is led by the US State Department’s Bureau of Economic Affairs/Office of Commercial and Business Affairs (CBA).
