Negosyo Center - FabLab Co-Working Space Ilocos Region

21/06/2021

Catch your consumer's attention at a glance with your food packaging and labeling. Learn to improve your food product's aesthetic look through our 5-step Food Packaging Development pathway starting with Design Thinking for Food Packaging scheduled on June 30, 2021.

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1,200 Php per Pax

Think Train Think PTTC With Application on Digital Fabrication

11/06/2021

20/12/2020

Philippine Science High School-Ilocos Region Campus and Negosyo Center-FAB LAB and Co-Working Space Ilocos Region was part in the conceptualization of the initiative.

The official organization of FAB LABs in the Philippines - FAB LABs Philippines.

Looking forward to the collaborative activities of FAB LABs Philippines next year (2021).

This week, FAB LABs Philippines, USAID STRIDE and American Spaces Philippines conducted our grandest and most significant Makers Without Borders MWOB Launch of FAB LABs and Makerspace Networks attended by the DTI Philippines Secretary Ramon Lopez and the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Charge d'Affaires John Law. Watch the Webinar here https://fb.watch/2uFcUInqTs/ (C) NJuanillo

18/12/2020

USAID Philippines and DTI Philippines, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy’s American Spaces Philippines, launched FAB LABs Philippines, a makerspace network of nineteen FAB LAB institutions. Through FAB LABs, micro, small, and medium enterprises in the Philippines foster innovation and facilitate collaborative learning.

FAB LABs also play a major role in providing technical prototyping for DTI by lending their expertise on startup mentoring and design development.

Read more: https://ph.usembassy.gov/us-embassy-usaid-stride-and-dti-launch-fab-labs-philippines/

18/12/2020

Manila, December 18, 2020 — The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID Philippines), through the Science, Technology, Research, and Innovation for Development (STRIDE) Program, and the DTI Philippines, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ American Spaces Philippines, launched on December 18 FAB LABs Philippines, a makerspace network of nineteen FAB LAB institutions.

https://ph.usembassy.gov/us-embassy-usaid-stride-and-dti-launch-fab-labs-philippines/

13/12/2020

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF FAB LABS PHILIPPINES

For several years now, the Philippine FAB LABs in our respective Institutions have served as essential innovation centers for digital fabrication. In our years of operation, we have managed to engage a community of designers and innovators that used the FAB LAB’s program as a technology access center, training provider, service bureau and collaboration hub on digital fabrication tools and expertise. Apart from our immediate impact in the locality, our facility has also helped our institution to strengthen existing or form new partnerships. Through the visionary leadership and guidance of the FAB LAB’s implementing institutions, as well as the support of government agencies such as DTI and DOST, we’ve turned many of these relationships into productive and regular collaborations for innovation.

However, these successes have also highlighted the areas wherein our FAB LABs have to improve. For every successful technical project implemented, there have been several others that proved to be too complex for our capacity alone. We have also found it challenging to share resources and knowledge across FAB LABs in the country. Even regular dialogue with our external partners with regard to the direction and development of our facility is a comparably difficult task. It is for these reasons that we, the undersigned, intend to establish the FAB LABS Philippines. This formal network that we envision will be a functioning association that will allow us to better discuss FAB LAB-specific concerns, share knowledge and collaborate across FAB LABs while serving as a unifying voice in stakeholder engagements.

The collective group of Philippine FAB LABs intend to realize this by forming a Technical Working Group (TWG) by August 2020. Thereafter, the TWG and the rest of the FAB LABs will work towards defining the functions and services of the network for the FAB LABs and their stakeholders. We intend to capture agreements about these matters through a Program Note by December 2020. By 2021, we hope to start institutionalizing the network.

As we realize that this may be a challenging endeavor, the undersigned have actively sought support from other organizations. To date, we are now working with the USAID STRIDE Program, a USAID-funded project focused on improving innovation capacity in the Philippines, for the development of various activities and outputs that the network will own and manage. The group intends to find many more other similar organizations.

As we embark on this new chapter of our FAB LAB’s developmental journey, we turn again to your leadership for insight, guidance, and support.

10/11/2020

The Session 2 Plan Phase of the FAB LAB Operations Resilience Masterclass will focus on beginning with the end in mind as the FAB LABs will be an innovation center operating in the new and better normal. After customer discovery, FAB LABs will then enter the Plan Phase where they will be guided on monitoring & evaluation (M&E) particularly on how to properly frame their problem, the results chain / theory of change, and the logical framework. This will allow FAB LABs to measure and assess the success and performance of their respective recovery plans.

Ricky Lozari, President of Results-Based Initiatives Consulting (RBI Consulting) and Pilipinas Monitoring and Evaluation Society - PMES will be the Session 2 facilitator for the FORM 2020, a pilot class for the Makerspace Management Academy which aims to equip FAB LABs in developing resilience plans, a very vital component that innovation centers need to be more productive as they navigate the new normal.

05/11/2020

The Session 1 Learn Phase of the FAB LAB Operations Resilience Masterclass will focus on customer discovery tailored for the new normal. Given the fact that most of the Philippine FAB LABs are also heavily affected due to the pandemic, how can they better understand users in this context? How can FAB LABs better understand opportunities and constraints?

Jason dela Rosa, author of The Practical Entrepreneur by Jason dela Rosa and Founder of the Bounce Back Network will be the Session 1 facilitator for the FORM 2020, a pilot class for the Makerspace Management Academy aims to equip FAB LABs in developing resilience plans, a very vital component that innovation centers need to be more productive as they navigate the new normal.

02/11/2020

The FAB LAB Operations Resilience Masterclass (FORM 2020), a pilot class for the Makerspace Management Academy aims to equip FAB LABs in developing resilience plans, a very vital component that innovation centers need to be more productive as they navigate the new normal. To be conducted in an online modality, the following is the session plan for FORM 2020 as a result of the training needs assessment conducted to the participating FAB LABs:

Session 1 Learn
November 06, 2020
01.00 PM to 04.00 PM
Understanding Users and their Context
Understanding Opportunities and Constraints

The Learn phase will focus on customer discovery tailored for the new normal. Given the fact that most, if not all, FAB LABs are closed due to the pandemic, how can they better understand users in this context? How can FAB LABs better understand opportunities and constraints?

Session 2: Plan
November 13, 2020
01.00 PM to 04.00 PM
Framing the Challenge of the New Normal
Theory of Change
Logical Framework and Recovery Applications

After customer discovery, FAB LABs will then enter the Plan phase where they will be guided on monitoring & evaluation (M&E) particularly on how to properly frame their problem, the results chain / theory of change, and the logical framework. This will allow FAB LABs to measure and assess the success and performance of their respective recovery plans.

Session 3: Design
November 20, 2020
01.00 PM to 04.00 PM
Idea Generation & Selection Techniques
Prototyping ideas for Productive FAB LAB Operations
Testing ideas for Efficient FAB LAB Operations

Once plans are in place, FAB LABs will then co-create solutions to build the recovery plan. They will be taught various idea generation and selection techniques, as well as how to prototype and test those ideas (e.g. storyboarding, role playing, etc.).

Session 4: Realize & Sustain
November 27, 2020
01.00 PM to 04.00 PM
Lean Canvas and the New Normal
Project Management and FAB LAB Resilience

The final phase will guide FAB LABs on how to execute and sustain their recovery plan. Topics will include the Lean Canvas and basics of project management.

FORM 2020 is organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for Development (STRIDE) Program in partnership with FAB LABs Philippines.

31/10/2020

This month, we launched the 10th episode of Makers Without Borders with FAB LAB Mindanao and USAID Philippines. We also discussed about the formation of FAB LABs Philippines and how this will cultivate the culture of innovation in the country.

Check out our past episodes at https://americanspacesph.org/makers-without-borders/.