BY THE BOARD
ACADEMIC MATTERS
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2. Student Regent Macuha requested the UP Administration to hasten the process regarding the appeal for additional faculty items.
3. Chair Licuanan said that she had a whole session with DBM about the additional faculty items and DBM is still working on it. According to DBM, UP has about 1000 unused plantilla items. What DBM would normally do though is to subtract the existing items from the number being requested.
4. Student Regent Macuha said that the students are concerned about the availability of their subjects because there is a shortage of faculty teaching some courses and the solution is to have additional faculty items.
B. Recommendation of UP Diliman for Dr. CANDIDO CABRIDO, JR. of the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) to cross-rank From Associate Professor 7 To Professor 5 under the BOR policy on Automatic Promotion based on the Guidelines for the Merit Promotion of Faculty Members who are Eligible to Cross- Rank and are due for Compulsory Retirement (1258th BOR meeting 29 July 2010)
Based on the SURP Academic Personnel Committee’s (APC) thorough evaluation of the accomplishments of Dr. Cabrido, he got a total score of 93.75 for his accomplishments that merit a Professor 5 promotion. The SURP APC followed the rating system in the Faculty Guidelines “Shaping our Institutional Future” in rating the accomplishments of Dr. Cabrido.
Dr. Cabrido, who has an extension of service beyond compulsory retirement effective 03 May – 30 June 2015, was included in the SAGAD Award for the 2014 Faculty Merit Promotions since he was unable to meet the publication requirement to cross-rank to the professor level.
However, two articles in the ISI-listed journal Asia Life Sciences Volume 24, No. 24 July-December 2015 were published last 30 March 2015 to comply with the publication requirements; thus UP Diliman’s recommendation to cross-rank.
The President approved the automatic promotion on 30 April 2015, subject to confirmation of the Board.
C. Agreements/Contracts
Note: These agreements have gone through the standard University processes from the Constituent Universities (CU’s) concerned and the University System. In cases where there were irregularities in the processes, the documents were returned for review of or to exact compliance by the concerned.
UNIT TITLE PROJECT / AMOUNT /
DURATION UP
System
1 Contract of Lease between the University of the Philippines and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
Leased Premises: An area not exceeding 1.5 hectares within the Public Affairs Zone, UP Campus
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Lease Period: Twenty-five (25) years, effective from the date of signing of this Lease by the Parties
Rental Amount: Fifty pesos (P50) per square meter per month, payable monthly within the first five (5) days of every month, with escalation rate of 5% per annum, subject to the following special conditions:
a. Construction shall commence at the latest by the Second Quarter of 2016, and the first lease payment shall be due 12 months thereafter.
b. CHR shall pay in advance the lease for the first five-year period without escalation.
c. In case the CHR advances the lease payments for the succeeding five-year period(s), a cumulative 5-year escalation rate of 12.5% shall be applied.
The lease shall be subject to review every two (2) years for the duration of the lease upon mutual written agreement.
UP System
2 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Futbol Pilipinas Azkals Foundation, Inc. (The UP Board of Regents approved the draft Memorandum of Agreement at its 1307th meeting on 29 April 2015 and the MOA was signed on 8 May 2015)
Project: Design and Execution of Civil Works and related site preparation works for the UP Diliman Football Field. Area of project site is 15,238 sqm.
UP System
3 Memorandum of Agreement for the Procurement of I.T. Services for the Design and Development of DTI’s Online Price Monitoring System (Online PMS) Project between the University of the Philippines and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Project: Design and Development of DTI’s Online Price Monitoring System (Online PMS)
Amount: P3,350,000.00 from DTI
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Implementing Unit: UP Information Technology Center (UP ITDC)
Duration: Shall take effect after both parties sign the agreement and shall continue until all deliverables have been accepted, but not later than 31 December 2015
UP System
4 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)
Project: Genomics-Assisted Identification of Molecular Markers for Pest and Disease Resistance, Yield and Aroma in Philippine Specialty Coffee Amount: P12,162,663.00
Implementing Unit: Philippine Genome Center (PGC)
Duration: Shall take effect upon its execution and shall be in full force and effect until completion of the project UP
Diliman
1 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Marine Environment and Resources Foundation, Inc. (MERF)
Project: Research Projects/
Extension Collaboration
Implementing Unit: UP Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) Duration: Five (5) years UP
Diliman
2 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development – Department of Science and Technology (PCAARRD-DOST)
Project: Publication of 1,000 copies of the 6th series of the State of the Coast 2012
Implementing Unit: UP Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) Amount: P380,000.00 from
(PCAARRD-DOST)
Duration: Shall take upon signing of the parties and shall remain in force until completion of the outputs agreed upon
UP Diliman
3 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Council for Agriculture,
Project: Drought and Crop Assessment and Forecasting Implementing Unit: UP Institute
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Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development – Department of Science and Technology (PCAARRD-DOST)
of Environmental Science and Meteorology (UP IESM) Amount: P3,913,495.00 from
(PCAARRD-DOST)
Duration: Shall be completed within the period of two (2) years, with the PCAARRD- DOST grant covering the period 1 January to 15 November 2015.
UP Diliman
4 Project Contract between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Project Office for ASEAN University Network / Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net)
Project: Graduate Study Program for Master’s / Doctoral Degree (AUN/SEED-Net Project No.
UP G1501)
Implementing Unit: College of Engineering
Amount: P3,174,401.00 UP
Diliman
5 Implementing Agreement for the Promotion of Student Exchange between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)
Project: Exchange of Students Duration: Valid for the same period of the Agreement and shall be valid until 28 April 2016 UP
Diliman
6 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD)
Project: Human Hands as Input Device for an Immersive Virtual Reality Experience
Amount: P5,436,641.20
Implementing Unit: College of Engineering
Duration: Shall take effect upon signing of the parties
UP Diliman
7 Contract for Aircraft Lease Services for Airborne LiDAR Data Acquisition For Two Hundred Fifty Five (255) Flying Hours between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Asian Aerospace Corp.
Project: Airborne LiDAR Data Acquisition for Two Hundred Fifty Five (255) Flying Hours for the implementation of the Hazard Mapping of the Philippines for PHIL-LIDAR 1 Program
Amount: P10,000,000.00
Implementing Unit: Training Center for Applied Geodesy
and Photogrammetry
(TCAGP), UP Diliman
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Duration: Shall take effect on the date of receipt by the service provider of the Notice to Proceed
UP Open University
1 Memorandum of Understanding between the University of the Philippines Open University and the Here’s-Hope Ministries, Inc.
(DORCAS House)
Project: Cooperative relationship to promote the following:
1. Provide social work field education placements at DORCAS for post-graduate students from the Social Work program of UPOU;
2. Enhance the social administration, project management, advocacy of children, and case work reporting of DORCAS, whichever is necessary upon agreement of the parties; and 3. Contribute to social
development in the Philippines in general and the development of the social work profession in particular.
The Board NOTED the following:
A. Delegated Authority to the President, subject to INFORMATION of the Board 1. Proposed UP Diliman Academic Calendar for Academic Year 2015-2016
The proposed UP Diliman academic calendar for AY 2015-2016 was approved by the UP Diliman Executive Committee through a referendum at its 22-23 April 2015 meeting. The President approved the academic calendar on 29 April 2015.