The collaboration between the Asian Development Bank and the Department of Trade and Industry –
Philippines is a powerful case study that illustrates how, through SIRI, multilateral organizations and governments can work together to help the manufacturing community jumpstart their transformation journey.
To scale up awareness and adoption of SIRI within Asia Pacific, ADB intends to build in-market SIRI
assessment capabilities in various DMCs, by supporting governments to send qualified industry
practitioners to be trained as CSAs or establishing training centres in select countries. ADB is currently
in discussions with the DTI to expand the SIRI collaboration and support training of at least 20
in-country CSAs.
In the mid- to long-term, ADB also intends to mine the SIRI data and findings for more insights
into individual DMCs across Asia Pacific. This will help ADB develop evidence-based
recommendations and knowledge products to support governments in formulating and
executing new strategies and policies
Department of Trade and Industry – Phillippines
After the 2021 pilot, the DTI aims to increase the number of OSAs conducted in the Philippines to
over 100 by the end of 2022. The DTI also intends to grow the pool of local CSAs in response to a
greater interest among manufacturers, especially SMEs, in taking the OSA. In the longer term, to ensure that the government’s support for industrial transformation is effective and synergistic, the DTI will use the aggregated SIRI benchmarks to identify the level and pace of transformation across different
industry sectors and identify linkages to other industry development programmes.
To achieve these goals, the DTI will supplement its internal efforts through partnerships and
collaborations with international organizations, technology partners and local leaders. For
example, the DTI on-boarded business unions like the Semiconductors and Electronic Industries
in the Philippines and the Philippine Exporters Confederation to organize SIRI-related outreach and
knowledge-sharing across the country’s 17 regions.
