The project is designed to identify priority challenges in a specific sector and match these with viable local and international technologies, while engaging public and private sector partners to support their adoption, technology transfer and wider use. Through this approach, the initiative aims to translate innovation into practical, scalable solutions. 

WIPO identified the fisheries sector as the focus of the project, recognizing the country’s archipelagic nature and the sector’s vital role in food security, livelihoods and environmental sustainability. Covering commercial and municipal fisheries as well as aquaculture, the project will explore solutions such as climate-resilient fishing practices, improved by-catch monitoring, early warning systems, sustainable aquaculture technologies and enhanced systems for processing, traceability and certification. 

The initiative will also leverage WIPO GREEN, an online platform that facilitates the exchange of technologies that support global climate action. Through its database, network and acceleration projects, WIPO GREEN serves as a marketplace that brings together technology providers, seekers and key stakeholders to drive innovation and technology diffusion.  

“For the Philippines, this initiative is both timely and vital. As a country highly vulnerable to climate change, we recognize that innovation must be at the heart of our actions if we are to respond to the urgent needs of our people and the planet. And through this project, we aim to strengthen technology transfer, support Filipino innovators, and promote sustainable solutions that will enhance our resilience,” said Acting Director General Nathaniel S. Arevalo in his opening message during the hybrid launch.  

“We call on stakeholders to actively engage with us in sharing technologies, identifying needs in the coastal communities, and forging partnerships that will translate innovation into real-world impact,” he added. 

To achieve its goals, the project, through the Japan Patent Office’s use of the Funds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global, will fund the engagement of a project consultant and facilitator, namely the Eco-Innovation Consultancy, Inc. (EICI).  

A subsidiary of the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc., EICI will work closely with fishing communities to identify needs, document and upload these to the WIPO GREEN database, match them with suitable technologies and connect stakeholders with potential partners to support technology transfer and deployment. 

By the end of 2026, aside from matchmaking outcomes, the project will also have generated insights into the barriers and opportunities for deploying green technologies in the Philippine context and contribute practical examples to broader national climate and development frameworks. 

“IPOPHL, through the Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau (DITTB), will continue to promote the WIPO GREEN database in the country as an effective technology-matching tool for Filipino innovations that will contribute to our sustainable environment and future,” said DITTB Assistant Director Chamlette D. Garcia who graced the event.