The Department of Science and Technology will conduct a research to map out, assess, and define the Philippine music industry.To be led by the DOST’s National Research Council of the Philippines , the new policy research is in support of the proposed House Bill No. 8101 or the Philippine Creative Industries Act.
“It also intends to identify prospects and challenges for an effective reference on cultural policy to be utilized in the process of building a more vibrant and dynamic Philippine music industry,” the DOST said in a statement. It seeks to produce a comprehensive mapping, scoping and defining of the music industry in the country to provide an analysis of the its market and current state, particularly providing information and assessment of its socio-cultural and economic data.