(DOST-PCIEERD) The commitment was made during the 11th anniversary of the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development on Tuesday, June 29. In his message, JST Director for International Affairs Osamu Kobayashi said international cooperation must be forged, recognizing that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will not be the last disaster of a global scale. Kobayashi joined other leading researchers, scientists, engineers (RSEs) in sharing their experiences, insights, opportunities, and importance of human resource development to foster science and technology (S &T) innovations towards sustainable recovery during the PCIEERD-initiated webinar with the theme, “From Labs to Lives: Building R & D Capacities and Opportunities for Sustainable Recovery”.