BatStateU-TNEU Mabini has an on-going research project entitled “Community-Based Monitoring and Mapping System: Tools for Disaster Management Planning and Data Consolidation” in collaboration with Municipality of Mabini specifically under the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) – Mabini. The general objective of the research project is to develop a Community-Based Monitoring and Mapping System: Tools for Disaster Management Planning and Data Consolidation which specifically aimed to develop a web-based mapping and monitoring system that will provide reports about areas that are affected and show the percentage as to which areas require assistance and relief support in   Mabini, Batangas; develop a decision support system that will monitor the relief distribution and operation for every community affected in the municipality; provide a centralized database for the Municipal DRRMO in Mabini, Batangas; provide analytics for the disasters that may impact each Barangay; and produce an open source API for the disaster data set.

During the last phase of the research project, the BatStateU Research Team conducted training for the administrative and end-users of the system in preparation for the initial deployment. In attendance to the said activity were the MDRRMO officers of Mabini, officials from different the barangays of the municipality and the Honorable Mayor Atty. Nilo M. Villanueva.