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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364


 


EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364 - CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SAVINGS
 


WHEREAS, Philippines 2000, the Filipino people’s vision of newly industrialized country’s status by the year 2000, recognizes that economic progress and development can be hastened by increasing capital formation by saving with banks and other financial intermediaries;

WHEREAS, in the drive towards Philippines 2000, all sectors of society should be made aware of the vital role of savings in economic development;

WHEREAS, to generate financial resources, capital formation should be accelerated by encouraging the public to save in banks and other financial intermediaries;

WHEREAS, it is vital to instill in the minds of the public the importance of saving for sustained economic development, and as such, a continuing nationwide information, educational and communication campaign shall be instituted that will involve all sectors of society and all levels of government;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 380, dated 15 May 1994 was issued “Declaring the Period from June 30 to July 6, 1994 and Every Year Thereafter as Savings Consciousness Week.”

NOW, THEREFOR, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a National Commission on Savings which shall take charge of accelerating capital formation through non-inflationary means, particularly through saving in banks and other financial intermediaries.

1.    The Commission shall be composed of the following:

a.    Secretary of Finance or his duly
       authorized representative                 — Chairman

b.    Governor, Bangko Sentral ng
       Pilipinas or his duly authorized
       representative                                    — Co-Chairman

c.    Secretary of Education, Culture
       and Sports or his duly authorized
       representative                                     — Co-Chairman

d.    Secretary of Interior and Local
       Government or his duly authorized
       representative                                      — Member

e.    Director General, National
       Economic and Development
       Authority or his duly authorized
       representative                                      — Member

f.    Press Secretary or his duly
      authorized representative                    — Member

g.    President of the bankers
       Association of the Philippines            — Member

h.    Rural Bankers Association of the
       Philippines                                            — Member

i.    President of the Chamber of Thrift
       Banks                                                      — Member

The Commission shall be assisted by a Working Committee and its Secretariat, as follows:

Chairperson    — Undersecretary, Department of
                             Finance

Co-Chairperson    — Managing Director, Bangko
                                  Sentral ng Pilipinas

Vice-Chairperson    — Assistant Secretary Department
                                    of Education, Culture and Sports

Members        — Director for Branch Operations,
            Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

    Director for Department of
    Economic Research, Bangko
    Sentral ng Pilipinas

    Representative from Department
    of Finance

    Representative from Department
    of Interior and Local Government

    Representative from National
    Economic and Development
    Authority

    Representative from Chamber of
    Thrift Banks

    Representative from Rural
    Bankers of the Philippines

    Representative from Philippine
    Information Agency
    Secretariat

2.    It shall be the primary and direct responsibility of the Commission to prepare and implement such measures and programmes as may be necessary to mobilize savings on a nationwide scale which shall include, but shall not be limited to the launching of a savings consciousness and promotions campaign that will involve all sectors of society; conducting periodic surveys and studies of savings habits and attitudes, marketing campaign, and other similar activities; and the undertaking of studies for the inclusion of thrift and savings consciousness in the curriculum for basic education and literacy programs.

The Commission shall also evolve and recommend policies to the President of the Philippines directed towards providing the incentives which may bring about increased savings in banks and other financial intermediaries.

3.    The Department of Finance, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and National Economic and Development Authority shall share in the initial budgetary requirements, staff and other support and assistance which may be required by the Commission in the performance of its functions. Thereafter, the Commission shall prepare its own annual budget.

4.    The Thrift Incentives for Progress through Industry and Discipline (TIPID) movement which is designed to instill in students the virtue of thrift and importance of saving in banks, shall be continued and carried out on a nationwide scale.

5.    The Commission is authorized to engage the services of a qualified consultant/agency to assist in the preparation of promotion, campaign, the conduct of savings and similar activities for which specific expertise is needed.

6.    The Commission is further authorized to call upon any department, bureau or instrumentality of the Government, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions and responsibilities: Provided, however, that the Commission, whenever it may deem necessary to accomplish its objectives, may delegate any of its authority and responsibility to corporations, associations or individuals.

7.    The members of the Commission and the Working Committee and its Secretariat, in the discharge of their responsibilities, shall receive honoraria or allowances as may be allowed under existing accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

8.    This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

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