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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 283 - AMENDING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 395, DATED JANUARY 24, 1997
WHICH APPROVED AND ADOPTED THE NATIONAL ACTION AGENDA FOR PRODUCTIVITY
AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR PRODUCTIVITY
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 395 dated January 24, 1997 created the Philippine
Council for Productivity (PCP) to oversee the implementation of the
National Action Agenda for Productivity to accelerate the country’s
program for global excellence and international competitiveness;
WHEREAS, the Council is supported by a Joint Secretariat composed of
the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor and
Employment/National Wages and Productivity Commission, and the
Development Academy of the Philippines and headed by the National
Economic Development Authority;
WHEREAS, the Council through its Resolution No. 1 dated 21 March 1997,
created a Technical Committee composed of Undersecretaries or
Second-in-Rank officials whose function among others, is to implement
and/or facilitate the implementation of policy and operational
directives of the PCP;
WHEREAS, the Council undertook the study entitled “Institutional
Structure for Productivity” which recommends that the National Wages
and Productivity Commission and the Development Academy of the
Philippines comprise the full-time secretariat of the Council, and that
an Executive Committee be created to facilitate prompt and more
responsive decision making on PCP and other productivity-related
matters, thus replacing the existing Technical Committee;
WHEREAS, the Council approved the above-mentioned recommendations in
its meeting last 24 February 2000;
WHEREAS, there is a need to amend E.O. 395 to implement the
above-mentioned changes in the PCP structure;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
amend Executive Order No. 395, dated January 24, 1997, and order the
following:
Section 1.
Technical and administrative support to the Council shall be provided
by a full-time permanent Secretariat composed of the National Wages and
Productivity Commission, Department of Labor and Employment (NWPC-DOLE)
and the Productivity & Development Center, Development Academy of
the Philippines (PDC-DAP).
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Sec. 3.
The budget of the PCP Secretariat and the PCP Executive Committee
(PCP-ExCom) for the year 2000 shall be sourced from the remaining PCP
budget for 2000 originally allocated for the activities of the PCP
Joint Secretariat and Technical Committee, respectively, lodged in the
NEDA budget. The NEDA shall release the funds in the form of cash
advances to NWPC which shall in turn submit to NEDA a duly audited COA
report on the utilization of the cash advances.
Henceforth, the budget for the operations of the Council, Executive
Committee and Secretariat shall be incorporated in the budget of the
NWPC-DOLE. However, the budget preparation and utilization of the PCP
funds with respect to the allocation of the Council, the PCP-ExCom and
the PCP Secretariat shall be determined through a mutual agreement by
the PDC-DAP and NWPC-DOLE and recommended jointly through the PCP-ExCom
to the Council Chair for approval.
The government agencies involved in the implementation of the
Medium-Term National Action Agenda for Productivity (MNAAP) 2000-2004
shall continue to include in their respective budgets the necessary
funds required for their productivity programs and
activities.
Sec. 4.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two thousand.
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