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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1060
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1060 -
CREATING THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE, AUTHORIZING IT TO ESTABLISH A
CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
Republic Act No. 708, otherwise known as the "Foreign Service Act of
the Philippines," has among its objectives the reorganization and
strengthening of the Foreign Service of the Philippines so as to insure
that the officers and employees of the Foreign Service are broadly
representative of the Filipino people and are aware of and fully
informed of current trends in Philippine life; to provide improvements
in the selection and training of personnel to insure that only
competent persons of good moral character are recruited into the
service; and to provide flexible and comprehensive framework for the
direction of Foreign Service in accordance with modern practice in
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WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Department of Foreign Affairs to be
enabled, in the preparation, initiation and implementation of a career
foreign service development program, as well as in the formulation and
promulgation of rules, standards, and procedures on the selection,
training and development of the officers and personnel of the
Department of Foreign Affairs and the organization and operation of the
institutional framework for such programs and activities, to avail
itself of the assistance and/or services of competent and suitable
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
ARTICLE I
TITLE
Section 1. This Decree shall be known as the "Foreign
Service Institute Decree of the Philippines."
ARTICLE II
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
Section 1. A foreign Service Institute, hereinafter
referred to as the Institute, is hereby created within the Department
of Foreign Affairs.
Section 2. The Institute shall have the following
main objectives and responsibilities:cralaw:red
(a) To program, implement, and manage the Career
Foreign Service Development Program (CFSDP) in all of its main
components for the purpose of upgrading the professional Career Foreign
Service Corps.
(b) To program, implement and manage complementary
organizational development programs for the Department as well as other
training and educational programs for both its career and non-career
personnel and other personnel of other government agencies assigned to
foreign missions.
(c) To program, implement and manage the necessary
supportive plans and operating systems for the Career Foreign Service
Development Program and complementary programs. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) To develop its own policies and rules, program of
activities core staffs and consultants, administrative structure,
operating systems and resources, to enable it to accomplish competently
the above activities.
Section 3. The Institute shall be headed by a
full-time Director to be appointed by the President upon the
recommendation of the Board of the Institute. The Director of the
Institute shall be seconded from the Senior Chiefs of Missions in the
career foreign service of the Department and shall not, by reason of
such appointment lose his seniority or promotional opportunities in the
service.
The Director shall receive such compensation and other emoluments as
may be determined by the Board.
The Director shall serve for a period of four (4) years. He shall be
assisted by an Assistant Director to be chosen from the academic
community and to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation
of the Board. The Assistant Director shall provide the technical
assistance and expertise to the Institute and its programs.
The term of office and compensation of the Assistant Director shall be
fixed by the Board as may be required by the program.
The director of the Institute shall organize the administrative and
technical staffs, and such consultants as may be necessary, subject to
the approval of the Board of the Institute.
Section 4. The institutionalization of the Institute
and the Career Foreign Service Development Program shall be in
accordance with a rational and sufficient plan, the preparation of
which shall be initiated by the Department of Foreign Affairs with the
assistance and/or services, whenever necessary, of other agencies or
offices.
ARTICLE III
CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Section 1. There is hereby established in the
Department of Foreign Affairs a continuing Career Foreign Service
Development Program consisting of training and/or examinations,
performance and evaluation systems. Successful participation in the
appropriate training program(s) shall be a requirement for eligibility
and shall be considered in the advancement of Career Foreign Service
Officers and personnel, subject to pertinent rules and regulations that
the Department may prescribe for this purpose.
Section 2. The design, implementation, and management
of the said Career Foreign Service Development Program may initially be
assigned to a suitable cooperating agency or office, until such time as
the Institute is completely organized and administered by the
Department of Foreign Affairs through its own personnel, provided that
such assignment shall not exceed a transitional period of three years.
This assumption and management of the Career Foreign Service
Development Program by the Department of Foreign Affairs shall be done
on a gradual and systematic manner and on the basis of a prepared and
adequate plan, provided: that the Director of the Institute shall be
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Section 3. As part of the Career Foreign Service
Development Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs, with the
assistance and/or services of other agencies or offices of the
Government, shall also design, undertake and manage other complementary
programs such as organizational development programs, technical skills
training, policy planning exercises, seminars, and such other
educational plans and projects as are supportive of the said goals of
the program which may cover both career and non-career personnel of the
Department of Foreign Affairs as well as those of other agencies
assigned to Philippine foreign missions or services.
ARTICLE IV
BOARD OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
Section 1. The Institute shall be governed and its
activities shall be directed, controlled, and managed by a Board which
shall be composed of the following:cralaw:red
1. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs
2. The Chairman of the Civil Service Commission
3. The President of the University of the Philippines
4. The President of the Development Academy of the
Philippines
5. The Director of the Foreign Service Institute
The Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs shall serve as the
permanent Chairman of the Board.
Section 2. The Board of the Foreign Service Institute
shall serve as the governing body for the said Institute and shall
formulate such rules and regulations, policies, systems, and procedures
for the management and operations of the Institute as well as the
policies and rules governing the qualifications for the participants in
the training programs and the appropriate eligibility of graduates of
said training programs.
ARTICLE V
FUNDS OF THE INSTITUTE
Section 1. The sum of four million, eight hundred
eighty four thousand, two hundred and ninety one pesos (P4,884,291.00)
is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the operations and maintenance of the
Foreign Service Institute and the Career Foreign Service Development
Program for the first year of the program. Thereafter, the necessary
funds for the yearly operations of the Foreign Service Institute shall
be incorporated in the General Appropriation Decree.
ARTICLE VI
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
Section 1. In the event any provision of this Decree
or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is
declared invalid, the remainder of this Decree of the application of
said provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
by such declaration.
ARTICLE VII
EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE
Section 1. This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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