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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 123
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 123 -
CONSTITUTING THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COORDINATING COUNCIL
WHEREAS, a coordinating council composed of
members from among the various departments, the academe and the private
sector concerned with the development of science and technology will
ensure the effective implementation of the report submitted by the
Presidential Task Force on Science and Technology;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. There is hereby constituted the Science
and Technology Coordinating Council, hereinafter referred to as the
Council, composed of the following:
Chairman
— Secretary of Science and Technology
Vice-Chairmen
— one representative of the private sector
one
representative of the academe
Members
— Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of
Environment and Natural
Resources
Secretary of
Trade and Industry
Secretary of
Education, Culture and
Sports
Secretary of
Transportation and
Communications
two
representatives from the private
sector
Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Science and Technology, the
President shall designate the Vice-Chairmen and the representatives of
the academe and the private sector who shall serve for a period of one
year or until their successors shall have been designated.
The Council shall meet at least every quarter or as often as may be
necessary upon call of the Chairman.
Sec. 2. The Council shall:
a. recommend appropriate systems and procedures for
the effective implementation of the report of the Presidential Task
Force on Science and Technology, hereinafter referred to as the Task
Force;
b. coordinate the science and technology activities
of departments, agencies, private sector organizations and the academe
to accelerate science and technology utilization in accordance with the
report of the Task Force;
c. monitor the implementation of the recommendations
of the Task Force and the results thereof;
d. recommend measures to update, revise and enhance
the Science and Technology Plan based on the report of the Task Force;
e. recommend mechanisms, structures, and measures to
link technology sources, intermediaries and users to hasten transfer of
technology, develop the countryside, attain high productivity and
increase export potential;
f. constitute national, regional, sectoral and other
sub-committees as may be necessary; and,
g. perform such other functions as may be assigned by
the President.
Sec. 3. The Department of Science and Technology
and its councils shall provide staff and technical support secretariat
to the Council.
Sec. 4. The Council may call upon any department,
bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government including
government owned or controlled corporations for assistance, including
the provision on detail of its personnel or employees.
Sec. 5. The Department of Science and Technology
shall set aside from its authorized appropriations such sums as may be
necessary to support the activities of the Council.
Sec. 6. The Council shall submit quarterly reports
to the President and such other reports that may be required from time
to time.
Sec. 7. This Administrative Order shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-nine.
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