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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 82
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 82 -
ESTABLISHING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISM FOR THE SOCIAL PACT FOR
EMPOWERED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (SPEED)
WHEREAS, Sec. 17, Article XIII of the
Constitution provides that 'the right of the people and their
organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels
of social and political, and economic decision-making shall not be
abridged";
WHEREAS, government recognizes the rights of the private sector to be
consulted and to participate in decision-making on matters concerning
and effecting their sectors;
WHEREAS, it was agreed during the Legislative-Executive Economic
Summit, held on 20 August 1993 at the Manila Hotel, and the
Pre-Multisectoral Summit, held on 2 September 1993 in
Malacañang, that consultative mechanisms between government and
the private sector should be institutionalized;
WHEREAS, consultative mechanisms have been established on the
implementation of the Social Pact: Multi-Sectoral Consultative Task
Force, per Administrative Order No. 79, dated 8 September 1993, "to
oversee the conduct of a consultative forum on matters discussed and
agreed upon during the People's Economic Summit"; and agreement by the
Executive and Legislative Branches to have the Joint
Executive-Legislative Preparatory Committee, created Per Administrative
Order No. 70, dated 29 July 1993, to supervise and monitor the
implementation of the Social Pact;
WHEREAS, the Social Pact for Empowered Economic Development approved by
the government and private sector during the Multi-Sectoral People's
Economic Summit held on 8 September 1993 at the Philippine
International Convention Center, provides for the creation of an
Oversight Committee composed of the members of the
Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) and key
private sector representatives;
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish the implementing mechanism for
the Social Pact by defining the roles, responsibilities and
relationships of the Oversight Committee, Preparatory Committee and the
Multi-Sectoral Consultative Task Force.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order and direct:
Section 1. Institutional Mechanisms. — The following
shall constitute the organizational mechanism for the implementation of
the commitments in the Social Pact.
a. Oversight Committee. — The Oversight Committee
provided in the Social Pact shall undertake the overall supervision,
coordination and integration and act as the policy-formulating body for
the Social Pact.
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Functions. — The Committee shall have the following functions, pursuant
to the provisions in the Social Pact:
— Finalize the
commitments in the Social Pact by resolving possible policy
inconsistencies and prioritizing the implementation of the commitments;
— Draw up
supplementary agreements and implementing guidelines for the effective
and efficient implementation of the commitments;
— Monitor the
pace of implementation and compliance to the commitments by the
Executive, Legislative and private sector;
— Undertake
resolution of policy issues relative to the Social Pact;
— Regularly
review the commitments in the Social Pact and accomplishments therein;
— Prepare and
disseminate regular consolidated reports of accomplishments;
— Serve as a
mechanism for regular and sustained consultation and as an advisory
body to the Executive, Legislative and private sector in policy
formulation; and,
— Perform
other functions necessary for the effective and efficient
implementation of the Social Pact.
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Composition. — The Oversight Committee shall be chaired by the
President (as Chairman of LEDAC) and shall have the following
composition, as provided in the Social Pact:
— Twenty (20)
members of the LEDAC
— Eight (8)
key private sector representatives, to be appointed by the President
(one representative each from the following: business, labor,
farmers/fisherfolks, women, elderly/veterans, urban poor, cultural
communities and disabled)
º Staff
Support. — The LEDAC Secretariat shall provide the necessary staff
support to the Committee.
b. Multi-Sectoral Consultative Task Force. — The Task
Force, created per Administrative Order No. 79, dated 8 September 1993,
shall oversee the implementation of the Executive's commitments in the
Social Pact.
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Functions. — The Multi-Sectoral Consultative Task Force shall have the
following functions, pursuant to A.O. No. 79:
— Monitor and
evaluate the implementation of the Executive's commitments;
— Identify and
facilitate the resolution of program/project issues and bottlenecks;
— Act as
coordinator and integrator of Executive actions and serve as the
consultative mechanism between the Executive and the private sector
relative to the Social Pact;
— Ensure
compliance by all departments/agencies with the directives by the
Oversight Committee or the President on the conduct of consultations
with respective constituencies and implementation of programs/projects
relative to the Social Pact;
— Undertake
regular review of the Executive's commitments and submit regular
accomplishment reports to the President and the Oversight Committee;
and,
— Perform
other implementing functions that may be deemed necessary by the
President and the Oversight Committee relative to Executive matters in
the Social Pact.
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Composition. — The Task Force shall consist of the same membership as
provided in A.O. No. 79.
° Staff
Support. — The Presidential Management Staff shall provide the
necessary staff support to the Task Force.
c. Joint Executive-Legislative Preparatory Committee.
— The functions of the Joint Executive-Legislative Preparatory
Committee, created per Administrative Order No. 70, dated 28 July 1993,
is hereby refocussed to oversee the implementation of the Legislative's
commitments in the Social Pact. In this regard, the Preparatory
Committee is hereby renamed as the Joint Congressional-Executive Task
Force on Legislative Matters for the Social Pact.
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Functions. — The Joint Congressional-Executive Task Force on
Legislative Matters shall have the following functions:
— Oversee,
monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Legislative's
commitments;
— Identify and
facilitate the resolution of implementing issues and bottlenecks;
— Act as the
coordinator/integrator and serve as the consultative mechanism for the
Executive, Legislative and private sector on legislative matters in the
Social Pact;
— Undertake
regular review of the implementation of legislative commitments and
submit regular accomplishment reports to the Oversight Committee; and,
— Perform
other implementing functions that may be deemed necessary by the
Oversight Committee and the President relative to legislative matters
in the Social Pact.
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Composition. — The Task Force shall consist of the same membership as
the Joint Executive-Legislative Preparatory Committee, as provided in
A.O. No. 70.
° Staff
Support. — The LEDAC Secretariat shall provide the necessary staff
support to the Task Force, as provided in A.O. No. 70.
d. Implementing Agencies. — The actual implementation
of the commitments of the Executive Branch in the Social Pact shall be
undertaken by the Departments or agencies that have sectoral or
functional responsibility/jurisdiction over the commitments, whether
individually or jointly.
Sec. 2. Meetings. — The Oversight Committee shall
meet at least once every quarter and the Multi-Sectoral Consultative
Task Force and the Joint Congressional-Executive Task Force on
Legislative Matters shall meet at least once a month, or as often as
they may deem necessary.
Sec. 3. Initial Report of the Oversight Committee.
— The first review of the commitments in the Social Pact and
accomplishments therein shall be prepared and reported by the Oversight
Committee by January 1994, as provided in the Social Pact.
Sec. 4. Funding. — Expenditures arising out of the
meetings and activities of the Oversight Committee, Multi-Sectoral
Consultative Task Force and the Joint Congressional-Executive Task
Force on Legislative Matters shall be sourced from the interest
earnings of the President's Social Fund for 1993 and, thereafter,
included in the General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 5. Repealing Clause. — All orders, issuances,
rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Order are
hereby repealed and modified accordingly.
Sec. 6. Effectivity. — This Administrative Order
shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this
14th of September in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety
Three.
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