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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 84
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 84 -
CREATING A PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
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 created the Presidential
Task Force on Science and Technology, hereinafter referred to as the
Task Force, to be composed of the following:
Chairman
- Secretary, Department of
Science and Technology
Vice-Chairmen
- (1) Representative of the
Private Sector
(2) Representative of the
Academe
Members
- Secretary, Department of
Agriculture
Secretary, Department of
Trade and Industry
Secretary, Department of
Transportation and Communications
Presidential Adviser on Public
Resources Utilization
Two Representatives of the
Private Sector
Two Representatives of the
Academe
Sec. 2. The Task Force shall assist the Department
of Science and Technology in the fulfillment of the latter's mandate
and in the discharge of the latter's powers and functions.
The Task Force is hereby authorized to call upon any Department,
Bureau, Office, Agency or Instrumentality of the Government, including
Government-owned or controlled corporations, in the discharge of its
functions.
Sec. 3. The Task Force shall ensure that the work
plans and the recommendations that it shall formulate shall promote the
following ends:
1) ready access to S&T development and technical
services and other forms of support with agencies of science;
2) a wide understanding and acceptance of S&T in
contributing to socio-economic gains;
3) development of a more effective mechanism of
transfer of technologies to workers and users.
Sec. 4. The Task Force shall create such number of
technical panels as may be necessary to tackle specific areas of
concern in the development of science and technology. The panels shall
be composed of experts in the field, and include representatives from
the government, the private sector, the academe, and where relevant,
representatives from non-government organizations.
Sec. 5. The Task Force shall establish a
Secretariat composed of personnel to be drawn primarily from the
Department of Science and Technology and to be based thereat. It shall
perform the following functions:
a. Monitor the activities of the technical panels and
coordinate the meetings of the Task Force with the technical
panels;
b. Document the proceedings of the meetings of the
technical panels and the Task Force; and
c. Provide technical assistance and such other
support services as may be required by the Task Force and technical
panels.
Sec. 6. The Department of Budget and Management is
hereby directed to release immediately the amount of FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P500,000.00) for the financial and operational
requirements of the Task Force, chargeable against the funds of the
Office of the President and subject to the usual accounting and
auditing procedures.
Sec. 7. The Task Force shall organize itself
within thirty days and shall submit its recommendations to the
President not later than ninety days thereafter.
Sec. 8. This Administrative Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-eight.
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