EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 543
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 543 -
CONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENT’S CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES OUT OF THE
PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
WHEREAS,
the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies is at present an autonomous
unit of the University of the Philippines System and is engaged in
research and policy studies, in offering degree programs in Asian
Studies, Islamic Studies and Philippine Studies, and in rendering
various community services and publishing scholarly works;
WHEREAS, the academic programs in the Philippine Center for Advanced
Studies and those of other units of the University of the Philippines
are best administered by a single Governing Board;
WHEREAS, the Government and in particular the Office of the President
requires specialized and competent staff in research and policy
studies;
WHEREAS, the President is empowered by P.D. No. 1416 to conduct the
continuing reorganization of Government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby Order:
Section 1. Creation of the President’s Center for
Special Studies. — The President’s Center for Special Studies,
hereinafter referred as to as “Center”, is hereby created out of the
research and policy studies group of the Philippine Center for Advanced
Studies (PCAS).
Sec. 2. Objectives. — the Center shall conduct
policy research and development studies for the Office of the
President. As part of its work, the Center shall perform surveys and
undertake programs of research and investigation on such topics as may
be assigned to it by the President, or on its own initiative.
Sec. 3. Organization. — The Center shall be a part
of the Office of the President and shall be headed by a Special
Assistant for Special Studies, who shall be its Executive Director. Its
staff shall initially consist of the faculty, research and
administrative and other support staff of the PCAS who are appointed to
the Center by the Executive Director. The organization and staffing
pattern of the Center shall be approved in accordance with pertinent
civil service, organization budget and compensation law and
regulations.
Sec. 4. Abolition of the Philippine Center for
Advanced Studies. — The Philippine Center for Advanced Studies is
hereby abolished. Its academic programs are transferred to the
University of the Philippines System, whose Board of Regents may
continue, abolish, modify, or otherwise absorb the existing academic
and other programs of PCAS not transferred to the Center: Provided,
That the Institute of Islamic Studies shall be a separate unit of the
University of the Philippines System: Provided, Further, That the
University of the Philippines shall not be obliged to absorb all the
personnel of PCAS not employed by the Center, in which case the
unabsorbed staff members shall be entitled to all retirement and
termination benefits under existing regulations.
Sec. 5. Transfer of Properties and Obligations. —
All property, including records and equipment, and the obligations of
the PCAS shall be transferred to the Center, except for its holdings of
library and academic material which shall be transferred to the
University of the Philippines for the use of the Institute of Islamic
Studies. The present building of the PCAS in the University of the
Philippines Campus in Quezon City shall be transferred to the
University of the Philippines for the use of the Institute of Islamic
Studies: Provided, That the Center shall continue to occupy such
portions of the building as it may require until such time as it is
able to transfer to permanent quarters.
Sec. 6. Transfer of Appropriations. — The
appropriations of the PCAS for policy studies and research shall be
transferred to the Center. Those in support of academic programs shall
be transferred to the University of the Philippines.
Sec. 7. Part Time Staff . — The Center may conduct
its work directly through full time or part time staff, or on contract
with qualified groups, individuals, or institutions which it may engage
on project or retainer basis, in every case safeguarding the integrity
of data, methodology, recommendations, and analysis. The Center may
likewise obtain the services of personnel of other government agencies,
including Government-owned or controlled corporations and state
universities and colleges, and compensate such Government personnel for
additional work done, in the form of honoraria or other emoluments,
subject to pertinent rules and regulations in such additional
compensation. Government retirees employed by the center shall not be
required to reimburse or refund any gratuity to which they are entitled
be suspended or reduced on account of their employment with the
Center.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-nine.