EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 635
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 635 - AMENDING
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 134, SERIES OF 1964 AS AMENDED, CREATING THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE COORDINATING AGENCY
WHEREAS, the Philippine government
has encouraged the promotion of volunteer service programs for national
and international development and understanding;
WHEREAS, to maximize the benefits that may be derived from volunteer
service programs, it is necessary to place them under the close
supervision of a single government agency;
WHEREAS, it has been noted that due to lack of coordination, there are
volunteer service organizations from foreign countries whose
performance cannot be gauged properly as to the necessity of their
presence in this country;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to strengthen the Philippine National
Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency so that it can effectively
formulate guidelines, policies, organize and coordinate volunteer
service programs in the country;
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. Title. — The Philippine National Volunteer
Service Coordinating Office (PNVSCO) shall hereinafter be named
Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA).
Sec. 2. The Philippine National Volunteer Service
Coordinating Agency hereinafter referred to as the Agency shall remain
under the Office of the President and shall be under the close
administrative supervision of the Presidential Executive
Assistant.
Sec. 3. Aims and Objectives. — The Agency shall
have the following goals and objectives:
a)
Formulate policies and guidelines concerning volunteer service plans
and programs;
b) Coordinate
programs and activities of domestic and all foreign governmental and
private voluntary organizations in order that their services may be
made to fit into the total national development goals;
c) Act as
clearing house for all matters pertaining to volunteer service;
d) Organize
and implement the national volunteer service program to give the
educated youth and adults a constructive opportunity to use their
talent and skills for national development and in carrying out programs
of international cooperation;
e) Serve as
liaison between domestic and all foreign governmental and private
voluntary organizations, including the United Nations Volunteer Program
under UNDP;
f) Strengthen
and promote volunteer service through conferences, seminars, training
sessions and other related activities;
g) Administer
all funds from all sources, including foreign aid in accordance with
accounting and auditing requirements; receive gifts, donations,
bequests and subventions from public and private entities, associations
and private persons; and
h) Perform
other functions and duties as may be provided by law.
Sec. 4. Organization. — The Agency shall be headed
by a Director and assisted by a professional staff, and employees who
shall be appointed by the Director in accordance with the Civil Service
law and rules.
Sec. 5. Duties and Functions of the Director. —
The Director shall have the following duties and functions:
a)
Implement the plans and programs of the Philippine Volunteer Service
Program;
b) Advise and
assist the Presidential Executive Assistant of the Office of the
President on matters pertaining to Volunteer services;
c) Provide
consultative and advisory services to the various government and
private agencies on matters pertaining to volunteer service;
d) Develop
plans, programs and operating standards and techniques for the
promotion of the objectives and functions of the Agency; and
e) Perform
such other functions as may be assigned to the Director by the
Presidential Executive Assistant relating to volunteer
services.
Sec. 6. Creation of Multi-Sectoral Advisory Body.
— There is hereby created a multi-sectoral advisory body to encourage
the widest participation of both government and non-government
organizations engaged in volunteer service. It shall be composed of
representatives of selected government agencies, the interfaith groups,
private/civic organizations and foreign and international
organizations; to be organized and chaired by the Director of PNVSCA.
Sec. 7. Functions of the Multi-Sectoral Advisory
Body. — The multi-sectoral advisory body shall have the following
functions:
a)
Assist in the formulation of policies, plans and programs pertaining to
volunteer services;
b) Provide
consultative and technical advisory services on volunteer matters;
c) Enhance and
strengthen linkages among and between various volunteer groups and
client communities.
Sec. 8. Definition of Terms. — For the purpose of
this Order:
a)
Volunteer Service Organization — means any domestic or foreign group of
volunteer workers organized and trained to plan and implement local or
domestic volunteer service programs.
b) Volunteer
Service Program — refers to a volunteer service planned for
implementation by a volunteer service organization.
Sec. 9. Admission of Foreign Volunteer Service
Worker. — No foreign volunteer service worker shall be admitted into
the Philippines unless the sending foreign country or foreign private
organization has entered into an agreement for foreign volunteer
service program with the government of the Philippines.
Sec. 10. Registration. — All volunteer service
organizations and workers shall, before performing any volunteer
service in any place in the country, register with PNVSCA. All existing
volunteer service organizations and workers now performing volunteer
service in the country shall likewise register with PNVSCA within
thirty (30) days after the effectivity of this Order.
Sec. 11. Contents of the Registration Form. — The
registration statement shall set forth the following:
a)
The registrant’s full name, age, place of birth, citizenship, civil
status, principal business and residence addresses in the Philippines
or elsewhere, if any. If the registrant is a partnership, association
or corporation, the application shall be accompanied by a certified
copy of its charter, articles of incorporation or associating
constitution and by-laws and any other instrument relating to its
organization, powers and purposes;
b) The name of
the foreign volunteer service worker’s domestic or foreign organization
affiliation; passport and visa number;
c) A copy of
the contracts or employment, or in the absence thereof, a full
statement of the terms and conditions under which such person acts or
agrees to work as a foreign volunteer;
d) A detailed
statement of every activity which the registrant is performing or is
assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform;
e) Such other
statements, information or documents as the Director of the PNVSCA for
the purposes of this may from time to time require.
Sec. 12. Change of Visa Status. — No foreign
visitor entering the Philippines or already in the country, shall apply
for a change of status.
Sec. 13. Prohibited Acts. — A foreign volunteer
service worker shall not perform any of following:
a)
Accept other remunerative employment during his assignment.
b) Make,
directly or indirectly, any contribution of money or other things of
value, or promise expressly or impliedly to make any such contribution,
in connection with any convention, caucus or other process to select
candidates for any political office.
c) Participate
in political activities.
d) Solicit
contributions.
e) Act in
violation of the rules and regulations prescribed by the PNVSCA.
Sec. 14. Penalty for Any Violation. — Any foreign
volunteer service worker who commits any of the above prohibited acts
shall face corresponding cancellation of his visa and confiscation of
his passport while any domestic volunteer service worker committing any
such violation shall face charges before our domestic court.
Sec. 15. Rules and Regulations. — The Director
shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this Order. Such rules and regulations
shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following their publication
in the Official Gazette.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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