EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 784
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 784 -
REORGANIZING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND ITS AGENCIES
INTO A NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY AND FOR RELATED
PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
under the New Republic, national economic development shall be pursued
with renewed dedication and determination;
WHEREAS, the Constitution mandates that the advancement of science and
technology shall have priority in national development;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that scientific and technological efforts are
geared to meet the demands of economic and social development, and that
the results of such research and development are properly applied and
utilized to the processes of production to ultimately benefit the
Filipino people;
WHEREAS, the private and public sectors should effect a partnership to
harness their resources in a directed and common strategy to develop
self-reliance in science and technology;
WHEREAS, the country’s development thrusts require an innovative
comprehensive national planning approach for science and technology
that would effectively integrate the totality of government scientific
and technological efforts and harmonized such efforts with those of the
private sector to achieve greater national progress;
WHEREAS, to realize the above objectives, it is essential to reorganize
the science and technology institutions of government to transform them
into a revitalized science and technology machinery under the general
direction of a National Science and Technology Authority; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, the President
is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements
as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new
developments;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the
authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, do
hereby order and direct:
Section 1. Primary Agency. — The present National
Science Development Board is hereby reorganized into a National Science
and Technology Authority, hereinafter referred to as the Authority,
which shall provide central direction, leadership and coordination of
scientific and technological research and development. The Authority
shall, jointly with other government agencies and instrumentalities
concerned, ensure the application and utilization of the results of
such research and development to achieve developmental goals.
Sec. 2. General Responsibility. — The Authority
shall formulate and implement policies, plans and programs for the
development of science and technology capabilities and for the
promotion of scientific and technological activities. It shall ensure
that the results of scientific and technological activities are
properly applied and utilized to accelerate economic and social
development. It shall continually review the state and needs of science
and technology in the light of the country’s development goals.
Sec. 3. Comprehensive National Plan for Science
and Technology. — A Comprehensive National Plan for Science and
Technology shall be formulated by the Authority, and upon approval by
the President of the Philippines shall be implemented by all government
agencies and instrumentalities. Such plan shall be relevant to and
consistent with the national economic development plan, and shall
mobilize and harness all the government resources to ensure the
effective and efficient implementation of an accelerated scientific and
technological research and development program and the utilization of
the results of such programs and projects and rationalize the funding
and budgetary requirements of the national government on research and
development activities in order to attain optimum allocation of
resources. In addition, it shall provide guidelines for the
participation of the private sector in the research and development
program of the government.
Sec. 4. Functions. — The Authority shall:
(a)
Promote, assist, and where appropriate undertake scientific and
technological research and development in all fields, and towards this
end, provide direction and promote cooperation in the scientific and
technological activities of the public and private sectors;
(b) Promote
the development of indigenous technology and the adaptation of foreign
technology for domestic use;
(c) Formulate
and submit to the President for his approval a Comprehensive National
Plan for Science and Technology including specific goals, policies,
plans, programs and projects;
(d) Prepare
and submit to the Office of Budget and Management its annual national
budgetary requirements and coordinate the funding and implementation of
the Comprehensive National Plan for Science and Technology;
(e) Develop
and implement a national delivery system for the effective and
efficient utilization of the results of scientific and technological
research and development;
(f) Encourage
and facilitate the active participation of the private sector in
scientific and technological activities;
(g) Develop
and implement, together with other entities concerned, a national
program for strengthening scientific and technological capabilities
through accelerated training and deployment of manpower and building up
of appropriate infrastructure and institutions;
(h) Develop
and maintain a national information bank on science and technology for
use by both the public and private sectors; and
(i) Promote
public consciousness in science and technology.
Sec. 5. Organization. — The exercise of the powers
and the discharge of the functions of the Authority shall be vested in
the Director General of the National Science and Technology Authority,
hereinafter referred to as the Director General, who shall be appointed
by the President. The Director General shall be an ex-officio member of
the National Economic and Development Authority.
The Director General shall be assisted by such Deputy Directors General
as may be necessary, who shall be appointed by the President. The
Director General is hereby authorized to determine and assign the
respective functional areas of responsibility of the Deputy Directors
General, should there be more than one; Provided, That such delineation
of responsibility shall cover the substantive functions and operations
of the Authority and Provided, further, that no Deputy Director General
shall be assigned primarily administrative matters.
The Authority shall consist of:
(a)
The Authority proper;
(b) The
agencies under the supervision and control of the Authority;
(c) The
agencies and entities under the administrative supervision of the
Authority; and
(d) The
corporate entities attached to the Authority for purposes of policy and
program coordination.
Sec. 6. The Authority proper. — The Authority
proper shall be composed of the Office of the Director General, a
Planning Service, a Financial and Management Service, an Administrative
Service, and a Special Projects Service.
The Special Projects Service shall be responsible for identifying and
facilitating the development of special programs and projects on
research results which have economic and social value and shall utilize
the corporate facilities of the Technology Resource Center of the
Ministry of Human Settlements for this purpose. It shall promote
cooperation with foreign institutions and international bodies and
generate funds in pursuance of the objectives of the Authority.
Sec. 7. The Line Agencies. — The Authority shall
exercise supervision and control over the following agencies:
(a)
The National Institute of Science and Technology;
(b) The Food
and Nutrition Research Institute;
(c) The
Philippine Institute of Volcanology;
(d) The Forest
Products Research and Development Institute;
(e) The
Philippine Invention Development Institute;
(f) The
Science Foundation of the Philippines, which is hereby renamed the
Science Promotion Institute, and which is hereby converted into a
regular government agency from its original corporate status; and
(g) The
Materials Science Research Institute, which is hereby created and which
shall assume the research functions of the Metals Industry Research and
Development Center and absorb the ceramics research unit of the
National Institute of Science and Technology. In the conduct of its
metals research functions, the Institute shall avail itself of the
facilities of the Metals Industry Research and Development Center under
such arrangements as may be agreed upon between the Materials Science
Research Institute and the Metals Industry Research and Development
Center.
Each of the above-named institutes shall be headed by a Director to be
assisted by a Deputy Director, both to whom shall be appointed by the
President upon recommendation of the Director General.
Sec. 8. Agencies under Administrative Supervision.
— The authority shall exercise administrative supervision over the
following agencies:
(a)
The National Academy of Science and Technology;
(b) The
Philippine Atomic Energy Commission which is transferred from the
Office of the Prime Minister; and
(c) The
Science and Technology Councils provided under Section 10 of this
Executive Order, except the National Research Council of the
Philippines.
Sec. 9. Attached Agencies. — The following
corporate entities shall be attached to the Authority for policy and
program coordination:
(a)
Philippine Science High School; and
(b) National
Research Council for the Philippines.
The Director General of the Authority shall be the ex-officio Chairman
of the governing boards of these entities.
Sec. 10. Science and Technology Council System. —
There are hereby created a Philippine Council for Health Research and
Development, and a Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research
and Development. The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources
Research and Development.
The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, the
Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development,
the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research and
Development and the National Research Council for the Philippines shall
comprise a Science and Technology Center System. Each of the Councils,
except the National Research Council of the Philippines, shall be
serviced by a Secretariat, to be headed by an Executive Director to be
appointed by the President upon recommendation by the Director General.
The Executive Director shall be responsible for implementing the
policies, project and decisions of the Council.
The Director General shall be responsible for coordinating the
activities of the Councils to ensure synchronization of their
respective research and development programs in order to avoid
duplications, as well as rationalization of their total resources
requirements.
The President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Director
General, may create or transfer to the Authority other entities as
additional components of the System.
Sec. 11. General Responsibilities of the Councils.
— Each of the Councils shall be responsible for the formulation of
strategies and programs for science and technology development funds
for research and development in coordination with the Office of Budget
and Management, and for the establishment and maintenance of a system
to generate funds in its specific sector.
Sec. 12. Philippine Council for Health Research
and Development. — The Philippine Council for Health Research and
Development which shall be under the administrative supervision of the
Authority shall consist of nine persons with the Director General as
Chairman, and the following as members: the Deputy Minister of Health,
the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Health Sciences
Center, the Executive Director of the National Nutrition Council, the
Executive Director of the Council Secretariat, and four other
representatives from the private sector in the field of health, to be
appointed by the President in their personal capacity upon
recommendation by the Director General, each for a term of two (2)
years, Provided, however, that the tenure of the members first
appointed by the President shall be as follows: two for one year and
the other two for two years as fixed in their respective appointments.
The members shall serve and continue to hold office until their
successors shall have been appointed and qualified. In case of a
vacancy in the Council, the President shall appoint a successor thereto
who shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term of the position.
Sec. 13. Philippine Council for Industry and
Energy Research and Development. — The Philippine Council for Industry
and Energy Research and Development which shall be under the
administrative supervision of the Authority shall consist of nine
persons with the Director General as Chairman, and the following as
members; the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, the Deputy Minister
of Energy, the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Highways, the Deputy
Minister of Transportation and Communications, the Executive Director
of the Council Secretariat and three representatives of the private
sector in the field of industry and energy, to be appointed by the
President in their personal capacity upon recommendation of the
Director General, each for a term of two (2) years; Provided, however,
that the tenure of the members first appointed by the President shall
be as follows: one for one year and two for two years as fixed in their
respective appointments. The members shall serve and continue to hold
office until their successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
In case of a vacancy in the Council, the President shall appoint a
successor thereto who shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term
of the position.
Sec. 14. Philippine Council for Agriculture and
Resources Research and Development. — The Philippine Council for
Agriculture and Resources Research and Development which shall be under
the administrative supervision of the Authority is hereby reconstituted
to consist of nine persons with the Director General as Chairman, and
the following as members: the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, the
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, the Deputy Administrator of the
National Food Authority; the Chancellor of the University of the
Philippines at Los Baños, the Executive Director of the Council
Secretariat, and three representatives of the private sector in the
field of agriculture and resources, to be appointed by the President in
their personal capacity upon recommendation of the Director General,
each for a term of two (2) years; Provided, however, that the tenure of
the members first appointed by the President shall be as follows: one
for one year and the other two for two years as fixed in their
respective appointments. The members shall serve and continue to hold
office until their successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
In case of a vacancy in the Council, the President shall appoint a
successor thereto who shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term
of the position.
Sec. 15. National Research Council of the
Philippines. — The National Research Council of the Philippines which
shall be attached to the Authority shall retain its organizational
structure as a collegial body and shall engage primarily in supporting
research of a more basic and fundamental nature, in contrast to the
applied research orientation of the three other Councils. The Director
General of the Authority shall ensure that the fields of primary
responsibility in the various areas of priority research shall be
clearly defined between the National Research Council of the
Philippines and the other three Councils of the System.
Sec. 16. Commercialization and Utilization of
Appropriate Technologies. — The Technology Resource Center of the
Ministry of Human Settlements shall be the implementing arm of the
Authority for fostering and promoting the commercialization of
available and appropriate technology as specified in Sec. 6 of this
Order; Provided, That the Chairman of the TRC Board of Trustees and
Director-General of the Authority shall jointly issue implementing
rules and regulations to govern such relationships; Provided further,
That the TRC shall be empowered, as it is hereby empowered, to engage
in venture capital development; Provided furthermore, That TRC shall
expand its existing information and cartographic bank into a National
Data Communications System establishing in so doing resource
information networks both domestic and foreign, and Provided finally,
That the TRC shall establish the physical infrastructure center to
house and locate the Center’s facilities and programs, including those
of the Authority itself as may be deemed appropriate, authorizing
herein the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of TRC to undertake such
physical construction.
The TRC shall, in anticipation of the requirements of Authority as
specified in Sec. 6 of this Order create as it is hereby created, a
Livelihood External Assistance Program Office directly under the
Management Advisory Council that shall oversee the implementation of
programs/projects utilizing appropriate technologies with bilateral and
multinational financing and/or assistance. This Office shall be headed
by a Managing Director be appointed by the President of the Philippines
upon recommendation of the Chairman, TRC Board of Trustee.
Sec. 17. Regional or Field Extension Offices. —
The Authority is hereby authorized to establish such regional or field
extension offices as may be necessary in accordance with Article I,
Chapter 3, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended.
The Authority may also have such offices and representatives abroad in
specific sites where its presence is considered necessary, subject to
the approval of the President of the Philippines for each such post
abroad.
Sec. 18. Advisory Bodies. — In the formulation and
implementation of science and technology policies, plans, and programs,
the Director General may, whenever appropriate, establish advisory
bodies for science and technology development or otherwise seek advice
from recognized and reputable scientific, professional, industrial, and
trade organizations.
Sec. 19. Scientific Career System. — A Scientific
Career System shall be established within the Civil Service. Such
System shall cover scientific personnel who shall, for purposes of this
Executive Order, be those who have earned advance degrees in any field
of the sciences. The Scientific Career System shall have the following
features:
(a)
Entrance to and career progression or career advancement in the
Scientific Career Service based on qualification and merit;
(b) Parallel
career paths which will allow scientists to develop within their
respective areas of expertise without having to change their status as
scientist;
(c) Incentives
and rewards to ensure attraction and retention of highly qualified
manpower in the science and technology sector; and
(d) Other
measures to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of the science
and technology system.
The Civil Service Commission, with the assistance of the Authority,
shall be responsible for the establishment and the operation of the
System.
Sec. 20. Science and Technology Communities. — For
the purpose of promoting and encouraging the sharing between and among
academic and scientific institutions, of libraries, equipment and other
research facilities, the Director General is hereby authorized to
establish science communities in appropriate sites which shall provide
both research and living facilities for scientists and their families.
There shall be established, initially, an energy, earth and atmospheric
sciences community in Diliman, Quezon City; an industrial sciences
community in Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila; and an agriculture,
forestry and life sciences community in Los Baños,
Laguna.
Sec. 21. Appropriations. — The balance of the
appropriations authorized under Batas Pambansa Blg. 131 for the
National Science Development Board and its agencies, including those of
the entities to be transferred to the National Science and Technology
Authority, shall be used for the operational expenses of the Authority
for the current calendar year. Such appropriations shall be augmented
in the amount of not less than fifty million pesos as may be necessary
from any applicable appropriation item, subject to the approval of the
President and upon recommendation of the Director General of the Office
of Budget and Management.
Sec. 22. Abolition and Transfer of Functions,
Powers and Resources. — The National Science Development Board
including its Governing Board, Board proper and its implementing
agencies is hereby abolished. In lieu thereof, there is established a
new organization for the Authority as provided in Section s 6 and 7 of
this Executive Order.
Unless otherwise provided in this Executive Order, all functions,
powers, records, equipment and applicable appropriations of the
National Science Development Board under Republic Act No. 2067, as
amended, and under other laws, decrees, orders or other Presidential
issuances are hereby transferred to the appropriate units and agencies
of the Authority. All references to the National Science Development
Board or to the Chairman of the National Science Development Board in
all laws, decrees, proclamations and orders shall, hereafter, be deemed
to refer to the National Science and Technology Authority or the
Director General of the National Science and Technology Authority,
respectively.
Sec. 23. Implementing Order. — The Director
General is hereby authorized to issue such orders, rules and
regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this
Executive Order; Provided, that approval of the Office of Budget and
Management is obtained relative to the new staffing pattern including
appropriate salary rates, the organizational structure at divisional
and lower levels, and the alignment of existing appropriations. The
Director General may appoint qualified personnel of the former National
Science Development Board and its agencies to appropriate positions in
the National Science and Technology Authority and its agencies, and
those not so appointed are deemed laid off.
Sec. 24. Career Executive Service Positions. — All
Presidential appointees of the former National Science Development
Board and its agencies are laid off, unless otherwise reappointed by
the President; Provided, that those who are Career Executive Service
Officers shall either be reappointed or reassigned by the President
upon the recommendation of the Director General to appropriate
positions in the Authority, or assigned to the Career Executive Service
Board which shall endeavor to find appropriate placement for them in
other ministries or agencies; Provided, further, that those Career
Executive Service Officers who have been assigned to the Career
Executive Service Board shall continue to receive their salaries from
any available and applicable funds; and Provided, finally, that those
who are not placed to appropriate positions within six months after
their assignment to the Career Executive Service Board shall be
similarly laid off.
Sec. 25. Separation Benefits. — All those who are
laid off under the provisions of this Executive Order shall be entitled
to all benefits and gratitudes provided for under existing laws.
Sec. 26. Continuation of Functions. — Except as
may be otherwise determined by the Director General, all present
incumbents of positions in the National Science Development Board and
its agencies, including those transferred or attached to it, shall
continue to exercise their usual functions, duties, and
responsibilities pending the issuance of the appropriate implementing
orders.
Sec. 27. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Executive Order are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly, Provided, however, that
Section s 24, 24-a and 26 of Republic Act No. 2067, as amended, are
hereby reaffirmed in respect to the Authority, its line agencies and
its attached entities.
Sec. 28. Separability Clause. — Any portion or
provision of this Executive Order that may be declared unconstitutional
shall not have the effect of nullifying the other provisions thereof,
provided that such remaining portions can still stand and be given
effect in their entirety to accomplish the objectives of this Executive
Order.
Sec. 29. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-two.
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