EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 785
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 785 - CREATING
THE PHILIPPINE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
the Government of Japan is offering the members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) financial and technical assistance for
the establishment and operation of human resources development centers
and programs;
WHEREAS, in response to this offer, the Government of the Philippines
has completed the preparation of the ASEAN Human Resources Development
Project as undertaken by the inter-agency committee constituted under
Letter of Instruction No. 1120;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Task Force had initiated through negotiations
tentative agreements as to the nature, scope and naming of a Center;
WHEREAS, the program as a government response to the Japanese offer is
primarily in support of the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran;
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Human Settlements being the Secretariat of the
Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran shall implement the program in behalf
of the Philippine government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order the following:
1.
There is hereby created the Philippine Human Resource Development
Center, hereinafter referred to as the “Center”, to be the recipient in
behalf of the Government of the Philippines, of the Japanese grant aid
for human resources development. All matters pertaining to this
ASEAN-Japan project will be communicated to the Japanese government
through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2. The Center
shall be in the University of Life, Ministry of Human Settlements.
3. The Center
shall have the following functions:
a.
Ensure that human resources development efforts are productively
applied to new and existing enterprises;
b. Strengthen
established infrastructure for training related to human resources
development and to effect the networking of such existing training
facilities;
c. Encourage
training curricula and programs responsive to industry’s demands;
d. Source and
negotiate for training opportunities with Japan and with other ASEAN
countries as a means of enhancing technical cooperation and technology
transfer; and
e. Provide and
facilitate information flow not only among local training agencies but
also with Japan and other ASEAN countries.
4.
The Center shall have a Governing Council to serve its policy-making
body. The Governing Council shall be composed of the following:
a.
Minister of Human Settlements
— Chairman
b. Minister of
Foreign
Affairs
— Vice-Chairman
c. Minister of
Budget
— Member
d. Minister of
Finance
— Member
e. Minister of
Agriculture — Member
f. Minister of
Natural Resources — Member
g. Minister of
Trade and Industry
— Member
h.
Director-General of the National
Economic and Development Authority — Member
i. President
of the University of
Life
— Member
5.
The Center shall have a Joint Steering Committee composed of the
Secretary-General, representatives of the lead agencies involved in the
Center programs, NEDA, as well as Japanese experts involved in the
projects, officials from the Japanese Embassy and/or Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The
Joint Steering Committee shall perform the following functions:
a.
To assist the Governing Council in reviewing and recommending the
annual Program plans, including budget allocation of the Center;
and
b. To
facilitate effective implementation of the Programs through close
consultations and coordination with the Philippine and Japanese sides.
6.
The Center shall have an Office of the Secretary-General. The
Secretary-General shall be appointed by the Governing Council and shall
act as the chief executive officer of the Center under the Joint
Steering Committee.
The Secretary-General shall
perform the following functions:
a.
To supervise Program I of the Center;
b. To
coordinate Programs II, III, IV and V of the Center; and
c. To direct
the activities of the Center.
7.
Technical assistance forthcoming for the development of human resources
shall be directed towards the development of skills and the
commercialization of technologies particular to the following priority
Programs and other non-traditional areas as may be identified from time
to time by the Governing Council:
a.
Program I —Center Support Activities
b. Program
II — Seafarming
c. Program
III — Non-Traditional Crops
d. Program
IV — Cottage and Light Industries
e. Program
V — Shelter and Construction
Manpower
8.
The grant aid from the Government of Japan to the Center, to the extent
that it takes the form of financial assistance or assistance-in-kind
that can be easily converted into cash, shall be placed in a special
account in any government depository bank to be administered by the
Center and utilized for its programs and projects.
9. In order to
provide the Peso Counterpart for the operating requirement/s of the
Center, the Ministry of the Budget shall annually appropriate and
program the amount of FIVE MILLION PESOS (P5,000,000.00) from the
Foreign Assisted Project Support Fund.
This ORDER shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of March, 1982 in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-two.
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