EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 274
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 274 -
CREATING THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
it is State policy, under Section 13, Article II of the 1987
Constitution that “The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in
nation-building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral,
spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being. It shall inculcate in
the youth patriotism and nationalism, and encourage their involvement
in public and civic affairs.”
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the aforesaid policy, there is a need to
establish an office which shall serve as a direct link of the youth to
the government in policy and programs formulation and implementation
addressed to their needs,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order:
Section 1. There is hereby created the Presidential
Council for Youth Affairs, hereinafter referred to as the Council,
under the Office of the President.
Sec. 2. The Council shall be composed of a
Chairman and four (4) members to be appointed by the President. The
Council members shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, but not
older than thirty (30) years of age. The Council members must be of
good moral character, must not have been convicted of any crime
involving moral turpitude, and must have occupied the position of
responsibility and leadership in established youth organizations. The
Chairman and members shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
Sec. 3. The Council shall have the following
functions and responsibilities:
a.
To recommend to the Office of the President, youth
development projects and programs, in coordination and consultation
with the youth sector and the concerned government departments and
agencies;
b. To
communicate and consult with the proper government department, on
matters within the specific department’s areas of interest and
concern;
c. To set-up
a consultative mechanism which shall provide a forum for continuing
dialogue between the government and the youth sector on the proper
planning and evaluation of programs and projects affecting the youth;
d. To conduct
research and studies on youth related matters and concerns;
e. To
participate in international functions requiring youth participation
and implement foreign- sponsored youth projects, endorsed and assigned
to it by the Office of the President;
f. To
facilitate and coordinate the implementation in the Philippines of
international youth programs, endorsed and assigned to it by the Office
of the President;
g. To review
existing legislation, policies and programs of the government relating
to the youth, in consultation with the latter, and recommend
appropriate action thereon;
h. To request
the assistance and recommendations of any department, agency, or office
in the performance of its duties;
i. Establish
and endorse the organizational structure and staffing patterns of the
Council to the President;
j. Appoint
the necessary administrative and subordinate personnel, subject to the
provisions of existing laws and regulations;
k. Suspend,
dismiss, or otherwise discipline for cause any employee, and/or to
approve or disapprove the appointment, transfer or detail of employees,
subject to the provisions of existing laws and regulations;
l. Approve
and submit to the Office of the President, reports on the progress and
accomplishments of the Council’s programs, and the annual and
supplemental budgets of the Council;
m. To perform
such other functions as may be authorized by the President.
Sec. 4. The President shall appoint a Chief
Executive Officer for the Council upon the recommendation of the
Council, and who shall be answerable to the Council members, and shall
exercise the following functions:
a.
To implement the policies, programs and decisions of
the Council;
b. To
supervise the operations and internal affairs of the Council, in close
coordination with the Council members;
c. To attend
to the administrative and technical needs of the Council;
d. To
maintain the organizational structure and staffing patterns of the
Council, in close coordination with the Council members;
e. To provide
the Council with periodic reports on the performance and
accomplishments of the Council projects and programs, as well as to
recommend allocations of resources for such programs;
f. To
recommend the annual and supplemental budgets of the Council office,
for consideration and approval by the Council members;
g. To perform
such other functions as may be authorized by the Council.
Sec. 5. The Kabataang Barangay National
Secretariat, created under Executive Order No. 841, dated October 28,
1982, the Youth Development Affairs, and the Secretariat on Youth
Affairs are hereby abolished.
There is hereby created a committee to oversee and supervise the
winding up of the Kabataang Barangay National Secretariat and the
disposition of its assets, properties, records and equipment. The
Committee shall be chaired by the Presidential Council for Youth
Affairs Chairman, and shall be composed of the representatives of the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), the Dept. of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Dept. of Local Governments (DLG),
and the National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC).
The appropriations, funds, properties, assets, records, equipment and
personnel of the Youth Development Affairs and the Secretariat on Youth
Affairs are hereby transferred to the Council. The functions and
remaining assets, properties, records, and equipment of the defunct
Philippine Commission on International Youth Year (PCIYY) are
transferred to the Council.
The amount herein transferred shall be availed of by the Council for
its current operating expenses. Therefore, its approved budget shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 6. All laws, orders, issuances, rules, and
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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