EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 294
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 294 - AMENDING
EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 122-B ENTITLED, “CREATING THE OFFICE FOR NORTHERN
CULTURAL COMMUNITIES”
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 122-B created the Office for Northern Cultural
Communities;
WHEREAS, there is need to provide budgetary appropriation to this
Office to enable it to perform its functions;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to delineate responsibilities for policy and
plan formulation and program implementation consistent with the
principle of decentralization;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Sec. 6 of Executive Order No. 122-B is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. Membership. — The Office shall be composed of an
Executive Director and two (2) Deputy Executive Directors, all of whom
shall be appointed by the President. The Executive Director shall have
the rank of a Department Undersecretary while the Deputy Executive
Directors shall have the rank of an Assistant Secretary.”
Sec. 2. Section 10 of Executive Order No. 122-B is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
10. Services. — The Services shall consist of the
Administrative Service, Planning Service, Finance and Management
Service and Legal Service each of which shall be headed by a Staff
Director with the same compensation as that of an Assistant Staff
Bureau Director.”
Sec. 3. Section 15 of Executive Order No. 122-B is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
15. Bureaus. — The Bureaus of the Office shall
consist of the Bureau of economic Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs
and Bureau of Tribal Relations and External Affairs, each of which
shall be handed by a Director Equivalent to a Staff Bureau Director.”
Sec. 4. Section s 16, 17 and 18 of Executive Order
No. 122-B are hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
16. Bureau of Economic Affairs. — The Bureau of
Economic Affairs shall be responsible for staff functions relative to:
(a)
Development and promotion of economic livelihood projects and programs
through the extension of loans, entrepreneurship, trade and marketing
assistance to the members of the concerned cultural
communities;
(b)
Formulation of land-use development policies and plans for ancestral
and tribal lands including settlement areas for the cultural
communities; and
(c) Conduct of
researches and studies to serve as inputs to policy and plan
formulation and implementation relative to the development, protection
and conservation of physical environment of the cultural minorities,
including the provision of medical assistance, nutrition services, and
training on community self-help projects.”
“SECTION
17. Bureau of Cultural Affairs. — The Bureau of
Cultural Affairs shall be responsible for staff functions relative to:
(a)
Formulation of policies, plans and programs on the preservation and
development of the culture, traditions, institutions and well-being of
the concerned cultural communities;
(b) Conduct
researches and studies relative to the development of cultural
communities to serve as inputs for policy and plans formulation and
programs projects implementation;
(c)
Development of guidelines and procedures in the promotion of goodwill
between the tribes and cultural communities and the mainstream
populace; and
(d)
Coordination with appropriate government agencies in the development
and implementation of cultural programs and project, to include
education and scholarship programs for poor but deserving members of
the cultural communities.”
“SECTION
18. Bureau of Tribal Relations and External Affairs.
— The Bureau of Tribal Relations and External Affairs shall be
responsible for staff functions relative to:
(a)
Planning, conceptualization and monitoring of projects and activities
to promote peace and harmony within, between and among the concerned
cultural communities;
(b)
Coordination with different tribal institutions to strengthen the
relationships and to settle disputes through the provision of advice
and peaceful negotiation; and
(c) Liaison
with local, international and non-government organizations in the
activities of the cultural communities.”
Sec. 5. Sec. 28 of Executive Order No. 122-B is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC.
28. Funding. — Funds needed to carry out the
provisions of this Executive Order shall be made available by the
Department of Budget and Management out of the Compensation and
Organization Adjustment Fund or any such funds from the National
Treasury.”
Sec. 6. Separability. — Any portion or provision
of this Executive Order that may be declared as unconstitutional shall
not have the effect of nullifying other portions or provisions hereof
as long as such remaining portions or provisions can still subsist and
be given effect in their entirety.
Sec. 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, orders,
issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with
this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — 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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