EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 27 - DIRECTING THE CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL STAGING OF THE 1ST PHILIPPINE SPORTS SUMMIT THIS YEAR

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 408 called for the nationwide observance of the Decade of Physical Fitness and Sports from 1990 to the year 2000;

WHEREAS, under Republic Act No. 6847 which created the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), the national policy and program for Philippine sports has been set;

WHEREAS, by virtue of Republic Act No. 7160, or better known as the Local Government Code, the local government units (LGUs) shall provide for the annual implementation of the ‘Palaro’ from the barangay, city and provincial levels;

WHEREAS, the responsibility of implementing our country’s physical education and school sports program lies with the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS);  

WHEREAS, in order to evolve a wholistic approach for the immediate implementation of a comprehensive national policy and program for Philippine sports in general, there is a need to stage a national consultative and planning conference among all sectors involved, both government and private, to be known as the 1st Philippine Sports Summit ‘92.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order that:

Section 1. A nationwide consultation and workshop among all sectors, both government and private, concerned in the promotion of sports in the country to be known as the 1st Philippine Sports Summit be immediately held this year in order to draw up a short, medium and long term plan for physical fitness and sports.  

The Sports Summit ‘92 shall have the following goals and objectives:

1. To formulate the blueprint for Physical Fitness and Sports Development and validate the existing national policy and program to ensure the immediate implementation of a short, medium and long term plan of action for both the massbased sports development and the highly competitive sports for excellence programs;

2. To identify the various sectors involved, the roles that each play, and delineate areas of responsibility with the end view of synchronizing and maximizing efforts and utilization of resources for the promotion and development of Philippine sports vis-a-vis national development; and  

3. To set up the organization structure — i.e. the funding, composition or network and linkages as well as the functions of the sports development councils — from the barangay to the regional level, as mandated under R.A. No. 6847, thereby forging a working relationship among the various sectors and agencies involved in the implementation of the national policy and program on Philippine sports.

Sec. 2. The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), together with the Departments of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Interior and Local Governments (DILG), and the National Defense (DND), Labor and Employment (DOLE) and other concerned government instrumentalities are hereby directed to actively participate in the Sports Summit to be held in Baguio City on October 26 to 29 of this year to ensure that a comprehensive national medium-term plan for Philippine sports be adopted and implemented at the pre-regional, regional, national and international levels.

Sec. 3. The PSC shall provide funds for reasonable financial requirements of the Sports Summit while the DECS, DILG, local government units, DND, DOLE and other concerned government agencies or instrumentalities are hereby authorized to draw from their respective funds to finance the transportation and per diem of their participants to the Sports Summit.  

In order to properly monitor and sustain the implementation of the grass-roots sports program, all local government units, from the barangay to the provincial levels, are hereby directed to conduct their own local ‘Sports Summit’ at least once a year and submit a report on the progress of their respective sports program to the Philippines Sports Commission. 

Sec. 4. All Heads of Department, government agencies, corporations and instrumentalities, including all the local government units are hereby directed to fully support and actively participate in this Sports Summit in order to ensure the attainment of its goals and objectives.

All private associations, clubs and organizations, including private sectors, particularly the Philippine Olympic Committee, the various national sports associations, coaches and athletes are hereby enjoined to lend their full cooperation to this undertaking.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two.
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