EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 395
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 395 - APPROVING
AND ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ACTION AGENDA FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND CREATING
THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR PRODUCTIVITY
WHEREAS, there is need to implement
national strategies for productivity improvement to further strengthen
the competitiveness of the Philippine economy in a rapidly expanding
world market and thereby sustain its recent developmental gains;
WHEREAS, the Multi-Sectoral/Agency Committee created under
Administrative Order No. 267, s. 1996, has completed its task of
formulating a National Action Agenda for Productivity to complement the
Philippine Development Plan and serve as a comprehensive strategy for
productivity improvement;
WHEREAS, various sectors — both private and government — have pledged
their commitment to support the National Action Agenda for Productivity
by combining their resources, time and effort in order to ensure its
successful implementation;
WHEREAS, to ensure consistency of policies and coordination of efforts,
it is necessary to create a high-level body to orchestrate activities
on productivity improvement;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. Approval and Adoption of the NAAP. — The
National Action Agenda for Productivity (NAAP) is hereby approved and
adopted.
Sec. 2. Creation of the Philippine Council for
Productivity. — The Philippine Council for Productivity, (herein
referred to as the council), is hereby created to oversee the
implementation of the National Action Agenda for Productivity and to
accelerate the country’s program for global excellence and
international competitiveness.
Sec. 3. Objectives of the Council. — The Council
aims to ensure a united effort on productivity improvement and the
effective implementation of the National Action Agenda for
Productivity. Specifically, it aims to:
a.
Propagate the culture of productivity as a way of life and instrument
of sustaining broad-based development and thereby improving the quality
of life of all Filipinos;
b. Maximize
the coordinated participation of all sectors in the implementation of
the NAAP at the national and regional levels; and
c. Rationalize
the role of the public sector to support the key role of the private
sector in the productivity movement.
Sec. 4. Composition of the Council. — The Council
shall be chaired by the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning. There
shall be two Vice-Chairpersons to be appointed by the Chairperson, one
representing the labor sector and another representing the business
sector. The Vice-Chairperson for the labor sector shall be nominated by
the Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment and the
Vice-Chairperson for the business sector shall be nominated by the
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. The heads of the following
agencies/organizations shall serve as members of the Council:
Public
Sector:
a.
Department of Agriculture
b. Department of Budget and Management
c. Department of Education, Culture and Sports
d. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
e. Department of the Interior and Local Government
f. Department of Labor and Employment
g. Department of Science and Technology
h. Department of Trade and Industry
i. Commission on Higher Education
j. Technical Education, Skills and Development
Authority
k. Development Academy of the Philippines
l. University of the Philippines
Private Sector:
a.
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
b. Labor Advisory and Consultative Council
c. Federation of Free Farmers
d. Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines
e. Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
f. Philippine Quality and Productivity Movement
g. Management Association of the Philippines
h. Philippine Society for Quality Control
i. Production Management Association of the
Philippines
j. Philippine Association of Technological Education
k. Federation of Philippine Industries
The Council may invite the Civil Service Commissioner to be a member of
the Council. The Council may also call on the assistance of other
government agencies and private sector organizations, whenever
necessary.
Technical and administrative support to the Council shall be provided
by a Joint Secretariat to be headed by the National Economic and
Development Authority, with the Department of Labor and
Employment/National Wages and Productivity Commission, Department of
Trade and Industry, and the Development Academy of the Philippines as
members.
Sec. 5. Functions. — The Council shall have the
following functions:
a.
Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the National
Action Agenda for Productivity to make sure that programs and projects
in the Agenda are implemented by the concerned sectors, agencies, or
organizations;
b. Recommend
performance measures/indicators of productivity for both the public and
private sectors at the national, local and sectoral levels which may be
used to monitor and assess annual performances;
c. Facilitate
a review of existing productivity organizations in the public sector,
and recommend, if necessary, an institutional set-up that can most
effectively support the sustained and coordinated implementation,
assessment and updating of the National Action Agenda for Productivity;
d. Coordinate
the preparation of regional action agenda on productivity together with
the Regional Development Councils (RDCs) and the Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG);
e. Formulate
an advocacy program to encourage firms to adopt productivity related
measures and to instill in every Filipino the importance of
productivity as an important value and work ethic; and
f. Submit an
annual report to the President and the NEDA Board on the implementation
of the NAAP.
Sec. 6. Role of the Technical Working Groups. —
The Technical Working Groups on Agriculture, Industry and Services, and
the Public Sector created under AO 267 (s. 1996), under the direction
of the Council, shall take charge of implementing their respective
sector’s work programs on productivity.
Sec. 7. Funding. — The Department of Budget and
Management is hereby directed to provide funds necessary to support the
activities of the Council in 1997. Henceforth, budget for the
operations of the Council shall be incorporated in the budget of the
National Economic and Development Authority. If necessary, government
agencies involved in the implementation of the National Action Agenda
for Productivity shall include in their respective budgets the
necessary funds required for the works programs where they are
involved. Private sector partners may also provide funds for the
implementation of the National Action Agenda for Productivity.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-seven.
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