EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 485
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 485 -
ESTABLISHING THE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM AND CREATING THE
NATIONAL COOPERATORS COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR ITS FUNCTIONS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
Sec. 2 of R.A. 8044, series of 1995 or the “Youth in Nation-Building
Act” provides for the encouragement of youth involvement in character
building, development activities for civic efficiency, stewardship of
natural resources, agricultural and industrial activity and
participation in structures, policy-making and program implementation
to reduce poverty incidence and accelerate socio-economic
development;
WHEREAS, the National Youth Commission (NYC) pursuant to its mandate
under R.A. 8044, series of 1995, has formulated the Youth
Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) which aims to develop the
entrepreneurial skills of the youth and encourage them to participate
and organize business enterprises;
WHEREAS, under the Medium Term Youth Development Plan (MTYDP):
1999-2004, the YEP is one of the flagship programs for the sector, with
five major components as follows: Business Plan Development and
Training, Credit Assistance and Lending, Mentoring, Market Syndication
and Linkaging, and Business Information Network; and,
WHEREAS, there is need to create a body that will assist the NYC in
ensuring the successful implementation of the YEP.
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 of the Youth Entrepreneurship
Program (YEP). — The YEP as formulated by the NYC is hereby approved
for implementation. The Program, which is envisioned to develop the
entrepreneurial skills of the youth and thereby contribute to
nation-building, shall have the following components:
a
Business Plan Development and Training, which involves the provision of
technical assistance such as basic skills training on the
preparation/development of business plans, starting and managing
business enterprises, continuing entrepreneurship education and
competence development activities aimed at improving business
operations;
b. Credit
Assistance and Lending, which involves the provision of information on
available credit and lending facilities in government agencies and the
system/mechanism to access available resources for viable and
profitable business proposals;
c. Mentoring,
which involves the establishment of a mentor-apprentice relationship
between the agency and the youth and provide opportunities for young
entrepreneurs to meet and receive advice from senior
businessmen/executives who are experts in business
development;
d. Market
Syndication and Linkaging, which will link the young entrepreneurs with
the market through the organization of trade fairs and/or business
matching activities; and,
e. Business
Information Network, which involves the provision of continuing
information assistance to young entrepreneurs concerning market trends,
other business opportunities and technologies that will improve
products, services, and business operations through publications or
internet access.
Sec. 2. Creation of the Youth Entrepreneurship
Program National Cooperators Council. — There is hereby created the
Youth Entrepreneurship Program National Cooperators Council,
hereinafter referred to as the “Council”, that will oversee, plan and
coordinate the implementation of the YEP.
Sec. 3. Composition. — The Council shall be
composed of the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry as
Chairman, the Chairperson of the NYC as Co-Chairperson, and senior
officers with the rank not lower than Assistant Secretary (or its
equivalent) of the following agencies, as members:
a.
Department of Labor and Employment;
b. Department of Social Welfare and Development;
c. Department of Interior and Local Government;
d. Department of Agrarian Reform;
e. Department of Science and Technology;
f. Commission on Higher Education;
g. Presidential Management Staff;
h. Development Bank of the Philippines;
i. Land Bank of the Philippines;
j. Quedan Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation;
k. Livelihood Corporation;
l. Technology and Livelihood Resource Center;
m. Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority;
n. Cooperative Development Authority; and,
o. Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corporation.
Sec. 4. Functions and Responsibilities of the
Council. — The Council shall undertake the following:
a.
Formulate implementing guidelines that may be necessary in ensuring the
successful implementation of the Program;
b. Strengthen
existing youth-oriented entrepreneurship projects and/or develop new
projects as may be necessary, for possible integration/enrollment into
the Program;
c. Undertake
proper coordination with government agencies and the private sector to
facilitate provision of technical and funding assistance to Program
beneficiaries;
d. Provide
regular update reports to the President on the implementation of the
Program; and,
e. Perform
such other functions as may be assigned by the President.
Sec. 5. Enrollment of Programs under the YEP. —
The members of the Council shall identify and/or develop youth-oriented
entrepreneurship programs (consistent with their respective mandates
and policies), for enrollment under the Program. These enrolled
programs shall be classified along the following major components:
Business Plan Development and Training, Credit Assistance and Lending,
Mentoring, Market Syndication and Linkaging, Business Information
Network.
Sec. 6. YEP Action Officers. — Concerned members
of the Council shall designate their respective YEP Action Officers
from their existing personnel, both in the national and regional
levels, and whenever applicable, at the provincial, city or municipal
levels. The YEP Action officers shall have the following
responsibilities:
a.
Act as the point person of the agency in the implementation of the
Program;
b. Coordinate
the implementation of the agency’s YEP-enrolled program, as provided in
Sec. 4 of this Order;
c. Prepare and
submit implementation reports of the enrolled program in support of the
overall objectives of the Program;
d. Liaise with
the Program Secretariat regarding the implementation of policies and
activities agreed upon by the members of the Council.
Sec. 7. Institutional Linkages and Partnerships. —
The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau,
office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including
government-owned or controlled corporation for such assistance as it
may need in the discharge of its functions.
The Council may call on the private sector groups (business community,
academe, social and civic organizations) and other non-government
organizations to provide technical and funding assistance for the
Program.
The Council is further authorized to enter into partnership agreements
with the private sector and with the concerned committees of Congress,
whenever necessary, provided that all legal requirements and government
rules and regulations are complied with, including rules and
regulations of the Commission on Audit (COA).
Sec. 8. Funding. — The concerned agencies involved
in the implementation of the Program are hereby authorized to
appropriate and/or allocate funds from their respective 1999 budgets,
subject to existing government auditing and accounting rules and
regulations.
To augment funds for the Program, the Council may solicit funding
support and contributions from the private sector and foreign
institutions for the program, subject to existing government rules,
regulations and legal requirements of COA, Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), as may be necessary.
Sec. 9. Program Secretariat. — The NYC shall
provide secretariat, administrative and technical support to the
Council.
Sec. 10. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety Eight.
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