Sec. 4. Functions of the Committee. — The National Awards Committee shall have the following functions:

a) Initiate and coordinate necessary activities for the successful implementation of the Gawad Pangulo;

b) Set guidelines and criteria for the selection of the Gawad Pangulo sa KAPALIGIRAN at all levels;

c) Select the national judges who shall come from the private business and industry sector, non-government organizations, and the government sector, and set broad guidelines for the selection of national winners;

d) Identify the lowest performing local government units at all levels;

e) Secure funding and the counterpart prizes from the private sector; and

f) Render a report to the President and give appropriate recommendations on the implementation of the Gawad Pangulo.

Sec. 5. Selection of Awardees. — The parameters to be used in selecting the Presidential Awardees shall be determined by the National Awards Committee.

Sec. 6. Funding. — For the initial years of implementation (1999 and 2000) of the Gawad Pangulo sa KAPALIGIRAN, the Department of the Interior and Local Government shall allocate from its agency fund the necessary amount to defray the administrative expenses relative to the conduct of meetings by the Committee. The member agencies mentioned in Section 1 hereof shall allocate funds from their respective annual budgets to ensure the active and effective participation of their national and field officers in the implementation of the Gawad Pangulo.

From CY 2001 onwards, the DILG shall appropriate the amount of three million pesos (Php3,000,000.00) each year to defray the administrative expenses of the Committee.

Sec. 7. Awards and Prizes. — The Gawad Pangulo sa KAPALIGIRAN shall be conferred to each national awardee as indicated in Sec. 2 hereof, through the local chief executive (LCE), in the form of a Presidential Trophy and a cash award of not less than one million pesos (Php 1,000,000.00) worth of livelihood and environmental management-related projects, to be sourced from the President’s Social Fund. The winners of Gawad Pangulo for Inland Bodies of Water shall each be conferred through the LCE a Presidential Trophy and cash award of not less than two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00) worth of livelihood and environmental management-related projects, to be sourced from the President’s Social Fund.

Likewise, each of the national finalists in the six (6) categories shall be conferred with a Presidential Plaque of Commendation.

In the event that a local government unit wins for three (3) consecutive years in the same category, or becomes a five-time awardee in any category, the said LGU shall be a recipient of the Hall of Fame Award. As such, said LGU shall be conferred a Presidential Trophy and an additional cash award of one million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) worth of livelihood and environmental management-related projects, also to be sourced from the President’s Social Fund.

Sec. 8. Design Specifications. — The National Historical Institute shall prescribe the design specifications of the Presidential Trophy and Presidential Plaque of Commendation which will be manufactured with funds from the Department of Tourism (trophies) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (plaques).

Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. — Any previous issuances which are inconsistent with this Order is hereby revoked or amended accordingly.

Sec. 10. Effectivity Clause. — This Order shall take effect immediately.  

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine.

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