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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1145
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1145 -
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE TRAINING CENTERS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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WHEREAS,
the national development plan has set self-reliance as a priority goal
in order to accelerate countryside development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, effective rural development strategy includes science-based
production technology, support services and socially oriented programs
for agriculturally-based communities where the primary activities are
in crop, livestock, fishery, and forestry production;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, implementation of the programs for agriculturally-based
communities require the concerted support and complementation of the
respective field staffs, development workers and extension workers of
the different government agencies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the extension workers require a continuous deepening and
widening of competence to achieve a wide community participation and
strong individual commitment of both the extension workers and the
resident local leaders;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, systematic training programs and related activities are
necessary to secure constantly developing competence among extension
workers and farmer leaders, and such programs need to be continuously
assessed and related to national development plans and goals; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the development implementation and assessment of training
programs and other support services in rural development requires the
active participation not only of the Departments of Agriculture,
Agrarian Reform, Education and Culture, Local Government and Community
Development, and Natural Resources, but also of the agricultural
Colleges and Universities;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, agricultural Colleges and Universities have the critical mass
of experts and research information necessary to improve the training
of extension workers and farmers leaders for development in the
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
constitution do hereby decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is the
declared policy of the State to speed up and facilitate agricultural
and rural development through an efficient and effective program for
the development, distribution and utilization of applicable
technologies by the extension workers of all development agencies and
institutions within the government and by all Filipino farmers.
Section 2. Creation of the Philippine Training
Centers for Rural Development. — For the purpose of carrying out the
above declared policy, a nationwide network Philippine Training Centers
for Rural Development is hereby created. The scope and number of
training centers in this network shall be determined by a National
Government Board attached to the Department of Agriculture. This
Governing Board shall be composed of:cralaw:red
(a) Secretary, Department of Agriculture, As Chairman
(b) Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
(c) Secretary, Department of Education and Culture
(d) Secretary, Department of Local Governments and
Community Development
(e) Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
(f) Chancellor, University of the Philippines at Los
Baños; and
(g) One prominent leader or practitioner in rural
development
The prominent leader or practitioner shall be appointed by the
President for a term of three years.
In the absence of the members under subsection (c) to (f), the officer
next-in-rank to him in his department or office shall act in his behalf
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The members of the Board or their respective alternates shall receive a
per diem as it may approve for Board meetings actually attended by
them: Provided, That any such per diems shall not exceed one thousand
pesos during any one month for each member.
Section 3. Functions and Responsibilities of the
National Governing Board for Rural Development. — The National
Governing Board shall have the following functions and responsibilities:cralaw:red
a. To organize multi-level training centers to be
established in, and administered by development agencies and academic
institutions, which shall be called Philippine Training Centers for
Rural Development, in order to attain the following objectives:cralaw:red
(1) Organization and development of a strong national
network of training centers which will promote and accelerate rural
development.
(2) Cooperation and complementation of various
development agencies and agricultural colleges and universities in
order to develop the competence of extension workers/development
workers of various agencies and farmer leaders.
b. To approve and adopt basic policies for the
efficient and effective attainment of the objectives of the training
centers.
c. To approve and adopt the general plans and
strategies for harmonizing the programs, strengthening the impact, and
achieving the effectiveness of the training centers.
d. To review and approve the over-all budget of and
the resource allocation to the various training centers.
e. To provide the mechanism for the effective
coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the programs and operations
of the training centers.
f. To appoint the personnel of the National
Coordinating Office in accordance with an approved staffing pattern and
fix their salaries and remunerations including per diems and allowances
of personnel, subject to existing provisions of law. However, it may
also engage through special detail or contract the professional
services of such consultants and specialists as may be necessary and
provide honoraria for such services.
g. To call upon any department, bureau, office,
instrumentality or any political subdivision of the Government for such
assistance it may need in the performance of its functions.
h. To undertake the construction of buildings and
other facilities and to purchase local or imported equipment and
supplies as may be necessary to carry out its functions. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
i. To negotiate loans and/or to solicit donations
and/or contributions from organizations or individuals, local or
foreign, private or public, for the operation of the training centers.
j. To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree.
k. To exercise such other powers and functions as may
be necessary to carry out and implement the provisions of this Decree.
Section 4. Creation of a National Coordinating
Office. — The National Governing Board of Rural Development shall have
a National Coordinating Office which shall be headed by an Executive
Director appointed by the Board. The Executive Director shall possess
the following qualifications:cralaw:red
a. At least thirty (30) years of age.
b. A proven record of executive competence in the
field of education/extension work.
The National Coordinating Office shall serve as the secretariat of the
Board and assist in the planning, coordination, monitoring and
evaluation of the programs of the various training centers, which shall
submit periodically their financial and work accomplishments.
Section 5. Appropriation. — The amount of one million
and five hundred thousand pesos (P1,500,000.00) is hereby appropriated
from the National Treasury for calendar year 1977. This amount or more
shall be appropriated through the normal budgetary process, in the
succeeding years, to carry out the provisions of this Decree and shall
include incremental budgetary needs of development agencies that are
involved in the training of farmers, fishermen, homemakers/housewives,
rural youth and other members of the rural population, and whose
extension workers require training.
Section 6. Auditing. — Expenditures and disbursements
made by the centers established in this decree while in the conduct of
their activities shall be subject to special auditing rules and
regulations suited to the requirements of research and training similar
to those applicable to the Philippine Council for Agricultural Resource
Research. These special auditing rules and regulations shall be
formulated by the Commission on Audit and the National Governing Board
for the Philippine Training Centers for Rural Development within three
months after the approval of this decree.
Section 7. Exemption from Taxes. — Any provision of
existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any donation,
contribution, bequest, or financiald which may be made to the training
centers shall be exempt from the income tax of the donors or givers.
The assets, acquisitions, incomes, operations and transactions of the
training centers shall be exempt from any and all taxes, fees charges,
import licenses and assessment, direct or indirect, imposed by the
government or any of its political subdivisions or taxing authority
thereof.
Section 8. Repealing Clause. — Any provision of law,
decree, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed, amended and modified accordingly.
Section 9. Separability Clause. — If any provision of
this Decree shall be invalid, the remainder shall continue to be
operative.
Section 10. Effectivity. — This decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-seven.
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