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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

and technological capabilities in the relevant disciplines

through manpower training, and through infrastructure

and institution building and rationalization, in both the

public and private sectors;

(9)

Promote

public consciousness of science and

technology;

(10) Undertake policy research, technology assessment

studies, feasibility studies and technical studies; and

(11) Perform such other functions as may be provided

by law.

SECTION

4.

Structural

Organization .

—

The

Department shall consist of the Office of the Secretary,

Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries, the Services,

Inter-Council Review Board, Sectoral Planning, Councils,

Institutes and Regional Offices. The Secretary shall have

supervision and control of the Department except the

Inter-Council Review Board and the Sectoral Planning

Councils over which he shall only exercise administrative

supervision.

CHAPTER 2 Department Proper

SECTION 5. Office of the Secretary . — The Office of

the Secretary shall consist of the Secretary and his

immediate staff.

SECTION 6. Undersecretaries . — The Secretary shall

be assisted by three (3) Undersecretaries, one for research

and development, one for regional operations and one for

scientific and technical services. The Undersecretaries

shall have supervision over the Institutes under their

respective functional areas of responsibility.

SECTION 7. Assistant Secretaries . — The Secretary

shall also be assisted by three (3) Assistant Secretaries.

CHAPTER 3 Services

SECTION

8.

Services .

—

The

Services

of

the

Department shall consist of the following:

(1) Planning and Evaluation Service, which shall be

responsible for providing the Department with efficient

and effective services relating to planning, programs and

project monitoring and development;

(2) Financial and Management Service, which shall be

responsible for providing the Department with efficient

and effective staff advice and assistance on budgetary,

financial, and management improvement matters;

(3) Administrative and Legal Service, which shall be

responsible for providing the Department with efficient

and effective services relating to personnel, information,

records, supplies, equipment collection, disbursement,

security and custodial work, and all legal matters.

CHAPTER 4 Board, Councils and Institutes

SECTION 9. Inter-Council Review Board . — There shall

be an Inter-Council Review Board, composed of the

Secretaries or their designated Undersecretaries who are

members

of

the

sectoral

planning

councils

under

Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, and shall be chaired by the

Secretary of Science and Technology.

The main function of the Board shall be to review the

plans of the sectoral planning councils and the National

Science

and

Technology

Plan

and,

in

connection

therewith,

shall

be

assisted

by

the

Planning

and

Evaluation Service.

SECTION 10. Sectoral Planning Councils . — There

shall be five (5) sectoral planning councils as follows:

(1) Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research

and Development, for industry and energy and mineral

resources;

(2)

Philippine

Council

for

Health

Research

and

Development for health;

(3) Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and

Natural

Resources

Research

and

Development,

for

agriculture and forestry resources;

(4) Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research

and Development, for aquatic and marine resources; and

(5)

Philippine

Council

for

Advanced

Science

and

Technology Research and Development, for advanced

science and technology.

Each

of

the

councils

shall

be responsible, in its

respective

sector,

for

the

formulation

of

strategies,

policies, plans, programs and projects for science and

technology

development;

for

programming

and

allocation of government and external funds for research

and

development;

for

monitoring

of

research

and

development projects; and for the generation of external

funds.

Each council shall have a secretariat which shall be

headed by an Executive Director who shall be appointed

by

the President upon the recommendation of the

Secretary.

SECTION

11.

Philippine

Council for Industry and

Energy Research and Development . — The Philippine

Council

for

Industry

and

Energy

Research

and

Development

shall

be

under

the

administrative

supervision of the Department, and shall consist of the

Secretary as Chairman and eight (8) members, as follows:

Secretary

of

Trade

and

Industry,

Secretary

of

Transportation and Communications, Secretary of Public

Works

and

Highways

or

their

designated

Undersecretaries, and Executive Director of the Council

Secretariat, and four (4) representatives of the private

sector in the field of industry and energy, who are chief

executive officers of their respective companies in the

field of industry or energy or are acknowledged leaders in

their professions to be appointed by the President, in

their personal capacity, upon recommendation of the

Secretary, each of whom shall be for a term of two (2)

years; Provided, however , That the tenure of the members

first appointed by the President shall be as follows: two (2)

for one (1) year and two (2) for two (2) years, as fixed in

their respective appointments. The members shall serve

and

continue

to

hold

office

until

their

respective

successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified.

Appointment to any vacancy in the Council shall be by

the President and shall only be for the unexpired portion

of the term of the predecessor.

SECTION 12. Philippine Council for Agriculture and

Forestry Research and Development . — The Philippine

Council

for

Agriculture

and

Forestry

Research

and

Development

shall

be

under

the

administrative

supervision of the Department, and shall consist of the

Secretary as Chairman and eight (8) members, as follows:

Secretary of Agriculture and Food, Secretary of Natural

Resources

or

their

designated

Undersecretaries,

Chancellor of the University of the Philippines at Los

Baños, Administrator of the National Food Authority and

Executive Director of the Council Secretariat and three (3)

representatives of the private sector in the fields of

agriculture or forestry, who are chief executive officers of

their respective companies in the field of agriculture or

forestry or are acknowledged leaders in their professions

to be appointed by the President, in their personal

capacity, upon recommendation of the Secretary, each of

whom shall be for a term of two (2) years; Provided,

however , That the tenure of the members first appointed

by the President shall be as follows: one (1) for one (1) year

and two (2) for two (2) years, as fixed in their respective

appointments. The members shall serve and continue to

hold office until their successors shall have been duly

appointed and qualified. Appointment to any vacancy in

the Council shall be by the President and shall only be for

the unexpired portion of the term of the predecessor.

SECTION 13. Philippine Council for Health Research

and Development . — The Philippine Council for Health

Research

and

Development

shall

be

under

the

Administrative supervision of the Department, and shall

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