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LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

(u) "Urban poor" – Refers to individuals or families

residing in urban centers and urbanizing areas whose

income or combined household income falls below the

poverty threshold as defined by the National Economic

and Development Authority and/or cannot afford in a

sustained manner to provide their minimum basic needs

of food, health, education, housing and other essential

amenities of life;

(v) "Workers in the formal sector" – Refers to workers

in registered business enterprises who sell their services

in exchange for wages and other forms of compensation;

(w) "Workers in the informal sector" – Refers to poor

individuals who operate businesses that are very small in

scale

and

are

not

registered

with

any

national

government

agency,

and

to

the

workers

in

such

enterprises

who

sell

their

services

in

exchange

for

subsistence level wages or other forms of compensation;

and

(x) "Youth" – Refers to persons fifteen (15) to thirty (30)

years old.

Section

4.

Adoption

and integration of Social

Reform Agenda (SRA) in the National Anti-Poverty

Action

Agenda .

–

The

National

Anti-Poverty Action

Agenda shall principally include the core principles and

programs of the Social Reform Agenda (SRA). The SRA

shall

have

a

multi-dimensional approach to poverty

consisting of the following reforms:

(1) Social dimension access to quality basic services. –

These are reforms which refer to equitable control and

access to social services and facilities such as education,

health, housing, and other basic services which enable

the citizens to meet their basic human needs and to live

decent lives;

(2) Economic dimension asset reform and access to

economic opportunities. – Reforms which address the

existing

inequities

in

the

ownership,

distribution,

management and control over natural and man-made

resources from which they earn a living or increase the

fruits of their labor;

(3) Ecological dimension sustainable development of

productive

resources.

–

Reforms

which

ensure

the

effective and sustainable utilization of the natural and

ecological resource base, thus assuring greater social

acceptability and increased participation of the basic

sectors

in

environmental

and

natural

resources

conservation, management and development;

(4)

Governance

dimension

democratizing

the

decision-making and management processes. – Reforms

which enable the basic sectors to effectively participate in

decision-making and management processes that affect

their rights, interests and welfare.

The SRA shall focus on the following sector-specific

flagship programs:

(1)

For

farmers

and

landless

rural

workers

–

agricultural development;

(2) For the fisherfolk – fisheries and aquatic resources

conservation, management and development;

(3)

For

the

indigenous

peoples

and

indigenous

communities – respect, protection and management of

the ancestral domains;

(4) For workers in the informal sector – workers'

welfare and protection;

(5) For the urban poor – socialized housing; and

(6) For members of other disadvantaged groups such

as the women, children, youth, persons with disabilities,

the

elderly,

and victims of natural and man-made

calamities – the Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of

Social Services (CIDSS).

Additionally,

to

support

the

sectoral

flagship

programs,

the following cross-sectoral flagships shall

likewise be instituted:

(1) Institution-building and effective participation in

governance;

(2) Livelihood programs;

(3) Expansion of micro-credit/microfinance services

and capability building; and

(4) Infrastructure buildup and development.

TITLE I NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY

COMMISSION

Section 5. The National Anti-Poverty Commission . –

To

support

the

above-stated

policy,

the

National

Anti-Poverty Commission, hereinafter referred to as the

NAPC,

is

hereby

created

under

the

Office

of

the

President, which shall serve as the coordinating and

advisory body for the implementation of the SRA. The

Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty (PCFP), the

Social Reform Council (SRC), and the Presidential Council

for

Countryside

Development

(PCCD)

are

hereby

abolished and the NAPC shall exercise the powers and

functions of these agencies. The NAPC shall be the

successor-in-interest

of

the

three

(3)

abolished

commissions and councils.

The creation and operationalization of the NAPC shall

be guided by the following principles:

(1) Incorporation of the Social Reform Agenda into the

formulation

of

development

plans

at

the

national,

regional, sub-regional and local levels;

(2)

Efficiency

in

the

implementation

of

the

anti-poverty

programs

by

strengthening

and/or

streamlining present poverty alleviation processes and

mechanisms, and reducing the duplication of functions

and activities among various government agencies;

(3) Coordination and synchronization of social reform

and poverty alleviation programs of national government

agencies;

(4) Exercise of policy oversight responsibilities to

ensure the attainment of social reform and poverty

alleviation goals;

(5) Strengthening of local government units to more

effectively operationalize the SRA in local development

efforts;

(6) Institutionalization of basic sectoral and NGO

participation

in

effective

planning,

decision-making,

implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the SRA at

all levels;

(7) Ensuring adequate, efficient and prompt delivery

of basic services to the poor; and

(8) Enjoining government financial institutions to

open credit and savings windows for the poor, and

advocating the creation of such windows for the poor

among private banking institutions.

Section 6. Composition of the NAPC . – The President

of

the

Republic

of

the

Philippines

shall

serve

as

Chairperson of the NAPC. The President shall appoint the

Lead Convenor of the NAPC, either from the government

or private sector, who shall likewise serve as the head of

the National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretariat, and

shall have the rank of a Cabinet Secretary. There shall be a

vice-chairperson

for

the

government

sector

and

a

vice-chairperson for the basic sectors; the former to be

designated by the President, and the latter to be elected

among the basic sector representatives of the NAPC as

vice-chairperson for the basic sector; and the following as

members:

(1) Heads of the following government bodies:

(a) Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR);

(b) Department of Agriculture (DA);

(c) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);

(d) Department of Budget and Management (DBM);

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