Article 152Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 152

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

(e) Department of Social Welfare and Development

(DSWD);

(f) Department of Health (DOH);

(g) Department of Education, Culture and Sports

(DECS);

(h) Department of the Interior and Local Government

(DILG);

(i)

Department

of

Environment

and

Natural

Resources (DENR);

(j) Department of Finance (DOF);

(k) National Economic and Development Authority

(NEDA);

(l) People's Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC),

subject to Sec. 17 of this Act; and

(m) Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP).

(2) Presidents of the Leagues of Local Government

Units:

(a) League of Provinces;

(b) League of Cities;

(c) League of Municipalities;

(d) Liga ng mga Barangay.

(3) Representatives from each of the following basic

sectors:

(a) Farmers and landless rural workers;

(b) Artisanal fisherfolk;

(c) Urban poor;

(d)

Indigenous

cultural

communities/indigenous

peoples;

(e) Workers in the formal sector and migrant workers;

(f) Workers in the informal sector;

(g) Women;

(h) Youth and students;

(i) Persons with disabilities;

(j) Victims of disasters and calamities;

(k) Senior citizens;

(l) Nongovernment organizations (NGOs);

(m) Children; and

(n) Cooperatives.

Sectoral

councils

formed

by

and

among

the

members of each sector shall respectively nominate three

(3) nominees from each sector within six (6) months after

the effectivity of the implementing rules and regulations

of this Act, and every three (3) years thereafter and in case

of

vacancy.

The

President

of

the

Republic

of

the

Philippines shall, within (30) days after the submission of

the list of nominees, appoint the representatives from the

submitted list. Sectoral representatives shall serve for a

term

of

three

(3)

years

without

reappointment.

Appointment

to

any

vacancy

for

basic

sector

representatives shall be only for the unexpired term of

the predecessor.

The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of this

Act shall contain the guidelines for the formation of

sectoral

councils,

the

nomination

process,

recall

procedures

and

such

other

mechanisms

to

ensure

accountability of the sectoral representatives.

Section 7. Powers and functions . – The NAPC shall

exercise the following powers and functions:

(1)

Coordinate

with

different

national

and

local

government agencies and the private sector to assure full

implementation

of

all

social

reform

and

poverty

alleviation programs;

(2) Coordinate with local government units in the

formulation

of

social

reform

and

poverty

alleviation

programs for their respective areas in conformity with the

National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda;

(3) Recommend policy and other measures to ensure

the responsive implementation of the commitments

under the SRA;

(4)

Ensure

meaningful representation and active

participation of the basic sectors;

(5) Oversee, monitor and recommend measures to

ensure the effective formulation, implementation and

evaluation of policies, programs and resource allocation

and management of social reform and poverty alleviation

programs;

(6) Advocate for the mobilization of funds by the

national and local governments to finance social reform

and poverty alleviation programs and capability building

activities of people's organizations;

(7) Provide financial and non-financial incentives to

local government units with counterpart resources for

the

implementation

of

social

reform

and

poverty

alleviation programs; and

(8) Submit an annual report to Congress including,

but not limited to, all aspects of its operations and

programs and project implementation, financial status

and other relevant data as reflected by the basic reform

indicator.

Section

8.

Principal

office .

–

The

NAPC

shall

establish its principal office in Metro Manila and may

establish such branches within the Philippines as may be

deemed necessary by the President of the Philippines to

carry out the powers and functions of the NAPC.

Section 9. The NAPC secretariat . – The NAPC shall

be supported by a Secretariat, which shall be headed by

the Lead Convenor referred to under Sec. 6 hereof. The

Secretariat shall provide technical and administrative

support

to the NAPC. It shall be formed from the

unification of the secretariats of the following bodies:

(1) Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty (PCFP);

(2) Social Reform Council (SRC); and

(3) Presidential Council for Countryside Development

(PCCD).

Within three (3) months from the effectivity of this

Act,

the

Office

of

the

President

shall

finalize

the

organizational plan for the NAPC.

To provide the continuity of existing social reform and

poverty

alleviation

related

programs,

all

accredited

organizations under the three (3) unified councils and

commissions shall be automatically accredited under the

NAPC

until

such

time

that

additional

accreditation

requirements may be provided by the NAPC.

Section 10. The People's Development Trust Fund . –

The People's Development Trust Fund (PDTF) is hereby

established, which shall be monitored by the NAPC.

The Trust Fund in the amount of Four billion and five

hundred

million

pesos

(P4,500,000,000.00)

shall

be

funded from the earnings of the PAGCOR in addition to

appropriations

by

Congress,

voluntary

contributions,

grants, gifts from both local and foreign sources as may

be accepted or decided on by the NAPC. Any additional

amount to the Trust Fund shall form part of the corpus of

the Trust Fund, unless the donor, contributor or grantor

expressly provides as a condition that the amount be

included in the disbursible portion of the Trust Fund.

The President of the Philippines shall assign to any

existing

government

department

or

agency

the

administration of the Trust Fund, based on the expertise,

organizational capability, and orientation or focus of the

department or agency. The NAPC shall be limited to the

function of monitoring the utilization of the PDTF, while

the government departments or agencies designated by

the President shall directly administer the utilization of

the earnings of the PDTF.

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