Section 13Sec./Art. 13

The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Governing Board. - The NNC Governing Board shall be composed of the following:

(a) Secretary of the DOH as the ex officio Chairperson;

(b) Secretary of the DA as the ex officio Vice Chairperson;

(c) Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the ex officio Vice Chairperson;

(d) Secretary of the DepEd;

(e) Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);

(f) Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);

(g) Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);

(h) Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST);

(i) Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM);

(j) Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA); and

(k) Three (3) representatives from the private sector to be appointed by the President who shall come from any of the following: (1) health and nutrition professional organizations; (2) women sector; (3) farmer and fisherfolk; (4) urban poor; (5) organization or association of community health workers or BNS; (6) CSOs; and (7) academe and research institutions. Said representatives shall serve for a term of two (2) years.

The heads of departments may be represented by their duly designated representatives who shall be of a rank not lower than an Assistant Secretary.

Persons from the private sector with conflicts of interest, especially as described in Executive Order No. 51, Series of 1986, are prohibited from being members of the Council.

The composition of the NNC's Secretariat and Technical Committee as defined in Executive Order No. 234, series of 1987, "Reorganizing the National Nutrition Council" shall be maintained.