Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Mandate, Powers, and Functions of the Council. The Council shall exercise the following powers and functions:

A.PLANNING AND POLICY FORMULATION

(1)Formulate and implement a Philippine Creative Industries Development Plan that shall define economic goals and key performance indicators for the creative industries including value creation, contribution to gross domestic product, job creation, market creation and expansion, whether domestic or international, investment targets, and creative intellectual property targets, and such other strategies and activities provided for under Section 8 of thisAct;

(2)Review all existing policies, plans, programs, and projects of the government and formulate, in coordination with government agencies, nongovernment organizations, business support organizations and creative workers associations, national policies, plans, and programs that support the creative industries; and

(3)Create a classification of the creative industries into subsectors based on strategic considerations, and create technical panels, working groups, or task forces that will assist the Council in the performance of its functions, in coordination with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for its integration in the Philippine Standard Industry Classification.

B. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION

(1) Issue guidelines and criteria in identifying the persons and stakeholders in the creative industries who may receive aid from the State in times of national emergencies;

(2) Issue guidelines for the accreditation of business support organizations and creative workers associations that may be entitled to the programs of the Council under this Act, as well as create programs that will assist the creative industry stakeholders in establishing such business support organizations and creative workers associations;

(3) Encourage persons in the creative industries to join business support organizations and/or creative workers associations in their respective fields; and

(4) Establish and promote a culture and mechanism of continuing dialogue between government, business support organization and creative workers association within the creative industries, and the academe on proper planning and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects affecting its stakeholders.

C. MARKETING AND PROMOTION

(1) Develop and sustain cooperative exchanges, partnerships, and collaborations with and among government agencies, creative entities, organizations, and associations, locally and overseas, whether from the public or private sector, and coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other pertinent government agencies for overseas cooperative exchanges, partnerships, and collaborations;

(2) Endorse to the DTI prospective multi- and bilateral international trade agreements that will benefit the Philippine creative industries, as well as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) creative economic activities, conferences, and events for possible country representation, in coordination with the Philippine National Commission for UNESCO (UNACOM);

(3) Ensure the promotion, marketing, distribution, export, and consumption of creative industry outputs in both local and international markets in coordination with the Board of Investments (BOI), Export Management Bureau (EMB), Foreign Service Trade Corps (FSTC), and the Center for International Trade, Expositions, and Missions (CITEM), among other pertinent government agencies: Provided, That the programs dealing with cultural properties shall be coordinated with the NCCA, pursuant to Republic Act No. 10066 or the "National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009";

(4) Support local and international creative festivals, exhibitions, trade shows, and other similar activities for the purpose of promoting the broadest dissemination and consumption of Filipino creativity as a tool for sociocultural and economic development; and

(5) Assist the DOT pertaining to the integration of the Philippine creative industries in the national tourism development plan.

D. CAPACITY-BUILDING

(1) Assist in the monitoring and protection of intellectual property rights of Filipino creative industry stakeholders;

(2) Assist in the protection of the indigenous traditional cultural properties that are being utilized for commercial purposes, in coordination with the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP); and

(3) Provide training, capacity-building, and support to stakeholders in the Philippine creative industries in areas such as business development, financial literacy, ethics, digital skills, taxation, design thinking, contracts, negotiations, and entrepreneurship, in partnership with the private sector.

E. OTHER FUNCTIONS

(1) Generate and mobilize resources from domestic and foreign sources, receive and accept donations and other conveyances by gratuitous title, including funds, materials and services, and rationalize the use and the equitable distribution of such resources to the various creative industries through mechanisms including competitive grants;

(2) Enter into and carry out contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm or association or corporation, domestic or foreign, and sue or be sued relative to the contracts entered into;

(3) Acquire, utilize or dispose of, in any manner recognized by law, real or personal property in the Philippines or elsewhere necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act;

(4) Raise or borrow, within the limitation provided by law, and subject to the approval or opinion of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Department of Finance (DOF), as the case may be, adequate and necessary funds from local or foreign sources, to finance its projects and programs under this Act and for this purpose, issue bonds, promissory notes and other forms of securities, and secure the same by a guarantee, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust or an assignment of all or part of its property or assets;

(5) Adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal;

(6) Delegate, from time to time, any of the powers of the Council which may be lawfully delegated pursuant to existing laws, to the Executive Director or, in the absence of the Executive Director, to any of the Deputy Executive Directors, upon such terms as may be deemed fit;

(7) Create ad hoc committees or technical working groups representing different creative industries and appropriate government agencies to discuss specific issues relative to each creative industry, provide sound advice, and recommend policies or programs to the Council; and

(8) Promulgate such rules and regulations and exercise such other powers and functions as may be necessary to effectively carry out the attainment of the purposes and objectives of this Act.

In the exercise of its powers and functions, the Council shall, at all times, coordinate and synergize its plans and programs with the national government agencies (NGAs) that have existing mandates in the various creative industry domains that are defined in Section 3 of this Act, as well as with NGAs that may be similarly mandated under future legislation or government reorganization, including but not limited to the following:

(a) Film Development Council of the Philippines;

(b) National Council for Children's Television;

(c) Design Center of the Philippines;

(d) Cultural Center of the Philippines;

(e) National Museum; and

(f) National Book Development Board.

To this end, the Council may invite the NGAs to present their plans, proposals, and programs during its regular meetings.

CHAPTER III

THE PHILIPPINE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

DEVELOPMENT PLAN