Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Implementing Agency. -The Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts, created under Executive Order No. 118, dated January 30, 1987, shall develop and adopt a program to effectuate the provisions of this Act and promulgate such rules and regulations and criteria that will govern the selection of the Manlilikha ng Bayan.1шphi1

For purposes of this Act, the Commission shall have the powers and functions:

a. to constitute and appoint panels of experts including, but not limited to, the nominees of the Office of Muslim Affairs, Office of Southern Cultural Communities and Office for Northern Cultural Communities in each of the traditional folk arts categories to assist the Commission in a thorough search for and fair awardees; such selection of traditional folk arts shall include but will not be to the following: weaving, woodcarving, metal-working, jewelry-making, embroidery, furniture making using indigenous materials, dance, song, instrumental folk music, folk literature, drama, boat-making, pottery-making, and other indigenous technology and architecture such as rice-terracing;

b. to increase the monetary grant whenever circumstances so warrant provided that the increase shall not be given retroactive effect;

c. to design, monitor and evaluate appropriate programs that shall ensure that the Manlilikhang Bayan transfers his/her skills to others, and to coordinate with pertinent agencies, public and private, for program implementation;

d. to undertake measures that shall protect the intellectual/cultural property rights of the awardees;

e. to promote the widest utilization and improvement of the awardees' design and patterns as well as their materials, tools and techniques in coordination with pertinent agencies, public and private;

f. to undertake information dissemination programs intended to broaden community awareness of and instill pride in the achievements of the Manlilikha ng Bayan;

g. to facilitate or undertake activities, public and private in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of Tourism, that shall make the efforts of the awardees not only aesthetically rewarding but also economically profitable; and

h. to generate funds from the Government and the private sector for the implementation of the provisions of this Act.