AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO OVERSEE THE PROGRESSION OF THE PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (AIDT)

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WHEREAS, the Philippines seeks to attain its vision of a newly
industrializing country by the year 2000 through the twin strategies of global
competitiveness and people empowerment;

WHEREAS, in pursuing this vision, the Philippine government should develop
and strengthen its industries to be internationally competitive;

WHEREAS, the fashion industry is now faced with stiff competition in the
global markets and will have to improve its global competitive position by
upgrading its technologies and manpower skills;

WHEREAS, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is empowered to develop
the capabilities of industry to upgrade the quality of products according to
competitive international standards;

WHEREAS, in response to new world developments, the DTI sees the need to establish
a fashion design and technology institute that will develop the Philippine’s
fashion industry’s human and technical resources in the files of design,
pattern making, manufacturing technology, merchandising and export marketing;

WHEREAS, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a state university of
New York, and an internationally recognized institute in the field of art and
design, business and technology, has assisted developing countries such as
India and Brazil in establishing and later strengthening their respective
institutes of design and technology;

WHEREAS, the FIT has extended its assistance to the DTI by allowing its
faculty and experts to undertake the initial studies that will lead to the
establishment of an Asian Institute of Design and Technology in Manila and to
conduct training programs designed to upgrade the professional skills of the
fashion industry workforce at subsidized rates;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to progress the plan to establish the AIDT
into its implementation stage and to continue the conduct of the training
programs which will help build up systems and programs that upgrade the
technical skills of the fashion industry’s manpower within the next three
years;

WHEREAS, the Technical Education and Skills Authority (TESDA) was vested
with the primary responsibility of formulating continuing coordinated and fully
integrated technical education and skills development policies and was also
empowered to review and recommend action to concerned authorities on proposed technical
assistance programs for technical education or skills development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize
the Department of Trade and Industry, for a period of three years, to oversee
the progression of the plan and implementation of establishing the Asian
Institute of Design and Technology.

SECTION 1. Task of the
Department of Trade and Industry. The Department of
Trade and Industry shall exercise the following task and responsibilities as
overseer of the Project:

1. Negotiate and conclude
contracts with the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York in the continued
conduct of the needed training programs for the garment export industry that
will lead to the establishment of the AIDT; and

2. Coordinate with the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on matters of training
design, content and implementation to ensure that the curricula address the
needs of the fashion design export industry.

SEC. 2. Funding. The DTI is authorized to secure and provide the funds necessary for
the implementation of the project and to authorize the Philippine Trade and
Training Center (PTTC) to collect seminar fees and deposit said fees into
revolving funds that will be used for the project.

SEC. 3. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of May in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V.
RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) LUIS C. LIWANAG II
Acting Executive Secretary

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