CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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WHEREAS, the government recognizes that the opportunities for full
participation in development and equality of persons with disabilities,
particularly in the field of employment, continue to be far less than those
available to their able-bodied peers;

WHEREAS, with such recognition and by virtue of the Philippines’ membership
in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UN-ESCAP), Proclamation No. 125 has been issued to commence the nationwide
observance of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002);

WHEREAS, the Eighth Congress of the Philippines, in its Third Regular
Session, ratified ILO Convention No. 159 which promotes employment
opportunities for all categories of disabled persons based on the principles of
equal opportunity and treatment;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for
Disabled Persons, was signed into law on 24 March 1992 with specific provisions
for their employment; and

WHEREAS, efforts from both the public and private sectors must be
coordinated and intensified to give meaning and substance to the Magna Carta
for Disabled Persons and other relevant laws on employment to facilitate their
integration into the mainstream of society, in general, and the labor force, in
particular;

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 order that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Committee on Employment Promotion,
Protection and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, hereinafter
referred to as the Committee. The Committee shall be chaired by the Secretary
of Labor and Employment with the following members:

1. Secretary of the Department
of Social Welfare and Development;

2. Secretary of the Department
of Education, Culture and Sports;

3. Secretary of the Department
of Trade and Industry;

4. Secretary of the Department
of Health;

5. Secretary of the Department
of Interior and Local Government;

6. Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission;

7. Director General of the
Technology and Livelihood Resource Center;

8. Executive Director of the
Employees’ Compensation Commission;

9. Director General of the
Philippine Information Agency;

10. Executive Director of the
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons;

11. President of the Katipunan
ng May Kapansanan sa Pilipinas, Inc.;

12. Two (2) representatives of
Employers’ groups;

13. Two (2) representatives of
the Labor sector; and

14. Three (3) representatives of
NGOs for the impaired/disabled.

SEC. 2. The Committee shall have the following functions:

1. To coordinate and monitor the
implementation of and compliance with the employment provisions of the Magna
Carta for Disabled Persons, and other relevant laws;

2. To develop, coordinate and
implement a continuing program of public information and education designed to
provide increased employment opportunities for persons with disabilities;

3. To foster, strengthen and
ensure cooperation among all government agencies, private organizations and
individuals, in collaboration with the International Labor Organization in the
enhancement of employment of persons with disabilities by promoting the
alignment of their policies and programs with the Magna Carta for Disabled
Persons and other relevant laws;

4. To identify, formulate and
advocate legislative and administrative measures and policies designed to
promote, protect and uplift the welfare and employment of persons with
disabilities; and

5. To promote and assist in the
conduct of relevant studies and researches on vocational rehabilitation, occupational
safety and health, and in the conduct of awareness-raising and advocacy,
particularly those pertaining to equalization of opportunities and
participation of persons with disabilities in national development.

SEC. 3. The Committee, through the Chairperson, shall make a periodic report
of its activities to the President.

SEC. 4. The Bureau of Local Employment of the Department of Labor and
Employment shall serve as the Committee’s Secretariat and liaison/coordinating
arm with Congress and other government agencies.

SEC. 5. All participating government agencies shall include in their
respective Annual Work and Financial Plans the necessary budget for the
implementation of this Order.

SEC. 6. This Executive Order shall take effect upon its signing.

DONE in the City of Manila, this
17th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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