APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ACTION AGENDA FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR PRODUCTIVITY

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WHEREAS, there is need to implement national strategies for productivity
improvement to further strengthen the competitiveness of the Philippine economy
in a rapidly expanding world market and thereby sustain its recent
developmental gains;

WHEREAS, the Multi-Sectoral/Agency Committee created under Administrative
Order No. 267, s. 1996, has completed its task of formulating a National Action
Agenda for Productivity to complement the Philippine Development Plan and serve
as a comprehensive strategy for productivity improvement;

WHEREAS, various sectors — both private and government — have pledged their
commitment to support the National Action Agenda for Productivity by combining
their resources, time and effort in order to ensure its successful
implementation;

WHEREAS, to ensure consistency of policies and coordination of efforts, it
is necessary to create a high-level body to orchestrate activities on
productivity improvement;

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:

SECTION 1. Approval and Adoption of the NAAP The National Action Agenda for
Productivity (NAAP) is hereby approved and adopted.

SEC. 2. Creation of the Philippine Council for Productivity. The Philippine Council for
Productivity, (herein referred to as the council), is hereby created to oversee
the implementation of the National Action Agenda for Productivity and to
accelerate the country’s program for global excellence and international
competitiveness.

SEC. 3. Objectives of the Council. The Council aims to ensure a united effort on productivity
improvement and the effective implementation of the National Action Agenda for
Productivity. Specifically, it aims to:

a. Propagate the culture of
productivity as a way of life and instrument of sustaining broad-based
development and thereby improving the quality of life of all Filipinos;

b. Maximize the coordinated
participation of all sectors in the implementation of the NAAP at the national
and regional levels; and

c Rationalize the role of the
public sector to support the key role of the private sector in the productivity
movement.

SEC. 4. Composition of the Council.
The Council shall be chaired by the Secretary
of Socio-Economic Planning. There shall be two Vice-Chairpersons to be
appointed by the Chairperson, one representing the labor sector and another
representing the business sector. The Vice-Chairperson for the labor sector
shall be nominated by the Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment and the
Vice-Chairperson for the business sector shall be nominated by the Secretary,
Department of Trade and Industry. The heads of the following
agencies/organizations shall serve as members of the Council:

Public Sector

a Department of Agriculture

b Department of Budget and
Management

c Department of Education, Culture
and Sports

d Department of Environment and
Natural Resources

e Department of the Interior and
Local Government

f Department of Labor and
Employment

g Department of Science and
Technology

h Department of Trade and
Industry

i Commission on Higher Education

j Technical Education, Skills
and Development Authority

k Development Academy of the
Philippines

l University of the Philippines

Private Sector

a Trade Union Congress of the
Philippines

b Labor Advisory and
Consultative Council

c Federation of Free Farmers

d Employers’ Confederation of
the Philippines

e Philippine Chamber of Commerce
and Industry

f Philippine Quality and
Productivity Movement

g Management Association of the
Philippines

h Philippine Society for Quality
Control

i Production Management Association
of the Philippines

j Philippine Association of
Technological Education

k Federation of Philippine
Industries

The Council may invite the Civil
Service Commissioner to be a member of the Council. The Council may also call
on the assistance of other government agencies and private sector
organizations, whenever necessary.

Technical and administrative
support to the Council shall be provided by a Joint Secretariat to be headed by
the National Economic and Development Authority, with the Department of Labor
and Employment/National Wages and Productivity Commission, Department of Trade
and Industry, and the Development Academy of the Philippines as members.

SEC. 5. Functions. The Council shall have
the following functions:

a Coordinate, monitor and evaluate
the implementation of the National Action Agenda for Productivity to make sure
that programs and projects in the Agenda are implemented by the concerned
sectors, agencies, or organizations;

b Recommend performance
measures/indicators of productivity for both the public and private sectors at
the national, local and sectoral levels which may be used to monitor and assess
annual performances;

c Facilitate a review of
existing productivity organizations in the public sector, and recommend, if
necessary, an institutional set-up that can most effectively support the
sustained and coordinated implementation, assessment and updating of the
National Action Agenda for Productivity;

d Coordinate the preparation of
regional action agenda on productivity together with the Regional Development
Councils (RDCs) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);

e Formulate an advocacy program
to encourage firms to adopt productivity related measures and to instill in
every Filipino the importance of productivity as an important value and work
ethic; and

f Submit an annual report to the
President and the NEDA Board on the implementation of the NAAP.

SEC. 6. Role of the Technical Working Groups. The Technical Working Groups on
Agriculture, Industry and Services, and the Public Sector created under AO 267
(s. 1996), under the direction of the Council, shall take charge of
implementing their respective sector’s work programs on productivity.

SEC. 7. Funding. The Department of Budget and Management is hereby directed to
provide funds necessary to support the activities of the Council in 1997.
Henceforth, budget for the operations of the Council shall be incorporated in
the budget of the National Economic and Development Authority. If necessary,
government agencies involved in the implementation of the National Action
Agenda for Productivity shall include in their respective budgets the necessary
funds required for the works programs where they are involved. Private sector
partners may also provide funds for the implementation of the National Action
Agenda for Productivity.

SEC. 8. Effectivity. This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 24th day of January in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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