DIRECTING THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINE BAMBOO INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT (PBID) PROGRAM

WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) No. 879 (s. 2010)
directed that PBID shall be made a priority program of the government
and created the PBID Council which will provide the overall policy and
direction of the PBID program;

WHEREAS, the PBID Council is chaired by the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and composed of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Education
(DepEd), Department of Agriculture (DA), the Department of Science and
Technology (DOST), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the
League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), and representatives
from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Private Industry
Associations (PIAs);

WHEREAS, EO 26 (s. 2011), otherwise known as the
National Greening Program (NGP), declared that the NGP, which is also a
priority program of the government, shall harmonize all tree-planting
and greening activities;

WHEREAS, EO 26 included bamboo among the list of preferred species for propagation in areas eligible for development under the NGP; and

WHEREAS, the DA, Department of Agrarian Reform
(DAR) and DENR are mandated under EO 23 (s. 2011) to develop the NGP in
cooperation with DepEd, Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of
Budget and Management (DBM), private sector and other concerned agencies
and instrumentalities.

NOW THEREFORE, the PBID Council and the DENR, as
the lead agency for NGP, shall harmonize the PBID Program with the NGP
and identify areas of cooperation and convergence. In the implementation
of the PBID Program, the PBID Council may request for assistance and
cooperation from other government agencies, the private sector and other
stakeholders.

All departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the national
government, state universities and colleges (SUCs), government-owned and
controlled corporations (GOCCs) and local government units (LGUs) are
hereby enjoined to support the full implementation of the PBID Program.

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila this 30 th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.

 

	By authority of the President:
	(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
	Executive Secretary