100 OG. No. 52, 8794 (Dec. 27, 2004)
WHEREAS, the government has embarked on the implementation of a 10-point agenda to uplift the economy;
WHEREAS,
the government recognizes the need to develop the potential of the
country's globally-competitive service industries in order to generate
employment and earn foreign exchange;
WHEREAS, the role of
government is to provide an enabling environment for the private sector
to invest in these service industries and thereby create the capacity
and the competitiveness for global markets;
WHEREAS, the
government recognizes that developing these service industries requires a
market-based, private sector driven approach;
WHEREAS, there is a
need to create a mechanism to harness the synergy of the public and
private sectors in order to formulate integrated master plans for the
development of these service industries;
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION
1. Creation of a Public-Private Sector Task Force for the Development
of Globally Competitive Philippine Service Industries. - There is
hereby created the Public-Private Sector Task Force for the Development
of Globally competitive Philippine Service Industries, hereinafter
referred to as the Task Force.
SECTION 2. Functions. - The Task Force shall have the following functions:
- Identify
service industries which the Philippines has the potential to be
globally competitive, including, but not limited to health and wellness;
retirement and leisure; information technology; and logistics;
- Formulate
development plans in service industries that are identified where the
Philippines has the potential to be globally competitive. Such plans
shall provide for public-private sector partnership models in the
development of these sectors;
- Ensure the effective and timely implementation of the development plans;
- Initiate action and mobilize the concerned agencies of the government and the private sector to implement the development plans;
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the development plans; and
- Submit monthly report to the President, through the Executive Secretary, on the status of the development plans.
The
Task Force may accept donations, contributions, grants, requests or
gifts, in cash or in kind, from various sources, domestic or foreign,
for purposes relevant to its functions: provided, that in cases of
donations from foreign governments, acceptance thereof shall be subject
to the prior clearance and approval of the President of the Philippines
upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Foreign
Affairs, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9206.
Receipts from
donations shall be accounted in the books of the Task Force in
accordance with pertinent accounting and auditing rules and
regulations. Such donations, whether in cash or in kind, shall be
deemed automatically appropriated for purposes specified by the donor.
The receipts from cash donations and proceeds from sale of donated
commodities shall be remitted to the National Treasury and recorded as a
Special Account in the General Fund and shall be available through a
Special Budget pursuant to Section 35, chapter 5, Book VI of Executive
Order No. 292. The Task Force shall submit to the Department of Budget
and Management, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on
Appropriations, and the Commission on Audit a quarterly report of all
donations whether in cash or in kind, and a quarterly report of
expenditures or disbursements of the amount released.
SECTION 3. Composition. -
The Task Force shall be composed of the Secretary of Trade and
Industry, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Chairman of Clark
Development Corporation, the Chairman of Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority and five (5) representatives from the private sector who shall
be appointed by the President.
The Secretary of Trade and Industry and one (1) representative from the private sector shall be Co-Chairs of the Task Force.
The
Task Force may call on any heads of departments, agencies, bureaus, or
offices to provide assistance and cooperation to the Task Force as may
be required.
Resource persons from trade associations and local
and foreign chambers of commerce may be invited during meetings of the
Task Force to carry out its mandate.
SECTION 4. Coordination with the Senior Adviser on International Competitiveness.
- The Task Force shall closely coordinate its development plans with
the Senior Adviser on International Competitiveness who shall continue
to perform his functions in advising the President in areas concerning
the development of the country's global competitiveness. The Senior
Adviser on International Competitiveness shall ensure that the
President's directives relative to the development of globally
competitive Philippine service industries are efficiently and
effectively implemented by the Task Force.
SECTION 5. Funding. - The funding for the operational requirements of the Task Force shall be drawn from the President's Contingent Fund.
The
private sector entities shall fund their own participation in the work
of the Task Force, including operational and promotional activities,
feasibility studies and the like. They are encouraged to secure their
own funding through grants and other contributions from foreign and
local private sector counterpart, subject to applicable laws, rules and
regulations.
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - All executive
issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 7. Effectivity. - This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and four.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary