Administrative Order No. 21 — ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 21 REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8425 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL REFORM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ACT

SECTION 1

Title

SECTION 1. Title . – These Rules shall be known as the Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act.

SECTION 2

Purpose

SECTION 2. Purpose. – These Rules are promulgated to prescribe the procedures and guidelines for the implementation of Title I on the National Anti-Poverty Commission of the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act in order to facilitate compliance therewith and achieve the objectives thereof.

SECTION 3

Declaration of Policy

SECTION 3. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to: (1) Adopt a sustainable, integrated, area-based, sectoral and focused intervention to poverty alleviation wherein every poor Filipino family shall be empowered to meet its minimum basic needs of health, food and nutrition, water and environmental sanitation, income security, shelter and decent housing, peace and order, education and functional literacy, participation in governance and family care and psycho-social integrity; (2) Actively pursue asset reform or redistribution of productive economic resources to the basic sectors including the adoption of a system of public spending which is targeted towards the poor; (3) Institutionalize and enhance the Social Reform Agenda (SRA), which embodies the results of the series of consultations and summits on poverty alleviation; (4) Adopt and operationalize the following principles and strategies as constituting the national framework integrating various structural reforms and anti-poverty initiatives: (a) Social reform shall be a continuing process that addresses the basic inequities in Philippine society through a systematic package of social interventions; (b) The SRA shall be enhanced by government in equal partnership with the different basic sectors through appropriate and meaningful consultations and participation in governance; (c) Policy, programs and resource commitments from both government and the basic sectors shall be clearly defined to ensure accountability and transparency in the implementation of the SRA; (d) A policy environment conducive to sustainable social reform shall be pursued; (e) The SRA shall address the fight against poverty through a multi-dimensional and cross-sectoral approach which recognizes and respects the core values, cultural integrity and spiritual diversity of target sectors and communities; (f) The SRA shall pursue a gender-responsive approach to fight poverty; (g) The SRA shall promote ecological balance in the different ecosystems in a way that gives the basic sectors a major stake in the use, management, conservation and protection of productive resources; (h) The SRA shall take into account the principle and interrelationship of population and development in the planning and implementation of social reform programs thereby promoting self-help and self-reliance; (i) SRA implementation shall be focused on specific target areas and basic sectors; and (j) The SRA shall advocate and institutionalize a multi-sectoral approach towards building social consensus to poverty alleviation at the national and local levels thereby mobilizing the different but potentially complementary capacities, resources and perspectives of civil society, government, and business towards a concerted societal effort at alleviating poverty. RULE II THE PHILIPPINE APPROACH TO SOCIAL REFORM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

SECTION 4

Executive Committee

SECTION 4. Executive Committee. An Executive Committee shall be created to oversee the execution of the powers and functions of the NAPC. The Executive Committee shall be chaired by the Lead Convenor and shall be composed of the Vice-Chairpersons and two other members from the government and basic sectors. The Executive Committee shall have the following functions: a) Set the agenda for the meetings of the NAPC; b) Oversee the implementation of the NAPC Resolutions concerning poverty alleviation programs; c) Oversee that grievances are addressed in the appropriate forum; and d) Other functions as may be delegated by NAPC. RULE IV FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS