SECTION 1. CREATION – There is hereby created a Task Force, herein referred to as the TF, to be composed of the following: Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Chairman Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) – Member Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Member Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) – Member Department of Tourism (DOT) – Member Philippine Information Agency (PIA) – Member Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) – Member Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) – Member One (1) Representative from the Academe Prof. Fortunato T. De La Peña – Member One (1) Representative from NGO Dr. Ceferino L. Follosco – Member The member agencies of the TF shall designate their permanent representatives to the TF. The permanent representative shall hold the rank of a Director or an Assistant Director. In pursuit of its objective and subject to existing laws, the TF shall have the following authority and functions: 1.1 Formulate the design of the meeting and coordinate all the substantive preparations needed; 1.2 Negotiate and conclude agreements and contracts necessary for attainment of the objectives of this Administrative Order, including contracts for services, taking into consideration what is most advantageous to the government.
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Administrative Order No. 82
Administrative Order No. 82
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 82 CREATING A TASK FORCE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE HOSTING OF THE 3RD MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL PARKS NETWORK, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SEC. 2. STEERING COMMITTEE – A Steering Committee is hereby created to assist the TF in the pursuit of its objectives. The Steering Committee shall be headed by the Focal Point for the Philippines for the APEC Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG) with following Sub-Committees memberships: Finance Committee – DOST-CO Substantive Committee – DOST-CO Program/Invitation – TAPI/DOST Food/Accommodation – TAPI/DOST Media/Publication – STII/DOST
SEC. 3. SECRETARIAT – A Secretariat shall be formed to assist the TF and the Steering Committee in carrying out their functions prior to and during the conduct of the meeting. The secretariat shall be based at the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI), DOST. The Secretariat may call on other member agencies of the TF for assistance.
SEC. 4. FUNDING – The amount necessary for the operational requirements of the TF, Steering Committee, Secretariat and Sub-Committees and the meeting itself shall be charged against the CY 1999 International Commitments Fund for Hosting of International Conferences/Meetings amounting to THREE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P3,200,000.00) . The DBM shall release such funds to DOST upon endorsement of the DFA.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVITY – This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 10 th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety nine. (Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Executive Secretary