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SECTION 1
CREATION
SECTION 1.
CREATION
. - There is hereby created a National Organizing Committee, herein referred to as the NOC, to be composed of the following:
a.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
– Chairperson
b.
Secretary of Trade and Industry
– Co-chair
c.
Chairperson, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW)
– Co-chair
d.
Executive Secretary
– Member
e.
Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning
– Member
f.
Secretary of Finance
– Member
g.
Secretary of Budget and Management
– Member
h.
Secretary of Agriculture
– Member
i.
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
– Member
j.
Secretary of Health
– Member
k.
Secretary of Labor and Employment
– Member
l.
Secretary of Science and Technology
– Member
m.
Secretary of Tourism
– Member
n.
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
– Member
o.
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
– Member
p.
Director-General, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
– Member
q.
Chairperson, Commission on Higher Education
– Member
r.
Officer-In-Charge, Philippine Information Agency
– Member
s.
Executive Director of Population Commission
– Member
t.
President, Women’s Business Council, Philippines
– Member
u.
Executive Director, Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (NGO Counterpart)
– Member
v.
1 Representative from the Academe (TBI)
– Member
w.
1 Representative from Women NGO (TBI)
– Member
The Members of the NOC may designate their permanent representative who are next-in-rank in their respective agencies.
SECTION 2
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SECTION 2.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
. - An Executive Committee (ExeCom) shall be organized from within the NOC to assist the NOC in the pursuit of its objectives. The Head of the ExeCom shall be elected by its members which shall be participants of the following agencies and Chairs of the different Sub-Committees:
a. Department of Foreign Affairs
b. Department of Trade and Industry
c. National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
d. Women’s Business Council, Philippines
e. 1 Representative from Women NGO
The representatives of the ExeCom member agencies must have the rank of at least Assistant Secretary or its equivalent. The ExeCom may create Sub-Committees and call upon or invite any government agency, non-government organizations or private individuals to assist the NOC in the performance of its tasks.
SECTION 3
SECRETERIAT
SECTION 3.
SECRETERIAT
. - A Secretariat shall be formed to assist the NOC, ExeCom and Technical Working Group (Substantive Committee) in carrying out their functions prior to and during the conduct of the Ministerial Meeting. The Secretariat shall be headed by the NCRFW with members from various agencies in the NOC. These same members shall compose the Sub-Committees on Conference Secretariat and Accommodation; Program/Invitation/Media/Publicity; Transportation/Port Courtesies/Securities; and Finance.
SECTION 4
AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS
SECTION 4.
AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS
. - In pursuit of its objective and subject to existing laws, the NOC shall have the following authority and functions:
4.1
Formulate the design of the Meeting and take all the substantive and administrative preparations;
4.2
Seek funds from donor agencies, government organizations and private sector to cover other costs of the Conference;
4.3
Call upon any official, agent, employee, agency or instrumentality of the national or local government for any assistance that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Administrative Order; and
4.4
Negotiate and conclude agreements and contracts necessary for the attainment of the objectives of this Administrative Order, including contracts of services, taking into consideration what is most advantageous to the government.
SECTION 5
FUNDING
SECTION 5.
FUNDING
. - Such amount as may be necessary for the operational requirements of the NOC, ExeCom, Secretariat and Sub-Committees amounting to FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P5,800,000.00) shall be charged against the 25% mandatory reserve of the CY 1998 International Commitment Fund (ICF).
SECTION 6
EFFECTIVITY
SECTION 6.
EFFECTIVITY
. - This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this
2nd
day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety eight.
(Sgd.)
FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEXANDER P. AGUIRRE
Executive Secretary