Section 2
Powers and Functions
Section 2.
Powers and Functions.
—The National Steering Committee on the Filipino Family shall have the following powers and functions:
2.1 To formulate policies, plan and promote strategies for an effective national program on the family;
2.2 To draw up a mechanism between and among the various national department and local government units, and the private sector particularly civic and religious, marriage and family organizations, educational institutions and media groups for the mobilization, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of effective family life programs;
2.3 To conduct studies, researches and cause the publication of articles and books on marriage family;
2.4 To encourage opportunities training on human relations development among groups and individual engaged in family life programs;
2.5 To set up and administer a national family development fund for its programs and projects;
2.6 To plan, coordinate and evaluate the yearly celebration of the National Family Week (Amends E.O. No. 241 and PP No. 60) the National Family Thanksgiving Day (PP No. 847), the National Mother's Day, the National Father's Day, the National Grandparents Day, the International Year of the Family, and such other celebration for the family;
2.7 To ensure the institutionalization of Family Week and Family Thanksgiving Day through the participation of all concerned;
2.8 To network with all concerned government agencies and non-government organizations in the effective discharge of its functions;
2.9 To perform such powers and functions as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Executive Order.
Section 3
Composition
Section 3.
Composition.
—The National Steering Committee on the Filipino Family shall be chaired by the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development of his/her designated Undersecretary and a Vice-Chairperson who shall be elected from among the non-governmental organizations, civic and religious, marriage and family organizations, educational institutions and media groups represented and shall be composed of the following government agencies and private sector entities.
3.1 Government Agencies
3.1.1 Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
3.1.2 Department of Education (DepEd)
3.1.3 Department of Health (DOH)
3.1.4 Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
3.1.5 Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
3.1.6 National Youth Commission (NYC)
3.1.7 National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW)
3.1.8 National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
3.1.9 Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC)
3.1.10 Presidential Management Staff (PMS)
3.1.11 Office of the Presidential Adviser for Special Concerns (OPASC)
3.1.12 Office of the Muslim Affairs (OMA)
3.1.13 Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
3.1.14 Senate Committee on Youth Women and Family
3.1.15 House Committee on Population and Family Relations
3.2 Non-Government Entities
3.2.1 CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Family and Life (ECFL)
3.2.2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
3.2.3 Iglesia ni Cristo
3.2.4 National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
3.2.5 Kaisahang Buhay Foundation (KBF)
3.2.6 Marriage Enhancement and Teams Services Foundation (METS Foundation)
3.2.7 NORFIL Foundation
3.2.8 National Council of Social Development Foundation, Inc. (NSCD)
3.2.9 Family Life Institute Family Network
3.2.10 Pro-Life Philippines Foundation
The National Steering Committee on the Filipino Family as the need arises may invite government agencies and non-government organizations not mentioned above as additional members of the National Committee on the Filipino Family.
Section 4
Funding
Section 4.
Funding.
—The necessary amount to be incurred in connection with the implementation of this Order shall be primarily funded under the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and secondarily shared by the government departments and agencies concerned, charged against their respective regular budgets.
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And, therefore, funds for the operation of the activities and programs, shall be included in the General Appropriations Act. Further, the National Steering Committee on the Filipino Family may engage in resource generation/mobilization activities as may be allowed by law to ensure the success and continued operation of the National Steering Committee on the Filipino Family and its programs and projects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
DONE—in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.
(Sgd.)
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary