MALACAÃANG
MANILA
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 20
TO: All concerned Department Heads
SUBJECT: NAPC Sectoral Representation
In accordance with R.A. 8425, otherwise known as the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act, and in my capacity as Chairperson of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), I hereby order the release of THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P3,500,000.00) for the preparatory activities to finalize recommendations for sectoral representation and composition of sectoral councils of the NAPC. This amount shall be charged to the operational budget allotted for the NAPC. The amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P250,000.00) for each of the fourteen (14) sectors shall be released to the corresponding Department Heads, as follows:
Sector
Department Head
1
Farmers and landless rural workers
DAR
2
Artisanal fisherfolk
DA
3
Urban Poor
PCUP
4
Indigenous cultural communities/peoples
DENR
5
Workers in the formal sector and migrant workers
DOLE
6
Workers in the informal sector
DOLE
7
Women
DSWD
8
Youth and students
DECS
9
Persons with disabilities
DOH
10
Victims of disasters and calamities
DILG
11
Senior citizens
DSWD
12
Non-governmental organizations
NEDA
13
Children
DSWD
14
Cooperatives
PCUP
The Department Heads concerned are hereby directed to coordinate with the necessary parties to ensure the genuine representation of the sectors in the NAPC. The Lead Convenor is ordered to report developments and activities undertaken to the Department Heads regarding their corresponding sectoral concerns.
Done in Manila, this 26th day of November, 1998.
(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
By the President:
(Sgd.) Ronaldo B. Zamora
Executive Secretary
Source: CDAsia
