WHEREAS,
the Philippine government has encouraged the promotion of
volunteer service programs for national and international
development and understanding;
WHEREAS, to maximize the benefits that may be derived from
volunteer service programs, it is necessary to place them under
the close supervision of a single government agency;
WHEREAS, it has been noted that due to lack of coordination, there
are volunteer service organizations from foreign countries whose
performance cannot be gauged properly as to the necessity of their
presence in this country.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to strengthen the Philippine National
Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency so that it can effectively
formulate guidelines, policies,
organize and coordinate volunteer service programs in the country;
NOW THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Title – The Philippine National
Volunteer Service Coordinating Office (PNVSCO) shall hereinafter
named Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA).
Section 2. The Philippine National Volunteer Service
Coordinating Agency hereinafter referred to as the Agency shall
remain under the Office of the President and shall be under the
close administrative supervision of the Senior Presidential
Assistant.
Section 3. Aims and Objectives – The Agency shall
have the following goals and objectives:
a)
Formulate policies and guidelines concerning volunteer
service plans and programs;
b)
Coordinate programs and activities of domestic and all foreign
governmental and private voluntary organizations in order that
their services may be made to fit into the total national
development goals;
c)
Act as clearinghouse for all matters pertaining to volunteer
services;
d)
Organize and implement the national volunteer service program to
give the educated youth and adults a constructive opportunity to
use their talent and skills for national development and in
carrying out programs of international cooperation;
e) Serve as a liaison between
domestic and all foreign governmental and private voluntary
organizations including the United Nations Volunteer Program under
UNDP;
f)
Strengthen and promote volunteer service through conferences,
seminars, training sessions and other related activities;
g)
Administer all PNVSCA funds from all sources, including foreign
aid in accordance with accounting and auditing requirements;
receive gifts, donations, bequests
and subventions from public and private entities; associations and
private persons; and
h)
Perform other functions and duties as may be provided by law.
Section 4. Organization – The Agency shall be
headed by a Director and assisted by a professional staff and
employees who shall be appointed by the Director in accordance
with the Civil Service law and rules.
Section 5. Duties and Functions of the Director –
The Director shall have the following duties and functions:
a)
Implement the plans and programs of the Philippine Volunteer
Service Program;
b)
Advise and assist the Senior Presidential Assistant of the Office
of the President on matters pertaining to volunteer services;
c)
Provide consultative and advisory services to the various
government and private agencies on matters pertaining to volunteer
service;
d)
Develop plans, programs and operating standards and techniques for
the promotion of the objectives and functions of the Agency; and
e)
Perform such other functions as may be assigned to the Director by
the Senior Presidential Assistant relating to volunteer services.
Section 6. Creation of Multi-Sectoral Advisory Body
– There is hereby created a multi-sectoral advisory body to
encourage the widest participation of both government and
non-government organizations engaged in volunteer service.
It shall be composed of representatives of selected government
agencies, the interfaith groups, private/civic organizations and
foreign and international organizations; to be organized and
chaired by the Director of PNVSCA.
Section
7. Functions of the Multi-Sectoral
Advisory Body – The multi-sectoral advisory body have the
following functions:
a) Assist in
the formulation of policies, plans and programs pertaining to
volunteer services;
b)
Provide consultative and technical advisory services on volunteer
matters;
c) Enhance
and strengthen linkages among and between various volunteer groups
and client communities.
Section 8. Definition of Terms – For the purpose of
this Order:
a) Volunteer Service
Organization – means any domestic or foreign group of volunteer
workers organized and trained to plan and implement local and
domestic volunteer service programs.
b)
Volunteer Service Program – refers to a volunteer service
planned for implementation by a volunteer service organization.
c)
Volunteer Service Workers – means any foreign volunteer service
worker or a domestic volunteer service worker.
d) Foreign Volunteer
Service Worker – refers to a member of a foreign volunteer
service organization, recruited by or at the instance
of PNVSCA to perform or participate in a specified domestic
development project.
e)
Domestic Volunteer Service Worker – refers to a citizen of the
Philippines who is recruited by or at the instance of PNVSCA to
perform or participate in a specified domestic development project
here or abroad.
Section 9. Admission of Foreign Volunteer Service
Worker – No foreign volunteer service worker shall be admitted
into the Philippines unless the sending foreign country or foreign
private organization has entered into an agreement for foreign
volunteer service program with the government of the Philippines.
Section
10. Registration – All volunteer service organizations
and workers shall, before performing any volunteer service in any
place in the country, register with PNVSCA. All existing
volunteer service organizations and workers now performing
volunteer service in the country shall likewise register with
PNVSCA within thirty (30) days after effectivity of this Order.
Section
11. Contents of the Registration Form – The
registration statement shall set forth the following:
a) The registrant’s full
name, age, place of birth, citizenship, civil status, principal
business and residence addresses in the Philippines and elsewhere,
if any. If the registrant is a partnership, association or
corporation, the application shall be accompanied by a certified
copy of its character, articles of incorporation or associating
constitution and by-laws and any other instrument relating to its
organization, power and purposes;
b)
The name of the foreign volunteer service worker’s domestic or
foreign organization affiliation, passport and visa number;
c)
A copy of the contracts of employment, or in the absence
therefore, a full statement of the terms and conditions under
which such person acts or agrees to work as a foreign volunteer;
d)
A detailed statement of every activity which the registrant is
performing or is assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform;
e)
Such other statements, information or documents as the Director of
the PNVSCA for the purpose of this may from time to time require.
Section 12. Change of Visa Status – No
foreign visitor entering the Philippines or already in the
country, shall apply for a change of status.
Section 13. Prohibited Acts – A foreign volunteer
service worker shall not perform any of the following:
a) Accept other remunerative
employment during his assignment.
b) Make, directly, or
indirectly, any contribution of money or other things of value, or
promise expressly or impliedly to make any such contribution, in
connection with any convention, caucus or other process to select
candidates for any political office.
c)
Participate in political activities.
d)
Solicit contributions.
e)
Act in violation of the rules and regulations prescribed by the
PNVSCA.
Section 14. Penalty for
Any Violation – Any foreign volunteer service worker who commits
any of the above prohibited acts shall face corresponding
cancellation of his visa and confiscation of his passport while
any domestic volunteer service working committing any such
violation shall face charges before our domestic court.
Section 15. Rules and Regulations – The Director
shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this Order. Such rules and
regulations shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following
their publication in the Official Gazette.
Done in
the City of Manila, this 12th day of December, in the year of our
Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
Signed:
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By
the President:
Signed:
JUAN C. TUVERA
Senior Presidential Assistant
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