Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12)
The EO No. 12 provides for the creation of the Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty to oversee all government activities on poverty alleviation, ensuring a pro-poor bias, focusing on the poorest of the poor, and accelerating the implementation of programs to alleviate poverty.
The Commission is created under the Office of the President.
The Commission is composed of the Executive Secretary or his designated Deputy, Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, Secretary of Interior and Local Government, Secretary of Budget and Management, Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority, and three representatives from the private sector appointed by the President.
The interventions are: 1) Ensure delivery of basic social services such as health, nutrition, housing and education to the poorest; 2) Ensure poor people's access to agrarian reform, skills training, and livelihood opportunities; 3) Help poor communities organize cooperatively to empower them in development and public policy making.
The President designates the Chairman from among the members of the Commission.
Key functions include preparing a blueprint of poverty alleviation actions, monitoring implementation and impact of programs, coordinating government efforts, evaluating agency performance, facilitating poverty work, communicating to the public, supporting local governments in service delivery, and ensuring pro-poor programs empower and build capabilities.
The Presidential Management Staff, in coordination with the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor, provides technical and administrative support.
The Presidential Action Center serves as the monitoring arm of the Commission on the government’s pro-poor programs.
Yes, all existing programs and projects continue to be implemented by the concerned agencies, while the Commission coordinates, monitors, and facilitates these efforts.
The Executive Order took effect immediately upon signing on August 15, 1992.