Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 385)
It references the United Nations declaration of 1993-2002 as the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons.
Republic Act No. 7277, also known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, approved on March 24, 1992.
The Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development is designated as the Chairperson of the Task Force.
The NCWDP Secretariat provides technical and secretariat support to the Task Force and serves as the fund depository for the released funds.
The Task Force is tasked to ensure the integrated action plan's formulation and implementation for persons with disabilities, identify gaps in program implementation, provide strategic interventions, facilitate fundraising activities, submit quarterly reports to the President, and perform other tasks directed by the President.
The Task Force comprises various government secretaries from departments including Social Welfare and Development, Interior and Local Government, Labor and Employment, Trade and Industry, Health, Education, Culture and Sports, Agrarian Reform, and heads of Philippine agencies and disability organizations.
An initial amount of Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00) from OP-DBM savings/reserves and Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) were allocated for 1997 programs.
The Task Force is authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government for assistance needed in performing its functions.
The Executive Order took effect immediately upon its signing on December 9, 1996.