Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 406)
The agencies mandated to create PEENRA units are the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
The NSCB PEENRA unit is responsible for compiling environmental accounts, formulating methodologies for PEENRA, improving environmental and economic statistics, serving as the repository of PEENRA data, providing technical and secretariat services to related committees, and acting as the secretariat of the PEENRA Steering Committee.
The PEENRA unit at NEDA coordinates consultations, orientations, and training for the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) and other institutions; coordinates studies and research to support PEENRA-related policy development; and establishes mechanisms to integrate environmental considerations into planning, policy, and project implementation based on PEENRA results.
The DENR PEENRA unit compiles sectoral resource accounts, conducts studies and research for policy development, ensures that environmental considerations are integrated in policy and project planning and implementation, and strengthens its statistical capabilities for PEENRA data provision.
The PEENRA-SC is created to provide direction for the coordinated functioning of the PEENRA units, establish inter-agency committees and task forces, and oversee the implementation of the PEENRA system.
The PEENRA Steering Committee is chaired by the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and the Director-General of NEDA, in their capacity as chairman of the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD).
The PEENRA Steering Committee includes representatives from the academe, non-government organizations/people’s organizations (NGO/PO), business, and labor sectors.
Initial funding shall come from the participating agencies’ savings and other identified sources subject to the President's approval. Subsequent funding will be allocated through the budget preparation of each agency to be included in the annual General Appropriations Bill.
The NSCB is tasked to designate the required environmental and economic statistics and identify the responsible agencies or bureaus to generate such data for PEENRA.
The Executive Order takes effect immediately upon issuance.
The PEENRA units at NSCB, NEDA, and DENR must closely coordinate to ensure consistency and complementarity of activities supporting the PEENRA system.
The creation of PEENRA is supported by the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan 1993-1998, the Philippine Agenda 21, and recommendations from APEC Sustainable Development meetings held in 1996, emphasizing integration of environmental accounting into socio-economic planning.
Other agencies that provide inputs to or adopt the PEENRA system may establish their own PEENRA units as necessary.