Creating the Presidential Council for Youth Affairs

Constitutional and policy mandate

Section 13, Article II of the 1987 Constitution recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building and directs the State to promote and protect the youth’s well-being.
Executive Order No. 274 establishes that there is a need for an office that serves as a direct link of the youth to the government in policy and program formulation and implementation addressing youth needs.

Creation and placement of the Council

Section 1 creates the Presidential Council for Youth Affairs, referred to as the Council, under the Office of the President.
The Council operates as the designated government body for youth development policy coordination and program-focused linkages with youth.

Council composition and eligibility

Section 2 provides that the Council is composed of a Chairman and four (4) members.
The President appoints the Chairman and members.
Council members must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age but not older than thirty (30) years of age.
Council members must be of good moral character, must have not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, and must have occupied a position or responsibility and leadership in established youth organizations.
The Chairman and members serve at the pleasure of the President.

Council functions and responsibilities

Section 3(a) requires the Council to recommend to the Office of the President youth development projects and programs, coordinated and consulted with the youth sector and concerned government departments and agencies.
Section 3(b) requires the Council to communicate and consult with proper government departments on matters within the departments’ areas of interest and concern.
Section 3(c) requires the Council to set-up a consultative mechanism for continuing dialogue between the government and the youth sector on planning and evaluation of programs and projects affecting the youth.
Section 3(d) authorizes the Council to conduct research and studies on youth-related matters and concerns.
Section 3(e) directs the Council to participate in international functions requiring youth participation and to implement foreign-sponsored youth projects endorsed and assigned to it by the Office of the President.
Section 3(f) requires the Council to facilitate and coordinate the implementation in the Philippines of international youth programs endorsed and assigned to it by the Office of the President.
Section 3(g) requires the Council to review existing legislation, policies, and government programs relating to the youth (in consultation with the youth sector and the government concerned) and to recommend appropriate action.
Section 3(h) empowers the Council to request the assistance and recommendations of any department, agency, or office for performing its duties.
Section 3(i) requires the Council to establish and endorse its organizational structure and staffing patterns to the President.
Section 3(j) authorizes the Council to appoint necessary administrative and subordinate personnel, subject to existing laws and regulations.
Section 3(k) authorizes the Council to suspend, dismiss, or otherwise discipline for cause any employee, and to approve or disapprove the appointment, transfer, or detail of employees, subject to existing laws and regulations.
Section 3(l) requires the Council to approve and submit to the Office of the President reports on program progress and accomplishments, and the annual and supplemental budgets of the Council.
Section 3(m) requires the Council to perform other functions authorized by the President.

Chief Executive Officer of the Council

Section 4 provides that the President appoints a Chief Executive Officer for the Council upon the recommendation of the Council.
The Chief Executive Officer is answerable to the Council members.
Section 4(a) requires the Chief Executive Officer to implement the Council’s policies, programs, and decisions.
Section 4(b) requires close coordination with Council members and mandates supervision of the Council’s operations and internal affairs.
Section 4(c) requires the Chief Executive Officer to attend to the Council’s administrative and technical needs.
Section 4(d) requires the Chief Executive Officer to maintain the Council’s organizational structure and staffing patterns, in close coordination with Council members.
Section 4(e) requires periodic reports to the Council on performance and accomplishments of Council projects and programs, and to recommend allocations of resources for such programs.
Section 4(f) requires the Chief Executive Officer to recommend the Council’s annual and supplemental budgets for Council members’ consideration and approval.
Section 4(g) authorizes performance of other functions authorized by the Council.

Abolition and transfer of youth agencies

Section 5 abolishes the Kabataang Barangay National Secretariat created under Executive Order No. 841 (October 28, 1982), the Youth Development Affairs, and the Secretariat on Youth Affairs.
Section 5 creates a committee to oversee and supervise the winding up of the abolished Kabataang Barangay National Secretariat and the disposition of its assets, properties, records, and equipment.
The winding-up committee is chaired by the Chairman of the Presidential Council for Youth Affairs and composed of representatives of DECS, DSWD, DLG, and NMYC.
Section 5 transfers to the Council the appropriations, funds, properties, assets, records, equipment, and personnel of the Youth Development Affairs and the Secretariat on Youth Affairs.
Section 5 transfers to the Council the functions and remaining assets, properties, records, and equipment of the defunct Philippine Commission on International Youth Year (PCIYY).
Section 5 requires the Council to use the transferred amounts for its current operating expenses, and thereafter requires the Council’s approved budget to be included in the General Appropriations Act.

Repeals and inconsistency rule

Section 6 provides that all laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with Executive Order No. 274 are repealed or modified accordingly.