Legal basis and policy setting
- Executive Order (EO) No. 879 (s. 2010) directs that PBID shall be a priority government program and creates the PBID Council to provide overall policy and direction for PBID.
- The PBID Council is chaired by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and composed of DENR, DepEd, DA, DOST, DOLE, the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), and representatives from NGOs and PIAs.
- EO 26 (s. 2011), known as the National Greening Program (NGP), declares that the NGP shall harmonize all tree-planting and greening activities.
- EO 26 includes bamboo among the preferred species for propagation in areas eligible for development under the NGP.
- EO 23 (s. 2011) mandates the DA, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), and DENR to develop the NGP in cooperation with DepEd, CHED, DSWD, DBM, the private sector, and other concerned agencies and instrumentalities.
PBID Council and DENR roles
- The PBID Council and the DENR, as the lead agency for the NGP, shall harmonize the PBID Program with the NGP.
- They shall identify areas of cooperation and convergence between PBID and NGP activities.
- In PBID implementation, the PBID Council may request assistance and cooperation from other government agencies, the private sector, and other stakeholders.
- The PBID Council and DENR are positioned to coordinate PBID to fit within the NGP’s greening framework.
Coordination and mandatory support
- All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the national government must support the full implementation of the PBID Program.
- State universities and colleges (SUCs) must support the full implementation of the PBID Program.
- Government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) must support the full implementation of the PBID Program.
- Local government units (LGUs) must support the full implementation of the PBID Program.
Scope of governance and stakeholders
- The PBID Council and DENR coordinate PBID in a multi-agency setting involving DTI, DENR, DepEd, DA, DOST, DOLE, LMP, and representatives from NGOs and PIAs.
- The implementation framework explicitly brings together participation across government, civil society, and private industry associations through the PBID Council composition.
- PBID implementation is designed to align with national greening coordination under the NGP structure.
Implementation approach—harmony with NGP
- PBID implementation is required to be harmonized with the National Greening Program (NGP).
- Bamboo propagation under the NGP framework is part of the environment in which PBID is to be implemented through convergence and cooperation.
- The PBID Council and DENR manage convergence by coordinating their PBID Program activities with NGP greening activities across eligible development areas.