Presidential Award for Child Friendly LGUs

Section 1 creates the Presidential Awards for child-friendly local governance.
The award includes Child Friendly Municipalities of the Philippines, with:
- Category A: 1st to 3rd class municipalities; and
- Category B: 4th to 6th class municipalities.
The award includes Child Friendly Cities of the Philippines, with:
- Category A: Highly urbanized cities; and
- Category B: Component cities.
Award recognition is conferred for the categories listed in Section 1 through the local chief executive concerned under Section 4.

The order recognizes the Child Friendly Movement as a worldwide effort to operationalize the CRC.
The Search for the Child Friendly Municipalities and Cities is created to support the Child Friendly Movement.
The Search is designed to recognize the “important role” of local government units in promoting and protecting children’s rights to:
- survival, development, protection, and participation (as stated in the recitals).
The order states that the Search is an effective mechanism to ensure that children’s issues and concerns receive importance at the local level (as stated in the recitals).

Section 2 provides that selection parameters are determined by the National Technical Working Group organized by the Council for the Welfare of Children.
The National Technical Working Group develops the Search guidelines and criteria under the recitals, by virtue of CWC Circular No. 7.2, series of 1999.
Award selection uses the parameters set by the National Technical Working Group under Section 2.

Section 3 mandates that the Search is an annual award.
The annual Search is spearheaded by the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) under Section 3.

Section 4 requires that each national awardee for the categories in Section 1 receives a Presidential award.
The Presidential award is conferred through the local chief executive concerned under Section 4.
The Presidential award is conferred in the form of:
- a Presidential trophy;
- a citation; and
- a cash prize of not less than PHP 150,000.00 to be used for projects for children.
The cash prize under Section 4 is to be sourced from the President’s Fund.
Section 4 also requires that each national nominee for the four (4) categories receives a Presidential Plaque of Commendation.

Section 5 assigns the National Historical Institute (NHI) of the Presidential Commission for Culture and Arts the task of evaluating the design of the Presidential trophy and citation.
The evaluation under Section 5 covers precedence, design, customs and traditions.
The NHI recommends final approval of the designs to the Office of the President under Section 5.
After approval, the approved design is returned to the NHI for proper recording in the National Registry of Heraldic Devices under Section 5.
The NHI transmits the approved design to the requesting party under Section 5.

Section 6 provides that Executive Order No. 184 takes effect immediately.
The order is signed on December 13, 1999 and bears the attestation of the Executive Secretary under the order’s signature block.