Law Summary
Authorization and Legal Basis for Streamlining
- The DAP Board approved the streamlining plan to reduce and merge various offices and centers.
- The manpower complement was reduced from 904 to 730 co-terminus positions, and from 323 to 244 permanent plantilla positions.
- Executive Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987) authorizes workforce reduction due to financial constraints.
- Republic Act No. 8745 (General Appropriations Act of 1999) empowers the President to direct reorganization and scaling down of agency activities.
Objectives of Streamlining
- Align DAP’s operations with its strategic vision and mandate under Presidential Decree No. 205.
- Increase organizational efficiency by minimizing levels, reducing span of control, combining functions, abolishing redundancies, and maximizing resources.
- Ensure minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
- Improve DAP’s effectiveness as a government support institution.
- Achieve financial viability starting 1999.
Refocusing of Operations
- The DAP must adjust its activities to respond effectively to government priority programs.
- It will cater to the needs of its clients in government, private sector, and institutional agencies.
Organization and Staffing Modification
- Realign and reorganize operations to produce an effective and efficient organizational structure.
- Adjust staffing patterns to conform to the new structure.
- Limit annual permanent plantilla positions to 244 and co-terminus positions to 730, subject to Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approval.
Retirement Assistance Package (RAP)
- Offered to employees with redundant or phased-out positions.
- Available also for voluntary retirement or separation under existing laws (Republic Act Nos. 1616, 8291, or other applicable statutes).
Funding for Streamlining
- The National Government will provide financial assistance for RAP.
- Funding will come from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund under the 1999 General Appropriations Act.
- Assistance will be disbursed on a reimbursement basis only after DBM approval of the streamlining plan.
Reporting and Compliance
- DAP must report its compliance with the streamlining directives to the President through the DBM within 90 days from the effectivity of the order.
Effectivity
- The order takes effect one day after its publication in a newspaper of national circulation.
Summary
This Executive Order mandates the Development Academy of the Philippines to undergo a comprehensive organizational and operational streamlining, aimed at increasing efficiency, focusing on core mandates, reducing redundant staffing, and ensuring financial sustainability, all within the legal framework provided by existing laws and with proper government oversight and funding support.