Presidential Decree No. 1201 (PD 1201) — Creating the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
WHEREAS, there is a present need for adequate research
studies and materials properly oriented to the formulation of plans and policies
relative to national development.
WHEREAS, under the existing set-up, the demand for research
studies are in part supplied by the research output of academic and other
research institutions but these research efforts are not, however, fully
responsive to the requirements of national planning and policy making;
WHEREAS, research in the social sciences and economics under
the existing set-up has given rise to the problem of the weakness of the link
between public policy formulation and research because of the orientation and
character of pure academic research;
WHEREAS, an effective means of bridging this gap is to
establish a national research institution that will perform policy-oriented
research on all aspects of the Philippine economy and assist the government in
formulating plans and policies for national development;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following to be part of the law of
the land:
Creation of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
SECTION 1. Creation of the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies.—There is herevy created a nonstock, non-profit
government corporation to be known as the Philippine institute for Development
Studies, hereinafter referred to as the Institute, which shall be attached to
the National Economic and Development Authority for policy and program
coordination.
Purposes and Objectives.
SEC. 2. Purposes and Objectives.— The Institute
shall have the following purposes and objectives:
To develop a comprehensive and integrated research program that will provide
the research materials and studies required for the formulation of national
development plans and policies. Such program shall be evolved through constant
interaction between the institute and the appropriate government agency or
agencies;
To serve as the common link between the government and the existing research
institutions, and for this purpose, to provide a forum wherein various research
studies are discussed and evaluated;
To conduct and undertake research requested by government or its agencies
and to arrange for research to be conducted by other research institution and
individuals, locally and abroad;
To conduct joint studies with domestic research institutions in the
academic, government and business sector; and
To establish a repository for economic research information and other
related activities.
Powers.
SEC. 3. Powers.— The Institute shall have the
following powers:
To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal;
To collect, receive and maintain a fund or funds from government
appropriations and from donations, grants, gifts, bequests, loans from domestic
and foreign sources, and to apply the income and principal thereof to the
promotion of its aims and purposes;
To own, manage and hold such real and personal property as shall be
necessary for the Institute's purposes;
In furtherance of its purpose and objectives, to extend financial assistance
to, and enter into contracts of every kind and for any lawful purpose, with any
person, firm, association or corporation, domestic or foreign, or others in
which it has a lawful interest;
To invest its funds in such undertaking as it may deem wise or necessary to
carry out its objectives; and
In genera), to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry into
effect the provisions of this Decree.
Board of Trustees.
SEC. 4. Board of Trustees.—The affairs of the
Institute shall be managed by a Board of Trustees hereinafter referred to as the
Board, to be headed by the Secretary of Economic Planning, or his
representative, as Chairman and four (4) other members who shall be initially
appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the
Secretary of Economic Planning. The appointive members shall serve for a term of
four years; provided, that, of the first four members appointed, one
shall serve for four years, one for three years, one for two years and one for
one year, respectively. In case of a vacancy in the appointive membership of the
Board, the successor appointee, who shall be appointed by the remaining Board
members, shall serve only the unexpired term; provided, that, if the
remaining Board members dc not constitute a majority, the appointment shall be
done by the President.
Per diems and allowances for members of the Board shall be as determined by
the Board subject to existing laws, rules and regulations on the matter.
A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of the business of the Board.
SEC. 5. Functions and Responsibilities of the
Board—The Board of Trustees shall have the following functions:
To formulate and adopt policies and measures for the management and
operation of the Institute;
To appoint the President of the Institute who shall come from along the
appointive members
of the Board;
To approve the staffing pattern for the Institute;
To promulgate rules and regulations for the discharge of its powers and
functions and the internal operations of the Institute; Provided, that,
the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall exercise the power to appoint,
promote, discipline or remove the personnel of the Institute;
To manage the financial affairs of the Institute and approve an annual
budget of receipts and expenditures of the Institute according to its
requirements; and
To monitor and review periodically the programs and projects of the
Institute;
President of the Institute.
SEC. 6. President of the
Institute.—The President of the Institute shall be the
executive officer of the Institute and shall receive such salary and
remuneration as may be determined by the Board. He shall have the following
powers and duties:
To prepare, for the approval of the Board, the staffing pattern of the
Institute which, shall include the determination of the qualifications, and
fixing the number and compensation of such officials and personnel as may be
necessary for the proper discharge of the functions of the Institute;
To have control and supervision over the personnel, staff, operations and
internal administration of the Center in accordance with existing laws and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Trustees;
To recommend to the Board of Trustees such policies and measures which he
deems necessary for the effective exercise and discharge of the powers and
responsibilities of the Institute; and
To submit an annual report to the Board of Trustees on the operations, the
status of the programs funded by, and the financial condition of, the Institute,
including a recommendation for its budget for the ensuing year.
Fees of Research Fellows and Associates.
SEC. 7. Fees of Research Fellows and Associates.—
Any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding the
Institute is hereby authorized to engage researchers and other professional
staff from other government offices and agencies to conduct specialized studies
and researches for the Institute. Those so engaged by the Institute shall be
issued appointments as Researchers Fellows or Research Associates and shall be
paid, as they are hereby authorized to be paid such fees as determined by the
Board in addition to whatever compensation or emoluments they are receiving in
their respective mother offices or agencies.
Research Advisory Committee.
SEC. 8. Research Advisory Committee. — The
Institute shall have a Research Advisory Committee which shall be confused of
personalities well-known in the field of research relevant to national
development and may include foreign scholars. The Committee to be set up by the
Board shall have the following functions:
To advice the Board on the selection of, and design of the methodology of
research projects;
Evaluation, announcement and publication of major research studies; and
Advise the Board on such other research activities deemed necessary to meet
the needs of national development.
Endowment Fund.
SEC. 9. Endowment Fund.—There is hereby established
an Endowment Fund which shall be self-sustaining and shall consist of
contributions, donations, grants, or loans from domestic and/or foreign sources,
government subsidies and other income accruing from the operations of the
Institute. For the initial organizational and operational requirements of the
Institute, there is hereby appropriated out of any fund in the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated the sum of SEVEN MILLION PESOS (P7,000,000.00).
Hereafter, funding for the operational activities of the Institute shall be
generated by the Institute from earnings of this Fund.
Government Contribution to Research Funding.
SEC. 10. Government Contribution to Research
Funding.—There shall be included in the annual budget of the NEDA such sum
as may be determined by the NEDA Director General as contribution in financing
the research activities of the Institute. Other government agencies are hereby
authorized to include in their respective annual budget such necessary amounts
as their contribution to the funding of certain research activities of the
Institute. These contributions shall be treated as distinct from the Endowment
Fund and shall be managed under separate account.
The Institute shall submit to the Director General of the NEDA a work program
with budget estimates for each calendar year, not later than November 30 of the
preceding year.
Exemption from taxes.
SEC. 11. Exemption from taxes.—Any provision of law
to the contrary notwithstanding, any donation, contribution, bequest, subsidy or
financial aid which may be made to the Institute shall be exempt from taxes of
any kind and shall constitute allowable deductions in full from the income of
the donors or grantors for income tax purposes.
The Institute, its assets, acquisitions, income and its operations and
transactions shall be exempt from any and all taxes, fees, charges, imports,
licenses and assessments, direct or indirect, imposed by the Republic of the
Philippines or any of its political subdivision.
Effectivity.
SEC. 12. Effectivity.— This decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of September, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
