Section 1
SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 182-A is hereby amended by making it a body corporate, with the following major functions and powers: To effect and implement the articulation, cultivation, development, and dissemination of common national goals and strategies in social and economic development among the Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector; To act as a national and local advisory and consultative council to Government, church and private sectors in their various programs and projects; To organize national trisectoral bodies for socio-economic development so as to effect implementation, integration and coordination of projects and activities among the Government, the ecumenical faiths and the private sector in the national and local levels; To implement and coordinate the undertaking of selected projects and activities in social and economic development, to achieve optimum results out of the concerted efforts and resources of the three sectors; To create a common fund out of such resources as can be made available from the Government, the church and private sectors to attain the goals of this Decree. For this purpose, NASAC is hereby authorized to initiate fund campaigns and conduct benefit shows or programs and other fund raising activities in order to maintain this common fund, which shall be utilized to finance socio-economic programs of the above-named three sectors; and To enlist the support and cooperation of any government department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality, and to perform such other duties as may be necessary for the success of its undertakings.