EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

of good governance in the Philippines are located in Met
Id be enrolees from Mindanao would have to travel all the way
lity education and training

At present, institutes
Manila. This means that woul
to Metro Manila in order to be able to have access to qual

One such institute is the National College of Public Administration and Governance
(NCPAG) in the University of the Philippines which also has a Center for Local and Regional
Govemance. The NCPAG is where almost all officials of the government enrol in.

There is a need to have a similar institute in Mindanao which will also provide the
same type of quality education that the NCPAG provides.

‘ediate approval of this measure is eamestly requested

RUFU! Ole JUEZ

In view of the foregoing, immy


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus

3748

Rodriguez

House Bill No.

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE MINDANAO INSTITUTE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE,
[APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “Mindanao Institute of Good
Govemance Act’.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby the policy of the State to provide local
government officials in Mindanao with quality training on good govemance and make such
{raining accessible to all of them with the goal of providing them skills, knowledge and values
they need to become self-reliant, productive, effective and efficient local officials and
regional officers.

SEC. 3. Establishment of the Mindanao Institute of Good Governance. There is hereby
established a Mindanao Institute of Good Governance, hereinafter referred to as the
Institute, which shall be attached to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for
budgetary purposes, and shall be based in the University of Science and Technology of
Southem Philippines — Cagayan de Oro Campus. It shall provide graduate and post:
graduate degree courses and non-degree certificate and diploma courses, and short-term!
raining in management and good governance to directors, managers and other officials of
the different goverment agencies and offices, local chief executives, other local government
officials, chief executive officers and senior staff of government-owned and controlled
corporations, and heads of educational and financial institutions in Mindanao.

SEC. 4. Functions of the Institute. The following are the functions of the Institute

‘a. Provide a sustainable program that will instill excellence among local managers
in Mindanao through innovation, transformation and education leading to good
governance:

b. Set up a training facility that will cater to the capability-building and skills
enhancing needs of local officials, heads of offices and chief executive officers in
Mindanao;

c. Serve as avenue to share best practices on good governance and major
development initiatives for matters relating to local government units’ project
models;

d. Establish a research arm that will provide training modules, undertake evaluation
and impact researches, document case studies, and updates on emerging
approaches and methodologies on good governance; and

e. Serve as a repository of information, data and other reference materials for use of
researchers, policymakers, planners and the public, in general, on good
governance.


SEC. 5. Board of Trustees. The govemance and policymaking Powers of the Institute shall
be vested in, and its powers exercised by, a Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the
Board, which shall be composed of the following members, as follows:

‘a. The Chairperson of the CHED, as Chairperson,

b. The Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), as

Vice-Chairperson;

c. The. Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority, as
member;
‘The President of the Governors League of Mindanao, as member:
The President of the USTSP, as member,
The Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority, as member:
A representative from the Autonomous Region for Musiim ‘Mindanao or the body
that may replace it in the future, as member, and

h. The Chief Executive Officer of the Institute.

The member of the Board coming from the ARMM shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines or the head of the body that may replace the ARMM in the future
from among the nominees of their respective organizations.

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SEC. 6. Powers and Duties of the Board. The Board shall exercise the following powers
and duties:

a, Prepare and adopt such rules and regulations as it considers necessary for the
effective discharge of its responsibilities;

b. Constitute the Executive Committee and appoint its chief executive officer and
assistant executive officer;

c. Review periodically the administration and the programs of the institu

S. Receive donations from local or intemational donors, in cash oF in kind, and
appropriate such sum as may be provided by law for the support of the Institute; and

fe. Perform other duties and functions inherent to its role as the highest governing body

SEC. 7. Meetings and Quorum. The Board shall meet, preferably at is principal office, at
pet ance a month. ‘The Chairperson shall schedule meetings of the Board and may call 2
special meeting whenever necessary: Provided, That members are notified in writing at least
three (3) working days prior to the meeting.

A simple majority of all members of the Board holding office at the time the meeting
is called shall constitute a quorum and shall be sufficient for the adoption of any rule,
resolution, decision or any act of the Board

MW'the absence of the CHED Chairperson, a commissioner of the CHED duly
designated by hinvher, shall represent him/her in the meeting with all the rights and
responsibilities of a regular member, Provided, however, That dung this meeting, the DILG
Sometary, ae vice chairperson, shall be the presiding officer: Provided further, That this
proviso notwithstanding, the CHED Chairperson is hereby authorized to designate a CHED
ermmmissioner as the regular chair of the Board, in which case, the said CHED commissioner
shall act as the presiding officer

SEC. 8. The Executive Committee. There shall be an Executive Committee, which shall be
chaired by the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute, and which shall consist of not less
than three (3) but not more than five (5) members to be elected by the Board from among
themselves. Except for the Chief Executive Officer, all the other members of the Executive
Committee shall hold office for a term of two (2) years and shall be eligible for re-election.

SEC, 9. Functions of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall
Bdminister the affairs of the Institute in accordance with such functions, powers and
responsibilities as may be delegated by the Board. In the exercise ‘of such functions, powers
and responsibilities, the Executive Committee shall have all the powers of the Board, except


the power to fill up 2 vacancy in the Board and to amend the rules and regulations of the
Institute.

SEC. 10. The Chief Executive Officer. The Institute shall be headed by a Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) who shall be appointed by the Board and receive such compensation and
remuneration to be fixed by the Board. The CEO shall hold office for @ term of five (5) years
without reappointment.

The CEO must be a graduate of a four-year course and a holder of a Master's
Degree in Public Administration

SEC. 11. Functions of the CEO. The CEO shall

eT Recommend, coordinate and administer the programs and projects of the
Institute;

b. Develop training modules that will enable local officials sustain 8 broad and
dynamic movement for participatory democracy and good govemance:

Provide research and consulting service and facilitate leaming on local autonetty
Era “devolution on regional governance and urban and metropolitan
management;

4. Collaborate with local and international institutions in the publication of materials
for the benefit of local government and regional units;

fe. Submit to the Board the policies and measures which he/she believes re
necessary to carry out the objectives of the Institute;

+ Conduct basic and applied research to improve knowledge and practices in local
government and regional administration;

g. Submit annual report to the board of all accomplishments of the Institute during
the year, its financial operations and status, and @ program and budget for the
following year,

h. Provide tachnical assistance and consultancy on organization and management,
personnel administration, local finance, development planning, and project
Bevelopment and management to local and regional governments; and

i. Exercise such other powers and discharge such other functions as may be
vested in him by the Board and the Executive Committee

SEC. 12. Organizational Structure. The Board shall determine the organizational structure,
Staffing patter and pay of the Institute and the officers and employees thereof which shall
aefoan to that of other existing government-owned and controlled corporations and subject
(othe Revised Compensation and Position Classification System, as modified by Joint
Teotoluion No. 4 dated June 17, 2009, and other pertinent budget and compensation |aws
Ai snatters pertaining to appointments, qualification standards and other personnel actions
shall be subject to Civil Service rules and regulations.

SEC. 13. Appropriations. The amount needed to carry out the intial implementation of this
See hall bo charged against the current fiscal year’s lump sum appropriations and othe!
‘Neral funds of the CHED. Thereafter, such sum as may be needed for the continued
operation of the Institute shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The Institute may use the unexpended balances in any appropriation for purposes.
that the Board shall determine

SEC. 14. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within sixty (60) days after the effectivity
of this Act. the CHED, in coordination with the DILG, shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 15. Separability Clause. Should any provision herein be declared unconstitutional,
the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Act.


All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations or other

SEC. 16. Repealing Clause.
h the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or

issuances or parts thereof inconsistent wit
modified accordingly.
SEC. 17. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the

Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,