Republic of the Pinlippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO8025_

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL EVALUATION POLICY

This bill proposes the passage of a law mandating the establishment of a National
Evaluation Policy to strengthen the legal and institutional framework for the regular
conduct of monitoring and evaluation of the results of public policies, programs.
projects and other forms of government intervention intended to promote sustainable
development and uplift the living standards of all Filipinos, especially the poor and
the marginalized

Other countries have their own laws on National Evaluation Policy that applies to all
branches and levels of government. The Philippines closest attempt on having such
an evaluation was in 2015 when the National Economic and Development Authority
and the Department of Budget and Management issued Joint Memorandum Circular
No 2015-01 establishing an evaluation policy framework to govern the practice of
evaluation of programs and projects receiving budgetary support from the
government. The said Circular applies only to the agencies of the Executive Branch
and most evaluation has been conducted on only a few programs and projects
largely on the initiative of international development agencies

Having a National Evaluation Policy will help us determine the proper implementation
of the country’s policies and programs. It will help us determine our direction in terms
of national goals and assess whether they are effective and sustainable

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is most earnestly sought

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Republic of the Pinlippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson Cy

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO8025

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL EVALUATION POLICY

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

Section 1. Statement of Policy. — To improve the national government's
performance and to enhance the quality of public services. this National Evaluation
Policy (NEP) is enacted to strengthen the lega! and institutional framework for the
regular conduct of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the results of public policies.
programs, and projects.

Sec. 2. Policy Objectives. — The NEP intends to achieve the following objectives:

a) Facilitate the development and strengthening of an integrated M&E system of the
national government to ensure the regular measurement. reporting and improvement
of the performance of its agencies. policies, programs, projects and services:

b) Ensure the timely provision to national government policymakers and managers of
relevant, updated, valid and reliable knowledge about the outputs. outcomes
impacts, and other results of public policies, programs, projects and services

c) Ensure the intensive utilization of M&E findings and recommendations in the
planning, programming, formulation, budgeting and implementation of public policies
programs, projects and services

d) Ensure the continuous improvement of public policies, programs, projects and
services to produce outputs. outcomes and impacts that substantially contribute to
the achievement of national development goals and priorities

) Ensure the accountability of the national government and its agencies and various
public service providers to produce planned. expected or promised results.

Sec. 3. Definitions. — The key terms used in this law are defined as follows:

a) Evaluation refers to the systematic and impartial process of assessing the results
of public policies, programs, projects, and services implemented or carried out by the
national governm d/or its agencies or instrumentalities. It analyzes the level of
relevance, efficiency, effectiveness. impact and sustainability of the expected and
actual outputs, outcomes and impacts of public policies, programs, projects and



services. It generates credible and useful evidence-based information to
substantially enable the results-oriented planning, programming, budgeting
formulation and reformulation and implementation of public policies, programs.
projects and services.

b) Monitoring refers to the systematic and continuous collection of data on agreed
indicators to track the short-term and medium-term progress and results of public
policies, programs, projects or services being implemented vis-a-vis planned targets
and objectives. It generates knowledge to guide government policy/decision makers
and managers of the necessary corrective actions to ensure that policies, programs.
projects or services being implemented produce their intended results. While
different from evaluation. monitoring is a crucial pre-requisite for effective evaluations
of policies, programs, projects and services.

c) Results comprise the outputs, outcomes and impacts of policies, programs,
projects or services being implemented.

a. Outputs are specific goods and services produced by budgeted and implemented
public policies, programs, projects, services and other interventions.

b. Outcomes refer to the actual finite and measurable changes in the behavior or
target individuals, groups, or organizations and/or improvements in the quality of
processes and services as an immediate effect of specific interventions. Outcome
evaluations generate knowledge on the effectiveness of policies. programs, projects
and services in meeting their intended objectives.

c. Impacts are the fundamental, broad sectoral and higher-level societal changes,
both intended and unintended. that take piace iong after target individuais, groups.
systems or organizations have experienced the outputs and outcomes of specific
interventions. Impact evaluations

Sec. 4. Coverage. — The NEP shall apply to the following:

a) All departments, agencies. state universities and colleges (SUCs), government-
owned and/or controlled corporations (GOCCs), government financial institutions
and other instrumentalities of the executive. legislative and judicial branches of the
National Government:

b) All public policies, programs, projects, services and other activities formulated and
implemented by the above entities and funded by local and foreign funds including
those contracted to and executed, produced and delivered by private sector and civil
society organizations, The National Evaluation Council (NEC) created under Section
14 hereof may include other entities and activities imbued with public interest in the
coverage of the NEP

Sec. 5. Evaluation Principles. - Evaluations of public policies, programs, projects and
services shall be guided by the following key principles


a) Key criteria. Evaluations shall address, at a minimum. questions pertaining to the
relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of public policies
programs, projects and services;

b) Performance improvement Evaluations shall be designed. implemented and used
to ensure the continuous improvement of the planning, programming, budgeting,
formulation and reformulation end implementation of the nationa! go’ '
public policies, programs. projects and services.

c) Value for money. Evaluations should seek to determine whether the outputs.
outcomes and impacts of the national government's public policies, programs
projects and services are commensurate to their invested financial physical and
human resources

d) Minimum competencies of evaluators. Evaluators shall have the required
minimum competencies to effectively evaluate public policies. programs. projects
and services,

e) Ethics. Those who commission. design, conduct. manage. and use evaluations
shall observe standards of ethics in evaluations. Impartiality in the planning and
conduct of evaluations shall be always ensured

f) Best practices. The conduct of evaluations shall be in accordance with
internationally recognized best practices and standards. Clear standards shall
govern the design, implementation, reporting. dissemination and use of evaluations
of public policies, programs, projects and services. Partnerships with various
Stakeholders shall be encouraged in the prioritization, design. implementation and
use of evaiuations

Sec. 6. Evaluation Criteria. - At the minimum, evaluations of national government
Policies, programs, projects and services shall measure and report on their
efficiency. effectiveness, relevance, impact and sustainability

a) Efficiency measures the cost and time by which the intended outputs and short-
term and medium-term outcomes and long-term impacts of public policies programs,
Projects and services were delivered/produced by national government agencies and
instrumentalities including their networks of private and civil society service
providers. Efficiency evaluations shall help government poilicy/decision makers to
ascertain whether the intended objectives were achieved on time and at planned
cost and to identify better and efficient ways of meeting the objectives of policies,
programs. projects and policies

b) Effectiveness the quality and timeliness of the intended and ur fended outputs
and the short-term and medium-term outcomes and long-term impacts of public
Policies. programs, projects and services. Effectiveness evaluations shall measure
the extent to which valued development and societal impacts can be attributed
clearly to the public policies. programs, projects and services being implemented by
the covered entities



c) Relevance measures the alignment and consistency of the results of public
policies, programs, projects and services with national development goals and
priorities and their responsiveness to stakeholder needs.

d) Impact measures the fundamental, broad and higher-level societal effects of
public policies, programs, projects, services and other national government
interventions

e) Sustainability measures the extent to which the benefits of policies, programs.
projects and services continue after funding ceased. Sustainability evaluations shall
help government policy/decision makers to identify the major factors that influenced
the achievement or non-achievement of the sustainability objectives of public
policies, programs, projects and services. The NEC shall adopt additional monitoring
and evaluation criteria including but not limited to development equity and
inclusiveness for various stakeholders, responsiveness to gender-equality goals, and
achievement of national development and sustainable development goals.

Sec. 7. Evaluation Competencies. - Organizations and individuals engaged in
designing. conducting and managing evaluations of public policies. programs.
projects and services shall have the following minimum competencies:

a) Technical foundation: Understands and makes appropriate use of methodological
concepts and practices in line with accepted professional evaluation standards:
gathers relevant evidence for evaluation purposes from appropriate sources,
assessing its quality and identifying gaps: analyzes and interprets data fairly,
comprehensively and objectively in order to effectively address evaluation questions

b) Leading, managing, and delivering evaluations. Manages evaluation resources
and relationships with stakeholders to deliver high quality evaiuations on time and to
Philippine government standards.

c) Communicating and sharing evaluation findings: Communicates effectively orally
and in writing in the context of all evaluation activities; clearly reports evaluation
methods, findings, conclusions and recommendations: promotes awareness and
of evaluations through effective dissemination and advice

d) Integrity. Demonstrates honesty and respect in dealing with projecvprogram
personnel, other interested personnel of the national government, and all other
evaluation stakeholders

Sec. 8. Evaluation Ethics. - Evaluators or organizations and persons engaged in
designing, conducting and managing evaluation activities shall abide by the Code of
Conduct Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (Republic Act No.
6713). They shall:

a) Respect the right of entities and individuals to provide information in Confidence
b) Ensure that sensitive data used in evaluations cannot be traced to its source

c) Give opportunity to all stakeholders involved in evaluations to review and approve
the statements attributed to them;


d) Be sensitive to the cultural, social and economic environment of al! stakeholders.
and conduct themselves in a manner that is fair and appropriate to this environment

e) Be accountable for their performance and their products.

Sec. 9. Impartiality. - The evaluation units (created under Section 18 hereof) of
entities and interventions covered by the NEP shall ensure that evaluations are
conducted with the highest possible degree of impartiality in order to maximize
objectivity and minimize the potential for bias. Where appropriate, they shall
commission independent third-party evaluators to undertake portions of, or the
entire, evaluations. Managers and other stakeholders of public policies, programs,
projects and services being evaluated shall not be allowed to influence evaluation
findings

Sec. 10. Evaluation Capacity Building. - The NEC shall lead the formulation and
implementation of a comprehensive program to develop the monitoring and
evaluation capacity of the national government especially for those who design,
conduct, manage and use evaluations of public policies, programs. projects and
services. All entities by this policy shall design and implement their respective
evaluation-capacity building initiatives in line with this program and customized for
their respective organizational context, roles, and needs. The national government,
through the NEC. shall encourage and support the formation and strengthening ot
national, regional and local professional evaluation associations and network. The
NEC shall also develop partnerships with state and private universities and colleges
in the development and conduct of comprehensive evaluation courses.

Sec. 11. Evaluation Scale. - To meet the information needs of government
policy/decision makers and other stakeholders, different types of evaluations (i.e.
diagnostic, formative and summative evaluations) of public policies, programs.
policies and services shall be conducted. To guide the design of public policies,
programs, projects or services prior to implementation, diagnostic evaluations shall
be required as needed. To ensure that their intended outcomes are achieved.
formative evaluations shall be conducted at the mid-point of period of implementation
of public policies, programs, projects and services. Summative impact evaluations
shall also be conducted six years after or at the end of implementation of a major
public policy, program, project or service. The scaie of each diagnostic, formative
and summative evaluations should be large enough to provide timely answers to
critical evaluation questions with an adequate level of certainty. but no costlier than
necessary. The following factors shall be considered in defining the scale of every
evaluation:

a) level of ambiguity of outcomes especially for new interventions:

b) potential consequences especially of policies, programs and projects whose
failure can lead to severe negative consequences;

¢) information needs of government policy/decision makers for policies, programs
and projects whose funding and renewal are at stake or those with a high public
profile:


d) magnitude of the policy, program and project intervention

e) complexity of policy, program, project or service in terms of number and variation
of activities, size of target populations, regional reach; and anticipated difficulty
associated with acquiring relevant data

f) uniqueness of the intervention with respect to outputs and outcomes/impacts

Sec. 12. Evaluation Design and Execution. - Within the defined evaluation scale,
evaluations shall use research methodologies in line with accepted professional
evaluation practice including but not limited to the following.

a) logic models/change theories that depict key policy/program/project/service
elements (i... inputs, activities, intended outputs. short-term outcomes, medium-
term outcomes, long-term impacts. related higher-level and national priorities) and
the hypothesized causal links among the elements. Such logic models/change
theories shail guide the development of questions to be answered by evaluations.

b) baseline data and/or ongoing project/program performance data collected to
support the evaluation

©) research designs that can significantly establish the extent to which outcomes and
impact can be attributed to the policies, programs. projects and services being
evaluated. Research designs shali include a mix of quantitative and qualitative
research perspectives and methods- e.g.. random surveys, interviews and focus
groups with a diversity of audiences including project/program participants and
stakeholders; literature/document reviews, and administrative data analyses:

4) scientific and rigorous sampling strategies that provide accurate representation of
the populations of interest;

) valid and reliable research instruments

f) comprehensive and accurate quantitative and qualitative data analysis strategies
that take into account the context of policies, programs and projects being evaluated
that can generate valid, reliable and defensible findings for each evaluation question;

g) conclusions drawn from a synthesis of findings:
h) recommendations based on the findings and conclusions:

i) evaluation reports and related presentations that are concisely and clearly written
and communicated. Evaluation reports and presentations shall ensure that all
audiences including decisionmakers (i.e, project/program managers to senior
officials and legislators) can readily grasp key messages and make informed
decisions about the policies, programs, projects, and services being evaluated. The
NEC and the entities covered by the NEP shall establish evaluation review panels,
advisory committees and other mechanisms to assure the high quality of
evaluations.


Sec. 13. Reporting and dissemination of evaluations. - All final evaluation reports

‘shall contain the following essential contents:
a) adequate description of the policy. program, project or service being evaluated:

b) adequate background and context including the purpose of the evaluation and the
evaluation issues and questions;

¢) description of the actual evaluation methodology including limitations and the
approaches adopted to mitigate limitations.

d) clearly stated evaluation findings with the description of the evidence on which
each finding is based

€) recommendations developed by the evaluator based on the findings

f) response from the head(s) of the covered entities, describing actions that will be
taken in addressing each recommendation:

g) the identities of the principal members of the evaluation team and the evaluation
steering committees or advisory bodies tasked with oversight and assuring the
quaiily of evaiuations. The NEC shail issue additional directives as necessary

Sec. 14. Creation of the Nationai Evaiuation Council. - A National Evaluation Council
is hereby established to act as the lead agency for implementing the NEP. Its
membership shall ensure adequate representation of the executive, legislative and
judicial branches of the national government. !t shall also ensure that sufficient
Participation of experts from the academe and private sector and civil society
‘stakeholders are taken into consideration in decisions of the NEC. Its organizational
and staffing pattern shall be in accordance with existing government policies, rules
and regulations.

Sec. 15. Composition of the National Evaluation Council. - The NEC shall have eight
(8) voting members:

1) A career Undersecretary of the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA) in charge of monitoring and evaluation: to be appcinted by the NEDA
Secretary as his/her official representative to the NEC

2) A career Undersecretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in
charge of government performance reporting, monitoring and evaluation and/or
improvement as Co-Chairperson, to be appointed by the DBM Secretary as his/her
official representative;

3) The head of the Presidential Management Staff or his or her officially appointed
representative:


4) A career Deputy Secretary General Director General in charge of policy planning
research and/or evaluation in the House of Representatives, to be app by the
House Speaker as his/her official representative:

5) A career Deputy Secretary General Director General in charge of policy planning
research and/or evaluation in the Philippine Senate, to be appointed by the Senate
President

6) A Deputy Court Administrator in charge of performance monitoring and evaluation
of the judicial branch, to be appointed by the Court Administrator as his/her official
representative;

7) A Commissioner of the Commission on Audit (COA) to be appointed by the COA
Chairperson as his/her official representative:) The head of the Philippine Statistical
Authority (PSA) or his/her officially appointed representative;

Sec. 16. Functions of the National Evaluation Council. - The NEC shall perform the
following functions to implement the NEP:

a) formulate the basic guidelines for ensuring systematic and regular evaluations of
national government policies, programs. projects and services. The guidelines shall
cover the following matters:

a. administrative policy on the conduct of evaluations:
b. evaluation criteria and standards

c. studying and acquiring information on the effects of government interventions:

d. conduct of diagnostic, formative and summative impact evaluations:

@. acquisition of experts with knowledge and experience in evaluation;

f. utilization of evaluation findings in the planning, programming, budgeting,
formulation, reform, implementation of government interventions:

g. publication of information related to evaluations:

h. other measures to ensure systematic and regular conduct of evaluations.

b) serve as the national government's administrative policy center for M&E, providing
guidelines for monitoring, measuring and reporting the performance of public
Policies, programs, projects and services.

) lead in the formulation. coordination and implementation of a comprehensive and
continuous program to develop and strengthen the evaluation capacities including
the integrated M&E system of the national government and its agencies and
instrumentalities.

4) provide overall policy direction, coordination, formulation and implementation of
the evaluation agenda of the national government and its agencies/instrumentalities;

) monitor progress of M&E development and strengthening of the national
government and its agencies/instrumentalities:

f} lead the development of a comprehensive program to improve the national
government's performance:


g) lead and coordinate the preparation of the annual national performance report:

h) facilitate or manage national or sectoral evaluations and special evaluation
studies. on top of those conducted by implementing agencies:

i) work with the private sector and civil society to promote feedback mechanisms as
input to M&E of the national government and all its agencies/instrumentalities:

j) facilitate the development of national and regional M&E professional associations;

k) disseminate the results of evaluations to government policy/decision makers and
managers of programs, projects and services of the agencies in the executive,
legislative and judicial branches of the national government. The NEC shall meet
every quarter or as often as necessary. It may authorize the creation of technical
committees. advisory bodies. and other mechanisms to ensure high-quality
evaluations

Sec. 17. Creation of the NEC Secretariat and its Functions. - In the interim, the
Monitoring and Evaluation Staff of the NEDA shall serve as the NEC Secretariat
Within six months after the enactment of this policy, the NEC Secretariat attached to
the NEDA shall be formally organized to provide technical, managerial and
administrative support to the NEC. The NEC Secretariat shail be headed by an
Executive Director. Subject to the approval of the NEC and to existing government
iaws and regulations on government organization, staffing. services and divisions as
needed to effectively support the NEC's functions and responsibilities shall be
created. The NEC Secretariat shall be an attached agency of the NEDA. The NEC
Secretariat shal! have the following responsibilities:

a) recommend for the NEC's approval, evaluation policies, principles, standards,
criteria, strategies and guidelines for the effective implementation of the NEP:

b) recommend to the NEC the format and content of evaluation plans and reports:

c) monitor and report on progress and results of evaluation activities undertaken by
the NEC and covered entities;

d) serve as a repository of all evaluation plans and reports of the national
government and its agencies/instrumentalities

@) upload in its website within 15 days from completion of all final evaluation reports
for public policies, programs, projects and services of the national government and
its agencies and instrumentalities.

f) notify the key stakeholders of the national government within 15 days from
completion about final evaluation plans and completed evaluations of public policies
programs, projects and services:

g) provide hard and soft copies of finai evaluation reports to the following
stakeholders of the Philippine Congress: the House Speaker; the Senate President


the concerned chairpersons and committee secretaries of congressional committees
with jurisdictions over public policies, programs. projects and services being
evaluated: and the support offices of the House of Representatives and the
Philippine Senate performing budget and policy research and technical assistance to
the members of Congress:

h) disseminate evaluation plans and completed evaluation reports of the national
government and its agencies and instrumentalities:

i) conduct capacity-development activities on evaluation with partners from the
government, private and civil society sectors;

j) conductmanage evaluations as authorized by the NEC
k) provide Secretariat support to the NEC:
) recommend sanctions and incentives

m) prepare a consolidated report of individual evaluations for the NEC's appropriate
action.

Sec. 18. Evaluation Agenda. - The agencies and instrumentalities of the executive,
iegisiative and judicial branches of the national government shall identify public
policy, program, projects service evaluations for inclusion in the six-year rolling
National Evaiuation Agenda (NEA). The NEC, with the assistance of its Secretariat,
shall lead the coordination in preparing and finalizing the NEA. It shall adopt
guidelines and criteria for selecting policies, programs, projects and services for
evaluations. Such criteria shal! include but not limited to the follow

a) high-risk innovative policies, programs, projects, services:
b) any public policy, program, project or service set up as a pilot or demonstration:

) large scale or high-profile policies/programs. All agencies and instrumentalities of
the national government from the executive, legislative and judicial branches shall
formulate and maintain a continuously updated six-year evaluation agenda, to
coincide with the timeframe of the preparation of the Philippine Development Plan
(PDP) and Public Investment Program (PIP). The evaluation agenda of the national
government agencies and instrumentalities shall specify public policies, programs,
projects and services to be subjected to diagnostic, formative and summative
evaluations and their timelines. The NEC, with the assistance of its Secretariat, shall
review the six-year evaluation agenda of national government agencies and
instrumentalities to identify high priority evaluations for integration in the National
Evaluation Agenda

Sec. 19. Creation of Neutral Evaluation Units of Covered Entities. - The head of any
national government department. agency or instrumentality shali establish capable
and neutral evaluation unit initially at the central level subject to existing policies.
Tules, and regulations of the OBM on organizational and staffing pattern changes.
The head of the evaluation unit reports directly to the head of the department,


agency or instrumentality. To support the work of the neutral evaluation unit, the
head of the national government department. agency or instrumentality shall
establish a senior-level M&E advisory committee for support and oversight of M&E
initiatives of the entity covered by the NEP.

Sec. 20. Functions of the Neutral Evaluation Units. - The evaluation unit of national
government departments, agencies and instrumentalities shall

a) formulate and submit the agency's six-year rolling evaluation agenda to the head
of the agency, copy furnished the NEC Secretariat:

b) lead the implementation of the evaluation agenda of the department, agency or
instrumentality

c) plan. conduct and manage evaluations of policies. programs. projects and
services within the mandated functions and responsibilities of the department,
agency or instrumentality:

d) ensure that evaluations are undertaken with due regard for impartiality and in line
with evaluation best practices.

) manage the agency's evaluation budget and related activities:

f) submit to the agency head evaluation findings and recommendations, copy
furnished the NEC and its Secretariat.

g) serve as repository of ali evaluation studies conducted/commissioned by the
department, agency or instrumentality:

h) upload in its website within 15 days from completion of completed evaluation
plans and final evaluation reports:

i) submit evaluation plans and final evaluation reports to the NEC Secretariat in
accordance with prescribed guidelines.

j) develop and strengthen the M&E system of the department. agency o
instrumentality

k) prepare annual reports on the performance of policies, programs, projects and
services implemented by the department, agency or instrumentality, and disseminate
the same to the head of the department, agency or instrumentality: the relevant
committees and support offices of the House of Representatives and the Philippine
Senate; and the NEC and its Secretariat

1) provide input to budget and policy discussions. The NEC shall issue guidelines
governing the formation and operation of neutral evaluation units of entities covered
by this policy

Sec. 21. Utilization of Evaluation Findings and Recommendations. - The heads of
departments, agencies and instrumentalities shall submit reports on their


management response and other actions on the findings and recommendations of
completed evaluations, te the NEC and its Secretariat, the Speaker of the House and
the Senate President and to the relevant committee chairpersons and support offices
of the two branches of Congress. The heads of departments, agencies and
instrumentaiities of the executive. legislative and judicial branches of the national
government shall ensure that M&E data. findings and recommendations are used to
guide and improve the planning. programming, budgeting, formulation,
implementation and oversight of public policies, programs, projects and services.
The NEC and its Secretariat and the evaluation units and M&E advisory committees
of the entities covered by this policy shall monitor the actions of the national
government and its agencies and instrumentalities. on evaluation findings and
recommendations.

Sec 22. Project/Program Proposals. - All policies, programs, projects or services put
forward for annual budgeting shall include an evaluation plan in accordance with the
best practices. The policies. programs, projects or services for funding shall consider
the results of their completed evaluations and make reference to relevant evaluation
findings, recommendations, and resulting changes to the proposed policies.
programs or projects. In cases where evaluations recommendations were not
followed. the proposal for funding shall include an explanation

Sec. 23. Mainstreaming of the NEP. - The national government and its agencies and
instrumentaiities in the executive, legisiative and judicial branches of the national
government shall allocate at least three percent (3%) of their annual budgets for
impiementation of the NEP. Such funds shall be used for

a) evaluation capacity development:

b) ongoing salaries, recruitment and trai
internal personnel competent in evaluation
¢) operations and maintenance: and,

d) external professional service fees

ng to ensure an adequate supply of

Sec. 24. Impiementing Rules and Regulations. - The NEC shai! formulate the
implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of this Act. The IRR shall specify the target
outputs, short-term and medium-term outcomes, fong-term impacts and other
intended results of this policy. The IRR shail provide for the conduct of formative and
summative evaluations of the NEP two and five years. respectively. after its initial
implementation.

Sec. 25. Amendment. - The findings and recommendations of the formative and
summative evaluations, in addition to the feedback of various stakeholders including
but not limited to the NEC and its Secretariat. neutral evaluation units of entities
covered by the NER and private sector and civil society organizations including
international donor agencies shall guide amendments of the NEP including the basic
guidelines for NEP's implementation formulated by the NEC.

Sec. 26. Repeating Clause - All policies and issuances or parts thereof inconsistent
with the NEP are hereby repealed or amended accordingly


Sec. 27. Effectivity. - This Act shail take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in 2 national newspaper of general circulation

Approved,