FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 
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Submitted jointly by the Committees on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, Local 
GovernmentandFinanceon FEB 2 6 2008 
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Re: Senate Bill No. 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill No. 1087. 
Sponsor: Senator Legarda 
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Mr. President: 
The Committees on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, Local Government and 
Finance, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 1087, introduced by Sen. Legarda, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
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ESTABLISHING A BARANGAY LIVELIHOOD AND SKILLS 
TRAINING CENTERIN EVERY RURAL BARANGAY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
have ’ considered the same and have the honor t 
recommendation that the attached S.B. No. 
entitled: 
it back to the Senate with the 
, prepared by the Committees, 
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“AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING LIVELIHOOD AND SKILLS TRAINING CENTERS IN FOURTH, 
FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
A i i u t w  SX d 
Enrile. 
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be approved in substitution of S.B. No. 1087 with Senatorr LegardaJas authors 
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 
Chair, Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development 
Member, Committee on Finance 
Member, Committee on Local Governm 
S. AQUINO I11 
Development 
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VICE CHAIRMEN: 
EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
Committee on Finance 
Member, Coiiirnittee on Local Governme 
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural 
“GRINGO” B. HONASAN 11 
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural 
Member, Committee on Finance 
MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO 
Committee on Finance 
JOKER P. ARROYO 
Committee on Finance 
FRANCIS “CHIZ” G. ESCUDERO 
Committee on Local Government 
Member, Committee on Finance 
MEMBERS: 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
Member, Committee on Finance 
and Rural Development 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
Member, Committee on Finance 
ALLAN PETER “COMPA~EKO” S. 
CAYETANO 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
PIA “COMYARERA” S. CAYETANO 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
Member. Committee on Finance 
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RICHARD J. GORDON 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
/ Member, Committee on Finance 
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Committee on Social Justice, Welfare 
Rural Development 
Member, Committee on Finance 
M e e m m i t t e e  on Local Government 
Member, Committee on Finance 
hkember, Cominitt e on Finance 
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” B. REVILLA, JR. 
ANTONIO “SONNY” F. TRILLANES 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
Member. Committee on Finance 
Justice, Welfare 
Member, Committee on Local Government 
Member, Committee on Finance 
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS: 
. PANGILINAN 
HON. MANNY VILLAR 
Senate President 
Senate of the Philippines 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 
(In substitution of Senate Bill No. 1087) 
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Prepared jointly by the Committees on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development; Local 
Government; and Finance, with Senators Legarda, Aquino 111 and Enrile as authors thereof. 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING LIVELIHOOD AND SKILLS TRAINING CENTERS IN 
FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OfRepresentalives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title- This Act shall be known as the "Barangay Livelihood and Skills 
Training Act of 2008. '' 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies - It is hereby declared a policy of the State to: 
a. give the highest priority to social reform and focus its intervention to poverty 
alleviation through rural empowerment; 
h. ensure that national economic development programs will promote the dilfusion and 
more equitable distribution of opportunities, income and wealth across all provinces, 
cities and municipalities in the country; 
c. strive to enhance the quality of life for all its citizens, especially the underprivileged, 
by expanding their capacities for economic productivity and increase their incomes, 
to enable them to avail of essential goods and services for their own direct benefit; 
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d. pursue rural development with social inclusion. 
SEC. 3. Objectives - Pursuant to the aforementioned policies, this Act shall have the 
following objectives: 
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a. to promote and support the establishment and maintenance of Livelihood and Skills 
Training Centers in every fourth, fifth and sixth class municipalities; 
b. to ensure that all livelihood and skills training being offered by the government are 
properly coordinated and implemented at the municipal and barangay levels; 
c. to ensure that available livelihood and skills training are made available to barangay 
communities that need the most help from the government; 
d. to ensure that training needs of barangay communities based on local development 
plans are properly identified and adequately provided; and 
e. to prioritize rural areas with the highest poverty incidence in the provision of 
programs and services under this Act. 
SEC. 4. Establishment of a Livelihood and Skills Training Center. - A Livelihood 
and Skills Training Center, hereinafter referred to as the “Center”, shall be established in every 
fourth, fifth and sixth class municipalities; Provided, that other municipalities shall be covered 
by this Act upon the determination of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) taking 
into account the municipality’s population density and demographic status, poverty incidence, 
income class, level of economic development, employment and productivity levels, abundance of 
raw materials which have potential for commercial production, and the availability and 
accessibility of existing livelihood skills training programs and services. 
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Center. - The Centers shall provide educational 
and instructional activities designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and attitude of intended 
beneficiaries and to better prepare them to engage in gainful employment and/or 
entrepreneurship. It shall have the following powers and functions: 
a. Conduct periodic training needs determination and skills mapping of barangays 
within their jurisdiction; Provided, that, the Center shall coordinate closely with the 
local development councils, local planning offices, and other national and local 
government offices to determine and orchestrate the livelihood training skills required 
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b. Gather information and maintain an inventory of all existing livelihood and skills 
training under the various programs of the government; 
c. Coordinate thc provision of livelihood and skills training and institute measures to 
ensure that such trainings are responsive to the needs of the barangays concerned; 
d. Coordinate and orchestrate the conduct of livelihood and skills training independently 
or in partnership with national government agencies, private sector or civil society 
organizations; 
e. Facilitate the development and implementation of capability-building programs and 
services that will ensure effective skills development and target the most number of 
people and communities in poor barangays; 
f. Develop its capability to devise and develop training curricula and training designs; 
g. Develop its own capacity as a resource center for livelihood and skills training by 
developing in-house trainors to provide training services; 
h. Monitor and evaluate the progress of the individuals or groups undergoing training as 
well as the implementation of training programs and services to ensure that such 
prograins and services are relevant and use€ul to the needs o€ the communities; and 
Ensure that the Center is networked with government efforts covering other aspects of 
livelihood development, such as marketing and financing, under the livelihood 
development system. 
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SEC. 6. Creation of a Municipal Advisory Board. - The municipal governments shall 
be responsible for instituting and maintaining the Center with the assistance of a Municipal 
Advisory Board to be chaired by the municipal mayor and to be composed of the representatives 
from the following stakeholders: 
a. Business organizations, chamber of commerce and cooperatives; 
b. Micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises; 
c. Rural bankers; 
d. Civil society organizations; and 
e. People’s organizations undertaking livelihood and skills training. 
The following shall act as en-of$cio members of tlie Municipal Advisory Board: 
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a. Provincial Officer of the Depaxtment of Interior and Local Government; 
b. Provincial Officer of the Department of Agriculture; 
c. Provincial Officer of the Department of Trade and Industry; 
d. Provincial Officer of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority; 
SEC. 7. Powers and Functions of the Municipal Advisory Board. 
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Advisory Board, through the leadership of the municipal mayor, shall provide policy advice and 
direction to guide the development of plans, programs and activities of the Center. It shall also 
develop information, education and communication plan to promote the Center. 
SEC. 8. Program and Service. - The Center shall provide livelihood and skills training 
services that will develop individual and/or collective knowledge, skills aud attitudes of residents 
in communities, for the purpose of enhancing their capability to engage in more productive 
employment and/or entrepreneurship. This includes, but not limited to, trainings on: 
a. Development of practical skills for home-based, viable income generating projects 
such as backyard gardening, aqua culture and livestock raising, and other such 
endeavors that make use of the available resources within the community; 
b. Business development services such as product design and development, marketing, 
and promotions; 
c. Basic entrepreneural management, financial literacy, organizational development and 
other such trainings; 
d. Community participation skills development to promote and advance the barangay 
residents’ awareness and application of community mobilization approaches, 
cooperative systems and techniques to create livelihood opportunities, and 
participatory implementation of livelihood programs and projects; 
e. Occupational hazard and safety, labor rights, and values that promote the general 
welfare, develop people empowerment, self-reliance, and self-help; and 
f. Sustainable development and environment-friendly livelihood teclmologies. 
SEC. 9. Establishment of Satellite and Mobile Training Centers - The Centers shall 
establish a Satellite or Mobile Livelihood and Skills Training Center in a barangay or a cluster of 
barangays where deemed necessary by the municipal mayor to ensure that the skills training to 
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be provided reach the intended beneficiaries; Provided, that the Satellite or Mobile Centers shall 
provide the program and service of a Center as provided for under this Act. 
Any private person, group, organization or business entity may sponsor the 
establishment, operation and/or maintenance of a Satellite or Mobile Center in any bardngay or 
cluster of barangays; Provided, that the activities, programs and projects of the sponsored 
Satellite Center are consistent with the objectives of this Act and the priority training needs of 
the community as identified by the Municipal Livelihood and Skills Trainiiig Center. 
SEC. 10. Operation and Maintenance of Centers - The Center and its satellites must be 
located in an area which is safe and accessible to the residents. 
a. Maintenance - The municipal government shall ensure that the Centers are supported 
by appropriate network of organizational support systems and mechanisms, including 
human resource. 
b. Supervision - The municipal mayor shall have overall supervision over the programs 
and services offered by the Centers; Provided, that the Municipal Advisory Board 
shall provide assistance and guidance in organizing, strengthening and sustaining the 
Centers hereinafter created. 
c. Personnel - The personnel component of the Center shall depend on the size of the 
population in the barangays which form part of its service area. The municipal mayor 
shall appoint a Municipal Training Coordinator (MTC) who shall serve in a full time 
capacity. 
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The MTC shall oversee tlie day-to-day operations of the Center. The MTC must 
be capable of supervising the planning and implementation of services offered by the 
Center in coordination with other relevant municipal officers, such as, but not limited 
to, the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, Agriculture Officer, and 
Public Employment Service Officer. 
The municipal mayor shall determine the number of staff complement and 
appoint the same who shall assist tlie MTC in discharging its duties. Additional 
manpower for the Centers may include the following: 
i. Officers and members of barangay councils; 
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ii. Volunteers from the private or public' sector, including staff of the sangguniang 
barangay, members of socio-civic organizations, out of school youth or students 
on vacation; and 
iii. Students enrolled in practicum courses such as the on-the-job trainees. 
d. Funding - The municipal government shall allocate five percent (5 %) of the annual 
Internal Revenue Allotment for the operation and maintenance of the Centers and 
their Satellite Centers, if any; Provided, that the said municipal government can 
augment the funding for the operation of the Centers from other sources of local 
revenues. 
SEC. 11. Rule of National Government - The National Government shall promote the 
establishment of the Centers and assist local governments in instituting and maintaining such 
Centers and in ensuring the effectiveness of the services being provided. 
The National Anti-Poverly Commission (NAPC) shall adopt guidelines for identifying 
additional municipalities to he covered under this Act as provided for under Section 4. 
The Department o€ Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Technical Education 
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) shall jointly develop and implement, within two (2) 
years from the effectivity of this Act, a program to facilitate the establishment of the Centers in 
the municipalities covered herein; Provided, that the DILG and TESDA shall source from its 
budget the funding for the implementation of said program; Provided further, that the TESDA 
shall allocate twenty-five percent (25 Yo) of its annual regional budget for maintenance and other 
operating budget for supervision, coordination and integration of technical education and skills 
development programs, projects and related activities, for this purpose. 
All national government agencies that conduct or render community-based livelihood and 
skills training shall develop annual training programs specifically for the municipalities covered 
under this Act; Provided, that said agencies shall allocate funding for such programs to be 
sourced from agency funds; Provided further, that the agencies shall coordinate with the Centers 
for the implementation of such programs and shall submit an annual accomplishment report on 
the same to the NAPC. The NAPC shall consolidate the submissions of the agencies and submit 
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to Congress a consolidated accomplishment report and recommendations for effective 
implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 12. Donations. - The Center may receive donations or bequest of property or 
services which shall be utilized only for the impleiiientation of the program. Such donations or 
bequests of property shall he covered by the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code 
(NIRC) exempting such froiii taxes and other fees and/or procedures. 
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause - Laws or part of laws, executive orders, circulars, 
regulations and memoranda inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amende'd 
accordingly. 
SEC. 14. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall be held iiivalid, the 
remaining provisions shall be given full force and effect as completely as of the provision held 
iiivalid had not been included herein. 
SEC. 15. Effectivity. - This Act shall take ef€ect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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