Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.,  
HON. MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, HON. TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA 
AND HON. NICOLAS “NICK” C. ENCISO VIII 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article II Section 13 of our 1987 Constitution recognizes the vital role of the youth in 
nation-building. It provides that the State “shall inculcate in the youth patriotism and 
nationalism, and encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs.”  
Hence, the proposed Government Internship Program Act (GIP Act) is designed to 
immerse the youth in public service and train prospective civil servants nationwide. The 
GIP shall provide opportunities for both out-of-school and in-school youth to serve in 
government agencies and programs and projects at a national level. The experience will 
therefore be their stepping stone as they join the workforce labor. 
The proposed measure shall provide guidelines and mechanism of recruitment for the 
internship program as well as the terms of compensation of the prospective youth interns. 
Thus, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
 MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE 
TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA 
NICOLAS “NICK” C. ENCISO VIII 
August 23, 2022
2:00 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.,  
HON. MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, HON. TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA 
AND HON. NICOLAS “NICK” C. ENCISO VIII 
AN ACT 
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT 
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION 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 "Government Internship 
Program (GIP) Act." 
Section. 2. Principle. — The State recognizes the vital responsibility to enable the youth 
to fulfil their vital role in nation-building. It is the governing principle of this Act, that the 
youth be accorded opportunities through a Government Internship Program with 
implementing structures to implement the program and appropriate adequate funds for 
its sustained implementation. 
Section 3. Objectives. — 
a.
To provide wider training and development opportunities among the youth geared
towards acquisition and/ or application of knowledge and skills;
b.
To contribute in addressing the financial needs of the youth for their possible
educational needs; and
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c. 
To involve and introduce the youth in government programs, projects and 
activities and instill in them appreciation of public service and the spirit of 
volunteerism. 
 
Section 4. Definition of Terms. — For purposes of this Act, the following terms are 
defined: 
a. 
CSC — shall refer to the Civil Service Commission. 
b. 
GIP Certificate — refers to a certification that shall be jointly issued by the CSC, 
NYC and the institution after program completion and assessment of the GIP 
trainee's competencies to attest their acquired skills. 
c. 
GIP Graduate — refers to an intern who has completed the program services and 
has undergone the full duration of the program. 
d. 
Intern — refers to an eligible beneficiary selected to participate in the GIP. 
e. 
Internship — refers to the practical learning of a job training of a GIP Trainee in 
a regular institution for a period of three (3) to six (6) months, as determined by 
the institution. 
f. 
Institution — refers to Philippine government institutions, state universities and 
colleges, local government units, or any other legal entity registered under 
relevant laws that any provide a venue for internship of GIP trainees. 
g. 
Mentor— refers to the intern's direct supervisor. 
h. 
NYC — shall refer to the National Youth Commission. 
i. 
Youth — shall refer to persons whose ages range from fifteen (15) to thirty (30) 
years old. 
 
Section 5. Internship Guidelines. — 
a. 
The intern must be a Filipino age 18 to 25 years old at the time of the application 
period. 
b. 
Institutions shall provide consideration to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), 
Indigenous People, and other applicants who belongs to minorities and the 
marginalized. 


c. 
Institutions shall designate an employee who will serve as GIP Desk Officer who 
will oversee the implementation of GIP within the institution. 
d. 
Internship period shall be a period of at least three (3) to six (6) months at the 
most and must implemented on a year-round basis. 
e. 
Upon entry to the internship program, interns shall be provided with a stipend 
amounting to 75% of the existing rate of step 1, Salary Grade 1 of the government 
salary standardization law; and shall be non-taxable. The amount of the stipend 
shall be based on the trainee's actual attendance, absences and tardiness 
incurred shall be deducted therefrom in accordance with the internship. It shall 
be paid every 12th and 27th of the month at intervals not exceeding sixteen (16) 
days. 
f. 
The institutions, as provided by law, and subject to budgeting, accounting and 
auditing rules and regulations, shall provide additional entitlements such as: 
i.  
Transportation and meal provisions during activities that are held outside 
of the day to day office trainings. 
ii.  
Compensatory time off in case of activities held during weekends/ 
holidays and/ or beyond office hours; and 
iii.  
Incentives and rewards in acknowledgement of removable achievement 
(i.e.: punctuality, perfect attendance). 
g. 
An intern shall be a beneficiary of the program only once. As such, Civil Service 
Commission (CSC) in coordination with the National Youth Commission (NYC), 
shall create and maintain a database which shall serve as monitoring tool for all 
institutions. 
h. 
GIP shall not be considered as employment. Thus, there is no employer-
employee relationship between the beneficiary and the institutions. GIP 
graduates shall be given preference in the hiring of workers in the institutions. 
After career coaching, the institution shall access and determine whether a GIP 
graduate is ready to be placed for contractual or regular work. 
i. 
Interns are hired for official purposes only. Institutions are prohibited from 
assigning tasks which go beyond the official duties. 


j. 
Institutions shall conduct trainings, seminars and other developmental 
interventions for the interns including, but not limited to mentoring, coaching and 
performance evaluation. 
k. 
Social protection incentives shall be provided to the interns and are encouraged 
for consideration by the institutions such as accident insurance, as they may be 
applicable. The process can be facilitated with either public and private insurance 
entities and public insurance entities like GSIS, subject to budgetary 
requirements of the institution. 
 
Section 6. Mechanics of Internship. — This process must be followed on the hiring of 
interns: 
a.  
Recruitment and Acceptance of GIP Interns 
i.  
Program Advertisement and Recruitment of Interns. - The Institutions, through 
their designated GIP Desk Offices, shall ensure effective information 
dissemination of the institution implementation of the GIP including the period 
of applications. This may include, but not limited to the following: 
1. 
Promotion/ recruitment of interns for GIP through institutions, websites 
and other social networking sites; 
2. 
Text blasts for applicable institutions; 
3. 
Print advertisements; 
4. 
Broadcast media; and 
5. 
Promotion through educational institutions in coordination with the 
Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education and Local 
Government Units. 
ii. 
Applications for Internship 
1. 
Walk-in applicants may submit their accomplished application forms 
directly to the GIP Desk Officer. 
2. 
Online applications may also be accepted through official channels of the 
institution. 
3. 
Applicants must not be related within 3rd degree of affinity and 
consanguinity to officials and employees of the institution. 


iii. 
Screening of GIP Trainee 
1. 
The screening and acceptance of interns may be initiated and facilitated 
by the institution at least three (3) weeks before the first day of service of 
the new batch of interns. 
2. 
The screening, however, may not be limited to interviews. 
3. 
The institution shall provide the applicants with a uniform application form 
which shall serve as basis of the screening. 
4.  
No applicant must be discriminated based on his/ her gender, race, 
religion and economic status. 
iv. 
Acceptance of GIP Interns. — Once the selection process is through, an 
Order of Acceptance shall serve as their Appointment Paper. It shall be 
executed and signed by and between the GIP Desk Officer and the Intern. It 
shall stipulate the Terms of Reference for the compliance of the one who 
shall be governed by such document. It shall also contain that there is "No 
Employer — Employee Relationship" between the beneficiary and the hiring 
institution given that the program is not an employment opportunity. 
b. 
Orientation of Interns. — The new batch of interns shall attend a general orientation 
on or before their first day of training which shall be scheduled by the GIP Desk 
Officer. 
The orientation covers, but is not limited to the following: 
i.  
Government Internship Program (GIP) rationale;  
ii.  
Institutional mandate and organizational structure;  
iii.  
Relevant office supplies and procedures; 
iv.  
Specific institutional programs and projects; 
v. 
Telephone etiquette/ office decorum; 
vi. 
Interpersonal relations; 
vii. 
 Code of Conduct of Public Employees (RA 6713); and 
viii. Role of Interns in the Government Volunteers Program. 
 
All units under the institution shall send their representatives during the GIP Orientation 
to discuss programs, projects, undertakings and activities of their respective offices. 


c. 
Work Assignments/Tasks of Interns. — Institution officials and staff are considered 
mentors of all interns. They shall provide work assignments and responsibilities that 
will enhance and enrich the experiences of the program beneficiaries and develop 
their knowledge and skills. 
The responsibilities assigned to them may include but are not limited to the 
following: 
i.  
Clerical/ Secretarial Work (i.e.: typing, filing, sorting, photocopying);  
ii.  
Customer Service (i.e.: answering telephone calls, attending to official 
concerns of visitors.)  
iii.  
Research Work (i.e.: data gathering, survey administration, etc.) 
iv.  
Support by Staff (i.e.: logistics, assistance in staff work) 
d. 
Activity/Program Participation of Interns. — Intern shall be required to attend and to 
participate in relevant in-house trainings and seminars conducted by the institution: 
These trainings/ seminars include the following but are not limited to: 
i. 
Good Citizenship 
ii. 
Orientation on Basic Labor Rights 
iii.  
Work Ethics and Professionalism  
iv.  
Pre-Employment Seminar 
v.  
Gender and Sensitivity Workshop  
vi. 
Personality Development  
vii.  Youth Leadership and Empowerment  
viii.  Business Writing and Grammar 101 
 ix.  Cultural Awareness Training 
 
These training modules may be obtained from the National Youth Commission 
(NYC). Each institution may choose a minimum of six (6) from the suggested topics for 
its implementation. Other relevant topics may also be included in the internal trainings 
and seminars for the interns. 
In response to the Public and Private Partnership Framework, interns can also be 
tapped as delegates during activities outside of the institutional parameters where they 
are hired. These may be participation in outreach programs, film showing, volunteer 


works and youth engagements that are often initiated by private groups, socio-civic 
associations and organizations that help the government in reaching out of the people. 
 
e. 
Mentoring, Coaching and Performance Evaluation. — In order to ensure that interns 
are given enough mentoring, the direct supervisor and the intern shall meet twice 
for the entire duration of internship. 
The interns shall accomplish two (2) performance evaluation sheets and the 
supervisor shall accomplish two (2) supervisors evaluation sheets before the 
graduation. 
f. 
Termination of GIP Contract. — Any of the following shall be a valid cause to 
terminate the training contract. 
By the institution: 
i. 
Habitual absenteeism of the intern;  
ii.  
Willful disobedience by the intern of the institution's rules, or insubordination 
of a lawful order of a supervisor;  
iii.  
Theft of malicious destruction of the institution's property by the intern;  
iv.  
Engaging in violence or other forms of misconduct in the internship or 
institution's premises by the intern; and 
v.  
Poor performance for a prolonged period despite warning duly given to the 
intern. 
By the intern: 
i. 
Substandard of harmful working conditions within the institution's 
premises; 
ii. 
Cruel and inhumane treatment; and iii. Prolonged or continuing illness. 
Either party may furnish the other party a notice of intent to terminate the GIP 
contract for cause as defined in this section. 
In case the GIP Contract has been terminated, replacement of an intern in an 
institution shall be allowed subject to the cause of termination. 
 
g. 
GIP Graduation. — The graduation day for the interns shall be conducted preferably 
on the last day of the internship. 


The mentoring forms used shall gauge the learnings of the interns during their 
internship in the institution. It is important that the interns themselves exhibit satisfactory, 
very good to excellent ratings from their supervisors during their last mentoring session 
which shall also effect in the Performance Evaluation Form. The process shall be 
undertaken on the 3rd or last month of their service in the institution. 
The GIP Desk Officer shall likewise follow up mentors of intems with performance 
evaluation rating of below three (3) by the second (2nd) month of internship. 
In order to empower them, interns shall be given the chance to plan and organize 
their graduation ceremonies. 
 
Section 7. Grievance Committee. — The committee shall have the initial responsibility 
of settling differences in case any violation of the GIP Contract or upon filing of a 
complaint by an aggrieved party. 
It shall be composed of the officials and representatives of the institution which have 
jurisdiction over the internship. 
The committee shall render a decision pursuant to pertinent rules and regulations. 
In case failure by the Grievance Committee to settle the issue or render a decision, or in 
case the complaint is against members of the Grievance Committee, the case shall be 
referred to the Civil Service Commission for appropriate action. 
 
Section 8. Civil Service Eligibility. — All GIP applicants are mandated to take Civil 
Service Eligibility (CSE) examinations in order to fulfil basic requirements to be able to 
pursue a career in government service, should they wish to work for the government after 
their internship. 
 
Section 9. Program Management. — 
a. 
CSC shall be the executing institution of the GIP. It shall serve a program 
manager that shall provide necessary technical and administrative assistance to 
concerned institutions. The regional and field offices shall supervise and monitor 
the implementation of the GIP in their respective jurisdiction. CSC shall conduct 
training for GIP Desk Officers prior to the implementation of GIP. 


b. 
CSC shall establish a GIP Unit in the Central, Regional and Field Offices. The 
unit shall provide training costs, administrative costs, or other fees, if any, as 
specified under a memorandum of agreement between the CSC and the 
institution. 
c. 
The Oversight Committee shall oversee the implementation of the GIP. The 
Committee shall be chaired by the National Youth Commission (NYC). 
The Committee shall be composed of representatives from the Civil Service 
Commission (CSC), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), 
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG) and representatives from the youth, employer and labor 
sectors. A report shall be transmitted to both Houses of Congress through the 
CSC. 
d. 
All institution shall designate a GIP Desk Officer, who shall be lodged under the 
HR/ Personnel Unit or any Special Unit of the institution. The GIP Desk Officer 
will: 
i.  
Ensure that all processes required of the Program are met; and 
ii.  
Provide reports to CSC as the lead institution of the GIP. 
 
Section 10. Program Assessment. — To determine the necessary innovations 
improvements and rationalization needed for integration in the program, a periodic review 
and assessment on the delivery of the GIP services must be undertaken by each 
institution. 
This will also be a processing venue for all units under the institution to suggest 
mechanisms to further enhance the internal processes of the program as they may apply 
within their institutional parameters. 
This endeavor shall be undertaken at least twice a year. 
All institution should submit a report and database of their implementation of the 
GIP fifteen (15) days after the end of every fiscal year. 
 


Section 11. Appropriations. — there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the 
amount of One Hundred Million Pesos (Php 100,000,000.00) as funding for the program 
and shall be provided to the Civil Service Commission's budget for the current fiscal year. 
Further, at least one percent (1%) shall be appropriated under the Maintenance and 
Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) of institutions for the implementation of the GIP in 
their respective jurisdictions, and shall be included in the annual General Appropriations 
Act. 
 
Section 12. Separability Clause. — If any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid 
or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in force and 
effect. 
 
Section 13. Repealing Clause. — Executive Order 139, series of 1993 and all laws, 
decrees, executive orders and other administrative issuances and parts thereof, which 
are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, is hereby amended, repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
 
Section 14. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,