MARIA LEIZANDRA L. DAYANDAYAN

YOUTH CONGRESS

 

MARIA LEIZANDRA L. DAYANDAYAN

 

 

AN ACT TO DEVELOP AN INDUSTRIOUS, SELF RELIANT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AN INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PRODUCTIVE POST-SERVICE CITIZENRY

 

Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be called Government Employees Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2008

 

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. The State should maintain strong human an intellectual capacity to ensure that its public servant enjoy a more decent life even when they are already retired. The introduction and presence of every cooperative should be the main concern of the state as it will greatly boast the basic nature of development and nation building.

 

Section 3. Objectives – (a) To maintain and push for the creation of programs aims at alleviating the plight of small and medium enterprises; and (b) To make sure that the government employees are successful in their own fields and using their knowledge in in-service and post-service situation.

 

Section 4. Establishment of Entrepreneurial Training Programs. – The government concerned agencies shall hold various training and programs related to entrepreneurship for their employees which are in in-service and post-service. Resource speakers and ten academe with proven skills and expertise and entrepreneurship shall be tapped from among government agencies.

 

Section 5. Establishment of Cooperatives and Loan Association. – All government agencies concerned shall promote and support the establishment of cooperatives and loan association in their respective offices so as to recognize, protect and uphold the basic rights of employees to organize cooperatives and loan association to generate additional income for their members and to develop their business skills. Such cooperatives shall be requested to retain employees’ membership even after their retirement. Such cooperatives shall also be given an option or a privilege to operate such income generating activities in any available government facilities provided that such activities will not go against their normal functions and duties.

 

Section 6. Networking with Government Financial Institutions. – The head of the agency shall sees to it that it always maintain its link with the government and financial institutions (GFI). To maintain source of fund for the entrepreneurial project of its ++employees. All GFIs should maintain a unit for a smooth and continuous operation.

 

Section 7. Creation of a Coordinating Council on Government Employees’ Entrepreneurship Development Program. – A coordinating Council on Government Employees Entrepreneurship Development Program shall be created which was head by the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission and compose head of the following agencies namely: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), The Commission on Audit (COA), The cooperative Development Authority (CDA), The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), The Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) and two representatives from Public Sector. This council shall be tasked in the preparation of clear and detailed programs in developing capabilities in running a business, looking for a source of fund and to strictly monitor program implementation.

 

Section 8. Post-service Assistance. – Government agencies concerned shall grant assistance for compensation to their retirees and include this to be the function of their Human Resource Department.

 

Section 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Civil Service Commission in coordination with various stakeholders shall promulgate rules and regulations needed to implement every provision of this Act.

 

Section 10. Separability Clause. – If any section of this Act was found unconstitutional such shall not affect any other section or provision of this Act.

 

Section 11. Repealing Clause. – All laws, presidential decree and other executive order or parts thereof which are contradictory with this Act are hereby repaled or modified accordingly.

 

Section 12. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.