Republic Act 9418
Republic Act 9418
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Section 15. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders and
rules and regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act, including Section 12 of Executive Order No. 635
are hereby deemed repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 16. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days
following its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2)
newspapers of general circulation.
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14.4. DepEd, CHED and TESDA shall issue guidelines for the adoption
and utilization of the instructional materials on volunteerism for all
levels of formal and informal education in public and private
schools, colleges and universities, including vocational and
technical learning centers and institutions.
14.5 PNVSCA, in consultation and collaboration with DepEd, CHED
and TESDA shall conduct periodic review and update of
instructional materials on volunteerism.
Section 15. Establishment of Volunteer Program in National Government Agencies and Local Government Units (LGUs).
15.1. The Volunteer Program for Government Service or the Bayanihang
Bayan Program shall serve as platform for private sector
volunteering in government agencies and local government units,
in accordance with Memorandum Order 45 dated 7 December
2001.
15.2. PNVSCA, in collaboration with the Civil Service Commission
(CSC), shall identify and develop modalities and schemes for
government agencies and/or employee volunteering and issue
corresponding guidelines for their implementation. Furthermore,
PNVSCA in cooperation with the CSC, shall document
volunteering efforts of government agencies and/or employees to
identify and document best practices in public sector volunteering.
Section 16. Recognition and Incentives to Volunteers. - Government
agencies and non-government organizations implementing volunteer
programs are encouraged to develop and provide volunteers recognition
and incentive package which may include, but not limited to allowance,
insurance, training and the grant of privileges and status to Filipino
overseas volunteers at par with Filipino overseas workers.
16.1. All volunteers shall be accorded recognition of volunteer status
through the registration process as provided under this IRR or as
maybe subsequently established by PNVSCA.
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