WHEREAS, pursuant to Administrative Order No. 213, series of 1991, Tagpuan sa Kabuhayan Centers were mandated to be established in the administrative regions in the country to coordinate various programs and projects on livelihood;

WHEREAS, to ensure the effective implementation of the said livelihood programs and projects, there is an imperative need to involve the government agencies/offices concerned;

WHEREAS, there is further need to designate a body that shall determine and designate the lead coordinating agency/office to spearhead the establishment and operation of the Kabuhayan Centers in the different administrative regions;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Tagpuan sa Kabuhayan Centers established under Administrative Order No. 213 shall henceforth be called the Kabisig Kabuhayan Information Center.

SEC. 2. The following agencies and offices are hereby tasked with the primary responsibility for the implementation of livelihood programs and projects under the Kabisig Kabuhayan Information Centers established under Administrative Order No. 213:

The Office of the President
The Department of Agriculture;
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports
The Department of Labor and Employment
The Department of Trade and Industry
The Department of Agrarian Reform
The Department of Interior and Local Government
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources; and
The Department of Social Welfare and Development

SEC. 3. The Sub-Committee on Livelihood of the National Economic and Development Authority is hereby authorized to determine and designate the lead coordinating agency/office to spearhead the establishment and operation of the Kabisig Kabuhayan Information Centers in the different administrative regions.

In administrative regions where the Sub-Committee on Livelihood has not designated the lead coordinating agency/office, the Presidential Management Staff of the Office of the President shall temporarily spearhead the establishment and operation of the Kabisig Kabuhayan Information Centers in the said regions, until such time that an agency/office has been so duly designated.

SEC. 4. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.


By the President:
(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
Executive Secretary