| National Port Advisory Council | |||||||||
| CY 2002 Accomplishment Report | |||||||||
| Project / Program | Responsible Body | Date of Completion | Remarks | ||||||
| 1 | Reorganization of NPAC | ||||||||
| 1.1 | Main Council | ||||||||
| a. | Identification of new composition of the | Ad-Hoc Committee | October 11 | The existing NPAC formed an Ad-Hoc Committee on | |||||
| reorganized NPAC | on Membership / | Membership, tasked to finalize the list of NPAC | |||||||
| NPAC | members during the first organizational meeting held | ||||||||
| on September 20. The Ad-Hoc Committee | |||||||||
| immediately convened on the same day. | |||||||||
| The recommendation of the Ad-Hoc Committee | |||||||||
| was presented before the Council for final | |||||||||
| deliberation/ approval during its October 1 | |||||||||
| Meeting. Approved during the meeting is | |||||||||
| the constitution of the reorganized NPAC which | |||||||||
| initially include six (6) government agencies | |||||||||
| and fifteen (15) private sector groups. It was | |||||||||
| also agreed that membership will remain open | |||||||||
| to other groups which have legitimate concerns | |||||||||
| and could not be represented by existing members. | |||||||||
| b. | Issuance of official pronouncement | NPAC / PPA | October 21 | The draft PPA Administrative Order entitled | |||||
| formally reactivating the NPAC | "Reactivation ofthe National Port Advisory | ||||||||
| Council" was presented to the Council during | |||||||||
| its first meeting on September 20 for | |||||||||
| review/comment. Refinements were | |||||||||
| introduced until its final version was agreed | |||||||||
| upon per NPAC Resolution No. 04-2002 during | |||||||||
| the October 11 Meeting. | |||||||||
| PPA Administrative Order No. 03-2002 was | |||||||||
| signed by the PPA General Manager on October | |||||||||
| 21 and was subsequently confirmed by the PPA | |||||||||
| Board of Directors . | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Permanent Working Committees (PWCs) | ||||||||
| a. | Organization of PWCs which entailed the | NPAC / NPAC | NPAC members selected the PWCs where they | ||||||
| election of Committee Heads, creation of | Secretariat | would want to get involved with during the | |||||||
| Secretariat and scheduling of regular | October 11 Meeting. | ||||||||
| meetings. | |||||||||
| The Secretariat arranged the organizational | |||||||||
| meetings for each of the five (5) PWCs | |||||||||
| resulting in the election of the officers and | |||||||||
| agreements in the schedule of Regular | |||||||||
| Committee Meetings, as follows: | |||||||||
| December 13 | PWC-Port Operations | ||||||||
| Chairman : Benjamin B. Cecilio (PPA) | |||||||||
| Vice-Chairman : Francis M. Andrews (ICTSI/ATI) | |||||||||
| Regular Meeting: 3rd Thursday, 2:30 PM | |||||||||
| November 20 | PWC-Port Development | ||||||||
| Chairman : Medardo M. Melicor (PPA) | |||||||||
| Vice-Chairman : Sandra M. Timog (PSAA) | |||||||||
| Regular Meeting: 3rd Wednesday, 10:00 AM | |||||||||
| December 13 | PWC-Port Tariff | ||||||||
| Chairman : Benjamin B. Cecilio (PPA) | |||||||||
| Vice-Chairman : Julita Q. Lopez (PUC) | |||||||||
| Regular Meeting: Every Wednesday, 2:30 PM | |||||||||
| November 19 | PWC-Port Labor Relations | ||||||||
| Chairman : Rodolfo G. Corvite, Jr. (ICTSI/ATI) | |||||||||
| Vice-Chairman : Raul T. Santos (PPA) | |||||||||
| Regular Meeting: 3rd Friday, 1:30 PM | |||||||||
| November 15 | PWC-Port Community Welfare | ||||||||
| Chairman : Rodolfo G. Corvite, Jr. (ICTSI/ATI) | |||||||||
| Vice-Chairman : Aida P. Dizon (PPA) | |||||||||
| Regular Meeting: 3rd Friday, 9:00 AM | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Operational Guidelines | ||||||||
| a. | Formulation of guidelines governing the | Ad-Hoc Committee | November 13 | The draft of proposed NPAC Memorandum Circular | |||||
| conduct of NPAC affairs | on Membership / | entitled "Rules/Procedures for the Conduct of NPAC | |||||||
| NPAC Secretariat | Affairs" was presented to the Council on October 11 | ||||||||
| for review/discussion. Except for the inclusion of a | |||||||||
| saving clause, the guidelines were approved by the | |||||||||
| Council. Hence, NPAC MC No. 01-2002 was signed | |||||||||
| by the Chairman on November 13. | |||||||||
| b. | Creation of technical/administrative | PPA / NPAC | December 23 | As agreed upon in the organizational meetings of all | |||||
| support staff to the NPAC and its PWCs | Secretariat | PWCs and the main Council, secretariat services shall | |||||||
| be provided by the PPA. | |||||||||
| For this purpose, PPA Special Order No. 968-2002 | |||||||||
| was issued on December 23 designating the support | |||||||||
| staff to said bodies. The S.O., likewise, defines the | |||||||||
| scope and responsibilities of each support group. | |||||||||
| 2 | PWC Activities | ||||||||
| 2.1 | Identification of Priority Topics/Issues for | PWCs | During the series of the Council's organization | ||||||
| Discussion Deliberation by the PWCs | meetings, priority issues had been identified. | ||||||||
| These were specifically drawn from the directives of | |||||||||
| Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo contained in her | |||||||||
| speech delivered during the 11th Mindanao Business | |||||||||
| Conference held in August 2002. Other members of | |||||||||
| the Council also raised major concerns which | |||||||||
| should be discussed/deliberated upon and addressed | |||||||||
| by the PWCs. | |||||||||
| As the PWCs were formally organized, each has | |||||||||
| identified priority topics which shall be tackled | |||||||||
| as part of the initial undertakings of each committee. | |||||||||
| Among these topics are: | |||||||||
| For PWC Port Operations: | |||||||||
| > | Terminal handling charges component | ||||||||
| > | Policy on the renewal of expired and expiring | ||||||||
| cargo handling contracts in the light of EO 109 S. | |||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| > | Transfer of procedures on dangerous cargoes to | ||||||||
| DASSAD | |||||||||
| > | Promotion of competition at Port of Manila | ||||||||
| For PWC Port Development: | |||||||||
| > | Master planning for the development and operation | ||||||||
| of domestic ports in Manila (South Harbor, North | |||||||||
| Harbor and Harbor Center) | |||||||||
| > | Issuance of the Bid Terms of Reference for the | ||||||||
| (Modernization) of North Harbor | |||||||||
| For PWC Port Tariff: | |||||||||
| > | Unbundling of domestic rates and development of | ||||||||
| cost-based methodology for tariff setting | |||||||||
| > | Petition for the declaration of nullity on four PPA | ||||||||
| Memorandum Circulars on cargo handling rates | |||||||||
| For PWC Port Labor Relations: | |||||||||
| > | Job security of portworkers who would be affected | ||||||||
| by the planned modernization | |||||||||
| > | Revival of PPA Administrative Order No. 01-2000 | ||||||||
| entitled "Guidelines for the Establishment | |||||||||
| and Operationalization of the Portworkers Social | |||||||||
| Amelioration Program" | |||||||||
| For PWC Port Community Welfare: | |||||||||
| > | Alleviation/amelioration of existing informal settlers in | ||||||||
| ports (ISPs) | |||||||||
| > | Reduction/removal of ISPs | ||||||||
| > | Prevention of the recurrence of the influx of ISPs | ||||||||
| 3.1 | Establishment of NPAC Web | PPA / NPAC | Continuing | In its effort to ensure that NPAC-related information | |||||
| Secretariat | is disseminated faster and efficiently to parties | ||||||||
| concerned, PPA operationalized a website for NPAC. | |||||||||
| The Website, which is linked to the PPA web, was | |||||||||
| launch mid-November. Continuous posting of | |||||||||
| validated information has become a regular activity of | |||||||||
| the Secretariat. | |||||||||
| 3.2 | Creation of NPAC Directory | NPAC Secretariat | October 11 | The NPAC Directory was created to ensure timely | |||||
| dissemination of information. The directory, which | |||||||||
| was generally based on the data provided by NPAC | |||||||||
| members, is regularly updated. | |||||||||