Proclamation No. 212, s. 2011

MALAcANaN PALAcE MANiLA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATTON NO. 2t2 AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 75 ENTITLED, "DECLARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT MONTH'' WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 75 (s. 1999) declared the month of February as "Countryside Development Month;" WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure that the framework for countryside development is consistent with the Philippine Development PIan 2011-2016 (PDP); WHEREAS, both the 16-Point Agenda of the President and Executive Order (EO) No. 43 (s. 2011) highlight the impodance of rural development in relation to economic growth as well as the need to recognize farms and rural enterprises as vital to achieving food security and more equitable economic groMh, worthy of re- investment for sustained productivity; WHEREAS, countryside development with focus on private initiative will encourage an effective, sustained and valuable development program that will provide gainful employment, ensure food security and enable families to improve their standard of living; WHEREAS, a shift in the development strategies from urban centers to the countryside is a positive step towards national economic decentralization and the preparation of the country for greater economic cooperation with other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); WHEREAS, promoting mutually beneficial linkages between the countryside and the major markets through e-commerce will enable a sirnple and more efficient marketing strategy for countryside products; and WHEREAS, the promotion and patronage of countryside products among local consumers wilt facilitate government and private effotls in developing the countryside. NOW, THEREFORE, l, BENIGNO S. AQUINO lll, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby procl:-iim February of every year as Countryside Development Month. @frre o I tbe SreCrlent ot t\e frtlllwtrcs | ililil1 ilil 1ilil ll llllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll llll llll PNOY003129 . The Depaftment of the lnterior and Local Government (DILG) shall attend toits appropriate observance every year, in cooperation with local government units(LGUs). lN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal ofthe Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. DONE, in the City of Manila, this 1sr day ofthe year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven. ,lnAugust / ub I A\ ) :-2 By the President: PNOY003130 HOA, JR. ry LERTIFIED COPY: MAttlt\t'ilTt! tfi [,t tliltEt_T&ft tv b.1 MAt-ACARfiNn ntt0RDS OtFltE 2