By Prince Golez
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) has opened the nomination and selection process for new sectoral representatives to the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) Board.
The new sectoral representatives will be coming from the academic and scientific community, business sector, and non-government organization (NGO), the CCC said in a press statement.
The PSF Board manages and administers the PSF, which is established to provide long-stream finance for climate change adaptation projects of local government units.
The nominees must:
-be a citizen and resident of the Philippines for at least two years immediately prior to their nomination;
-have at least seven years of proven experience, exposure, and participation in research and development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and other climate change-related activities;
-have at least three years of experience in program/project development and evaluation;
-not been selected as a sectoral representative to the PSF Board, pursuant to Section 4 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Climate Change Act; and
-be a person with known probity, integrity, and good moral character.
The nominees will be chosen based on their competence, experience, and integrity.
Upon selection, the representatives shall serve for a term of three years starting from the date of the first PSF Board Meeting they attended, without reappointment.
Representatives are also barred from accessing the Fund both during and after their term.
The deadline of submission of nominations is on April 19, 2023.
The PSF Board is chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Finance with the Vice Chairperson of the CCC, Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority, Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Women, and sectoral representatives from the academic and scientific community, the business sector, and non-governmental organizations, as members.
Nominations and inquiries should be directed to the CCC’s PSF Unit via psf@climate.gov.ph.
