Operationalizing The Practical Guide For National Crisis Managers And The National Crisis Management Core Manual; Establishing National And Local Crisis Management Organizations; And Providing Funds Therefor

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of Executive Order No. 82

Operationalizing Crisis Management Manuals and Establishing Crisis Management Organizations

- Adopts the Practical Guide for National Crisis Managers and the National Crisis Management Core Manual as frameworks for managing human-induced crises. (Section 1)
- Establishes crisis management organizations and structures:
• Executive Committee, National Security Council as the Executive Committee/National Crisis Management Committee (EXECOM/NCMC), the highest policy and decision-making body. (Section 2a)
• Sub-Committee, National Crisis Management Committee for horizon scanning and recommending responses. (Section 2b)
• Regional, Provincial, Municipal/City, and Barangay Crisis Management Committees as local decision-making bodies. (Section 2c)
• Permanent offices within agencies/departments to handle crisis response and management. (Section 2d)
• Operational crisis management manuals, contingency plans, and crisis action plans to be prepared and updated. (Section 2e)

- Assigns Cabinet Officers Primarily Responsible (C-OPRs) for various crisis scenarios: (Section 3)
• Executive Secretary for terrorism threats, maritime border threats (inter-agency response), and threats concerning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) (inter-agency response). (Section 3a)
• Secretary of National Defense for national security threats and maritime border threats (intra-agency response). (Section 3b)
• Secretary of Interior and Local Government for threats to peace and order. (Section 3c)
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs for threats concerning OFWs (intra-agency response) and maritime border threats (intra-agency response). (Section 3d)
• Secretary of Health for public health threats. (Section 3e)
• Secretaries of Finance and Trade and Industry for economic threats. (Section 3f)
• Secretary of Energy for energy supply threats. (Section 3g)

- Adopts the 5Ps of crisis management: Predict, Prevent, Prepare, Perform, and Post-Action and Assessment. (Section 4)
• Predict: Horizon scanning and situation awareness. (Section 4a)
• Prevent: Preparing contingency and crisis action plans. (Section 4b)
• Prepare: Organizing, training, equipping, exercising, and evaluating/improving. (Section 4c)
• Perform: Determining crisis level, activating Incident Command System, and developing Crisis Action Plan. (Section 4d)
• Post-Action and Assessment: Providing reports to relevant committees. (Section 4e)

- Assigns the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to ensure compliance, distribute manuals, conduct trainings, and facilitate exercises. (Section 5)

- Allocates Twenty Five Million Pesos (Php25,000,000.00) from the Presidential Contingency Fund for initial financial requirements. (Section 6)

- Repeals inconsistent orders, rules, regulations, and issuances. (Section 7)

- Takes effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation. (Section 8)