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The Council is composed of a Governing Board (GB) and a Secretariat.

Governing Board (GB)

The Governing Board is composed of:

• Secretary, Department of Health, Chairperson
• Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Vice-Chair
• Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Vice-Chair
• Secretary, Department of Budget and Management
• Secretary, Department of Education
• Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment
• Secretary, Department of Science and Technology
• Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development
• Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
• Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority

Three representatives from the private sector are appointed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines for a two year-term.

Functions of the Governing Board:

• Formulate national food and nutrition policies and strategies;
• Coordinate planning, monitoring and evaluation of the national nutrition program;
• Coordinate the release of funds, loans and grants from government organizations (GOs) and NGOs; and
• Tap agencies concerned for resource allocation whenever the need arises.

Technical Committee

The NNC Technical Committee is composed of heads of major department bureaus and agencies involved in nutrition and appropriate NGOs. It provides technical assistance to the GB and NNC Secretariat and facilitates inter- and intra-agency coordination, supervision and monitoring; and implementation of nutrition policies and programs.

The Secretariat

The NNC Secretariat serves as the executive arm of the NNC-Governing Board. It is headed by an executive director, assisted by two deputy executive directors. It has three technical divisions (nutrition policy and planning division; nutrition surveillance division, and nutrition information and education division); and two support divisions (administrative and finance). At present, the NNC Secretariat has a staff complement of 123, 53 of whom are in the regional offices.

NNC has fourteen (14) regional offices all over the country. Each regional office is staffed by a lean personnel complement of a nutrition program coordinator, a technical staff, a clerk and a driver. The regional offices for CARAGA and ARMM are still to be organized. However, nutrition program coordinator of Region XII handle matters related to the ARMM while CARAGA is handled by DA-CARAGA.

     
Functions of the Secretariat:

• Advise the GB on nutrition policy and program matters;
• Coordinates with GOs and NGOs for nutrition program management and resource programming;
• Recommends a comprehensive food and nutrition policy;
• Develops measures to improve implementation of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN);
• Monitors and analyzes nutrition and related socio-economic data
  for a periodic statement on the country's nutrition situation;
• Monitors and evaluates the PPAN;
• Develops and implements a comprehensive advocacy, information
  and education strategy for the PPAN; and
• Provides technical, financial and logistics support to local government units and agencies for the development and implementation
  of nutrition programs and projects.