Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA)

Dear Toni Rose Batucan, Greetings! Thank you for your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request 1) mission and vision of the agency 2) background of the organization 3) ethical standard and norms 4) organizational culture 5) pay design structure 6) compensation design structure 7) organizational structure 8) staffing and recruitment design Response to Request We enclose a copy of the DFA’s Citizen’s Charter containing pertinent information on the organizational and operational directives of the DFA which is allowed for public knowledge. As for the other items on your list, please be advised that as a National Government Agency we follow the pay design structure, compensation, organizational, staffing and recruitment process of the Department of Budget and Management and of the Civil Service Commission respectively. Further information about the Department of Foreign Affairs may also be accessed through https://dfa.gov.ph/ Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer