Section 10. Lead Implementing Agency. - The DTI shall serve as the lead agency for this Act. An OTOP Management Committee shall be created and designed by the DTI Secretary, which shall have the main responsibility of directing the implementation of the provisions of this Act. The OTOP Management Committee shall be composed of offices and attached agencies under the DTI such as, but not limited to, the DTI-BPS and IPOPHL. The DTI Secretary shall create the OTOP Management Committee within fifteen (15) working days from the effectivity of this Act.

The following agencies shall also assist and coordinate with the DTI in the implementation of the provisions of this Act to achieve convergence and ensure efficient use of resources:

  1. Cooperative Development Authority (CDA);

  2. Department of Agriculture (DA);

  3. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT);

  4. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);

  5. Department of Health (DOH);

  6. Department of Science and technology (DOST);

  7. Department of Tourism (DOT);

  8. Department of Transportation (DOTr);

  9. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA);

  10. National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA);

  11. Philippine Information Agency (PIA);

  12. Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC); and

  13. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).