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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 289
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 289 -
CONSTITUTING A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING TASK GROUP TO UNDERTAKE
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FOR THE SPECIAL ZONE OF PEACE
AND DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the Final Agreement between the
Government and the Moro National Liberation Front signed on 2 September
1996 signals a new era of peace and development in Mindanao;
WHEREAS, the Final Agreement
provides for the establishment of a Special Zone of Peace and
Development in Southern Philippines (ZOPAD);
WHEREAS, the proposed ZOPAD will
entail the provision of focused development assistance, especially in
the depressed areas of concerned provinces and cities; and
WHEREAS, there is need for a
inter-agency efforts to undertake economic and social development
planning in support of the ZOPAD.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law and the Constitution, do hereby order the
following:
Section 1.
Constitution of the Special Development Planning Task Group. — There is
hereby constituted a Special Development Planning Task Group to
undertake planning activities for the developmental requirements of the
ZOPAD.
Sec. 2.
Composition. — The Special Development Planning Task Group shall be
chaired by a representative/officer from the National Economic
Development Authority (NEDA) to be designated by the Director-General
of the National Economic and Development Authority, with
representatives/personnel from the following agencies to be designated
by their respective Secretaries:
a.
Department of Agriculture (DA);
b. Department
of Agrarian Reform (DAR);
c. Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR);
d. Department
of Budget and Management (DBM);
e. Department
of Transportation and Communications (DOTC);
f. Department
of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); and
g. Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Sec. 3.
Functions. — The Special Development Planning Task Group shall have the
following functions:
a.
Initiate the formulation of an integrated development framework for the
ZOPAD which will maximize the development potentials of the areas
covered, taking into consideration existing development priorities and
strategies of the government;
b. Identify
areas where anti-poverty interventions of both the government and the
private sector can be initially channeled;
c. Adopt a
process of maximum consultations with concerned sectors (concerned
Regional Development Councils and ARMM, local government units, other
national government agencies, non-government organization and peoples
organizations, and religious, political, and civic groups) in the
formulation of the development framework and identification of areas
for focused anti-poverty interventions;
d. Submit
regular accomplishment reports to the President; and
e. Perform
such other tasks as may be assigned by the President.
Sec. 4.
Personnel and Resources. — The member agencies of the Special
Development Planning Task Group shall contribute equipment and
personnel (on detail) to the Task Group. All member-agencies of the
Special Development Planning Task Group shall contribute funds for the
operation of the Task Group to be determined in a subsequent Memorandum
of Agreement (MOA) among others.
Sec. 5.
Repealing Clause. — All Administrative Orders, rules and regulations,
and other similar issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 6.
Effectivity. — This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the
City of Manila, this 3rd day of September, in the Year of our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
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