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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 291
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 291 -
ADOPTING THE GENERAL GUIDELINES IN TRACKING THE ALLOCATION AND
UTILIZATION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF RESOURCES COMMITTED TO THE PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS UNDER THE SOCIAL REFORM AGENDA
WHEREAS, the Social Reform Agenda (SRA)
sets the framework and direction for the efforts of all sectors of
Philippine Society to improve access to quality basic services,
accelerate asset reform and sustainable development of productive
resources and allow greater access to economic opportunities, and
strengthen institution-building and participation in governance of
Basic Sectors nationwide;
WHEREAS, the SRA has defined
convergence as the focusing and synchronization of resources, services,
and interventions by SRA Flagship Programs and other agencies/entities
on specific target families and communities, using the Minimum Basic
Needs (MBN) Approach as the strategy for convergence, and providing for
multi-level, multi-sectoral and inter-agency coordination and
consultation, as embodied in Proclamation No. 548 (series of 1995)
Administrative Order No. 194 (series of 1995) and Executive Order No.
356 (series of 1996);
WHEREAS, there is an urgent to
institutionalize, from existing systems and mechanisms, a comprehensive
and decentralized tracking of the allocation and utilization of various
types of resources committed to the programs and projects under the
Social Reform Agenda in order to respond to problems that are
confronted in the implementation of SRA projects and programs;
WHEREAS, this has been effected
through the adoption of an official definition of SRA programs and
projects under Proclamation No. 547 (series of 1995);
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by law, do hereby order the adoption of this General Guidelines in
tracking the allocation and utilization of resources committed to the
Social Reform Agenda (SRA) programs and projects at all levels, as
follows:
Section 1.
Objectives. — All National Agencies, Government-Owned and Controlled
Corporations (GOCCs) and Local Government Units are hereby directed to
adopt and implement the General Guidelines in tracking the allocation
and utilization of various resources committed to SRA to ensure that
these are utilization of various resources committed SRA to ensure that
these are synchronized and complementary to effectively implement
various flagship programs and projects nationwide.
Sec. 2.
Scope and Coverage. — National, regional and local SRA Flagship
programs and projects shall cover those that have been stipulated in
the Integrated National Action Agenda on Anti-Poverty adopted during
the National Anti-Poverty Summit on 20 March 1996, the Implementing
Guidelines of the Convergence Policy (AO 194) and Institutional
Arrangements to Fast-Track SRA Localization (EO 356). Specially, these
programs and projects, particularly those in the Convergence Areas and
in the fifth and sixth class municipalities nationwide, shall address
the following:
a)
Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) that address the concerns of the poor
families and communities;
b) Basic
Reform Commitments (BRC) that address specific needs of the Basic
Sectors;
c) Ecological
Security Commitments (ESC) that address the environment concerns of the
various types of ecosystems.
Sec. 3.
Synergy of Existing Resources Tracking Mechanisms. — All National
Government Agencies (NGA) and Local Government Units (LGUs) shall
submit their respective Consolidated Quarterly Reports as defined in
Attachment A of this General Guidelines and based on the existing
monitoring mechanisms adopted by the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), respectively,
to track the allocation and utilization of specific types of resources
committed to SRA:
a.
For tracking locally-funded SRA programs and projects under the General
Appropriations Act (GAA), the Consolidated Performance Report shall be
used. This shall be coordinated by the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM).
b. For
tracking foreign funds programmed and utilized for SRA programs and
projects under Official Development Assistance (ODA), the Implementing
Rules and Regulation (IRR) of the ODA Act (RA 8182) and the Regional
Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (RPMES) shall be used. This
shall be coordinate by the DILG.
Sec. 4.
Consolidation and Submission of Quarterly Reports. — Quarterly reports
from the LGUs, various agencies/organization and units shall be
prepared and submitted as follows:
Local Government Units
Consolidated Quarterly Reports.
a.
The LGU Consolidated Quarterly Reports shall be prepared by the SRA
Provincial/City Technical Working Group and submitted, with the
endorsement of the Local Chief Executive, to the DILG starting December
1996. It shall contain the status of utilization of various types of
resources, particularly the twenty (20) percent Development Fund under
the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and the agency budgets intended
for specific local SRA Flagship projects and outputs desegregated by
geographical (municipal and barangay) and basic sectoral allocations.
b. The DILG
shall then prepare and submit the Consolidated Reports to the SRA
Regional Technical Working Group for integration.
ODA, Regional Agency and GOCC
Consolidated Quarterly Reports.
a. In addition
to their Central Offices, Regional Agencies and GOCC Field Offices
shall submit their Quarterly Reports to the DBM Regional Office and SRA
Regional Technical Working group (RTWG) for consolidation staring
December 1996. The report shall contain the status of utilization of
various types of resources intended for specific SRA Flagship projects
and outputs desegregated by geographical (provincial, city and
municipality) and basic sectoral allocations.
b. All
National Government Agencies and GOCCs, particularly the SRA Flagship
Champion and Support Agencies shall direct all their respective
regional and/or provincial offices to prepare and submit the required
quarterly reports.
Consolidation of Regional
Quarterly Reports
The SRA Regional Technical
Working Group shall consolidate the LGU, ODA, Regional Agency and GOCC
quarterly reports. These shall be submitted, with the endorsement of
the RDC Chair and/or Cabinet Officer for Regional Development (CORD),
to the Resource Mobilization Cluster of the Social Reform Council, DBM,
NEDA and the DILG Central Offices.
National Agency and GOCC Central
Offices Quarterly Reports.
All National Government Agencies
and GOCC, particularly the SRA Flagship Champion and Support Agencies,
shall submit their Quarterly Consolidated Reports — including those
submitted by their regional/provincial offices — to the Technical
Working Group for Resource Tracking under the SRA. The report shall
contain the status of utilization of various types of resources
intended for specific SRA Flagship projects and outputs desegregated by
geographical (provincial, city and municipality) and basic sectoral
allocations.
DBM, DILG, NEDA Central-Local
Coordination.
The Central Offices of the DBM,
NEDA and DILG shall direct their respective regional/local offices to
coordinate the generation, completion and consolidation of reports
among concerned agencies and LGUs. They shall ensure that these
agencies and LGUs shall integrate SRA Resource Tracking into their
central and local reporting and information-generation systems. The
RM-TWG shall coordinate the setting-up and operationalization of the
SRA Resource Tracking database system nationwide.
Sec. 5.
Institutional Arrangements. —
Resource Tracking Oversight
Committee (RM-OvCom).
a. The Social
Reform Council shall designate, from among its government officials and
sectoral representatives, those who will serve as members of the
Resource Tracking Oversight Committee. The SRA Lead Convenor shall
designate the Chair of the Committee.
b. The
Committee shall regularly update the President on the status of
resources for SRA programs and projects. It shall also issue
supplemental guidelines as may be required with the concurrence of the
SRA lead Convenor.
Technical Working Group for
Resource Tracking (RM-TWG).
a. A Technical
Oversight Committee for resource Tracking shall be created with members
of the Resource Mobilization Cluster under the SRA National Technical
Working Group, DILG, PCFPK, MRP and SRC Secretariat as members.
b. The Group
shall ensure effective national and local coordination on resource
tracking, provide technical assistance and shall recommend to the
Oversight Committee supplemental guidelines as may be required.
Sec. 6.
Resource Tracking as Part of the Performance Contracts. — The tracking
of various types of resources under the SRA shall form part of the
performance contracts concerned Heads of various agencies and LGUs.
Sec. 7.
Funding. — Funding requirements for tracking the allocation and
utilization of various types of resources committed to the programs and
projects under the Social Reform Agenda for the remainder of 1996 shall
be sourced by DBM subject to the submission of a special budget by the
DILG and NEDA to be endorsed by the SRC Lead Convenor for the approval
of the President. Funds shall be released directly to the SRC
Secretariat and shall be subject to pertinent COA rules and
regulations. Thereafter, funding requirements of the Resource
Allocation and Utilization Tracking System shall be provided in the
General Appropriations Act and shall be integrated into the regular
budget of the concerned agencies.
Sec. 8.
Effectivity. — This Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the
City of Manila, this 26 of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety-Six.
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