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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 67
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 67 -
REORGANIZING THE COORDINATING COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM AND CONVERTING IT INTO THE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE
SECTOR PARTICIPATION
WHEREAS, the Coordinating Council of the
Philippine Assistance Program (CCPAP) was created under Administrative
Order No. 105, s. of 1989 to take the lead role in coordinating efforts
to effectively mobilize international aid and to ensure its successful
implementation;
WHEREAS, CCPAP has played an active role in the promotion and
facilitation of private sector participation in infrastructure
development, with the CCPAP Chairman designated as the BOT Action
Officer by virtue of Memorandum Order No. 166, s. of 1993;
WHEREAS, CCPAP is the central body responsible for the coordination and
monitoring of projects implemented under Republic Act No. 7718 or the
Amended BOT Law;
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.A. No. 7718 or the Amended BOT Law, projects
which would have difficulty in sourcing funds may be financed partly
from direct government appropriations and/or from Official Development
Assistance (ODA) not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the project cost;
WHEREAS, the ODA Act of 1996 (Republic Act No. 8182, as amended)
underscores the oversight and coordination functions of the National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in the programming,
implementation, and evaluation of all projects financed by ODA;
WHEREAS, NEDA is the central planning agency for social and economic
development, and in the exercise of said function, formulates and
recommends to the President and the NEDA Board investment and
infrastructure development policies and programs consistent with
national development objectives and priorities;
WHEREAS, there is a need to achieve increased efficiency and
effectiveness in ODA-related activities, and to rationalize the
institutional framework to support private sector participation in
infrastructures and other development activities as a cornerstone
strategy of the national development plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Reorganization of the Coordinating Council
of the Philippine Assistance Program. — The Coordinating Council of the
Philippine Assistance Program shall be converted into the Coordinating
Council for Private Sector Participation, hereinafter referred to as
the Council, and shall be composed of the following:
•
The Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning
• The
Secretary of Finance
• The
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
• The
Secretary of Justice
• The
Secretary of Agriculture
• The
Secretary of Public Works and Highways
• The
Secretary of Trade and Industry
• The
Secretary of Energy
• The
Secretary of Interior and Local Government
• The
Executive Secretary
• The
Secretary of Transportation and Communications
• The
Secretary of Budget and Management
• The Governor
of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• The
Representative of the Senate to be designated by the Senate President
• The
Representative of the House of Representatives to be designated by the
Speaker of the House
• Four
representatives from the private sector to be appointed by the President
The Council may invite any individual or call on any departments,
bureaus, offices and instrumentalities of the government for
appropriate assistance.
Sec. 2. The Chairman and the Secretary. — The
Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning shall serve ex officio as the
Chairman of the Council. The Secretary of the Council shall be the
Executive Director, with the rank of Undersecretary, of the Technical
Secretariat to the Council, who shall be appointed by the President of
the Philippines.
Sec. 3. Powers and Functions of the Council. — The
Council shall:
a)
Coordinate and monitor the program of the government on private sector
participation, hereinafter referred to as PSP, in its infrastructure
and other development activities;
b) Formulate
and recommend policies and guidelines that will ensure transparent and
expeditious implementation of PSP programs and projects of the
government;
c) Prepare and
submit to the President and to Congress reports on the implementation
of the PSP programs and projects of the government;
d) Coordinate
project facilitation tasks for PSP projects; and
e) Perform
such other duties and functions that the President may, by order,
assign.
Sec. 4. Technical Secretariat. — The existing
Technical Office of the CCPAP, presently headed by an Executive
Director and consisting of the ODA Unit, the BOT Center and other
support units, shall become the Technical Secretariat of the Council
and shall continue to provide technical and administrative support to
the Council. However, the Technical Secretariat, which shall remain
attached as an autonomous unit to the Office of the President, is
hereby restructured to perform the following functions:
a) Undertake activities related to the development of
PSP programs and projects, including projects with ODA financing
pursued under the Amended BOT Law, as follows:
• Formulate policies and implementation guidelines,
in consultation with appropriate government oversight committees,
implementing agencies, Local Government Units and private sector groups
on various aspects of PSP project development;
• Assist in PSP project development by providing
technical assistance to national implementing agencies, including
government owned and controlled corporations, and Local Government
Units in the identification, preparation or evaluation of PSP projects;
• Manage and administer a project development
facility that will help prepare PSP projects to tendering stage;
• Provide training and institution building support
to national implementing agencies and Local Government Units on PSP
project development;
• Promote and market the PSP program, including the
formulation and implementation of a promotion and marketing plan,
providing service as a "one-stop information center" for
investors/developers as well as government agencies; and
• Monitor and coordinate the PSP programs and
projects of the government.
b) Conduct project facilitation and problem-solving
activities for PSP projects;
c) Serve as the research, technical and logistical
support arm of the Council; and
d) Perform such other functions as may be assigned to
it by the Council and/or the President.
Sec. 5. Funding. — The Department of Budget and
Management shall provide and release the funds needed for the financial
and operational requirements of the Council and its Technical
Secretariat. Funds shall continue to be chargeable against the Office
of the President and those previously appropriated to the CCPAP and its
Technical Office, subject to government accounting and auditing
procedures.
Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. — Administrative Order
No. 105, s. of 1989 and Administrative Order No. 259, s. of 1992 are
hereby amended or revoked accordingly.
All executive orders, administrative orders, other presidential
issuances, and implementing rules and regulations not inconsistent with
this Administrative Order shall continue to be in full force and effect.
The Council and the Technical Secretariat shall continue to exercise
all other powers, duties and functions outside the ambit of this Order
which were previously assigned to CCPAP and the Technical Office by law
and which have not been transferred or revoked.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Administrative Order
shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-nine.
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