EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 605
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 605 -
IMPLEMENTING THE REGIONAL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, CREATING FOR THIS
PURPOSE THE REGIONAL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE AND PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, it is the established
policy of the government to promote regional development to achieve
economic growth, social justice and equitable distribution of income
within and among regions;
WHEREAS, intermediate and smaller cities and their needs for
infrastructure and industry have, in the past, been neglected as a
focus of national policy and there are striking disparities in the
provision of economic and social infrastructure in different urban
areas;
WHEREAS, the role of the principal regional cities is easily
discernable and removing bottlenecks to economic development in these
cities will significantly help stimulate growth in each sub-region
affected and will induce development of a regional urban hierarchy;
WHEREAS, there is presently being undertaken the identification of
initial priority areas and preparation of plans for such areas for
inclusion in the proposed Regional Cities Development Project, with
technical assistance being provided by the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development;
WHEREAS, there is a need to create the organization to implement the
aforementioned Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order:
Section 1. Establishment of Project. — The Regional
Cities Development Project, hereinafter referred to as the Project, is
hereby declared as a project of the national government with the
following objectives:
a)
Identify and prepare investment programs in basic infrastructure of
selected regional cities to remove bottlenecks to economic development
and employment potential;
b) Improve
urban management in the areas of planning, budgeting and finance,
maintenance of public investments, and delivery of essential services;
and
c) Provide
basic sanitation and shelter particularly to low-income groups.
Sec. 2. Creation of the Regional Cities
Development Project Office. — To achieve the above objectives, there is
hereby created a Regional Cities Development Project Office,
hereinafter referred to as the Project Office, which shall be attached
to the National Economic and Development Authority and under the
supervision of the Project Steering Committee mentioned under Sec. 3
hereof, through its Chairman. The Project Office shall identify the
cities that will eventually be covered under the Project and shall
prepare the corresponding development strategies in accordance with the
Project’s objectives. Other areas to be covered under the Project shall
also be identified by the Project Office in accordance with a system of
priority established for that purpose.
The Project Office shall have its principal Office in Manila but field
offices may be established in every Project city.
Sec. 3. Project Steering Committee. — There is
hereby created a Project Steering Committee, attached to the National
Economic and Development Authority, which shall serve as the
policy-making and governing body of the Project. The Project Steering
Committee shall be composed of senior officials from the National
Economic and Development Authority, as Chairman, the Ministry of Human
Settlements, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Local
Government and Community Development and the Ministry of Industry, as
members.
The Project Steering Committee shall deliberate and agree on policies
regarding designs, planning guidelines, standards, budgeting and
programming of funds, priorities, scale and magnitude of estimated
project investments, areas/sites of investments, etc., insofar as these
will affect agencies’ respective national and regional development
programs and the national and socio-economic programs in general.
Sec. 4. Project Director. — The Project Office
shall be headed by a Project Director who shall be appointed by the
National Economic and Development Authority and who shall report
directly to the Project Steering Committee for policy guidance. The
annual compensation and allowances of the Project Director shall be
fixed by the Project Steering Committee.
The Project Director shall have the following powers and functions:
a)
Develop/formulate projects for the regional cities.
b)
Propose/consolidate city program budgets relative to the project.
c) Serve as
liaison officer between cities/projects and national agencies of
government.
d) Assist in
the selection of consultancy services for the project as well as for
the National
Industrial Estates Project.
e) Recommend
the appointment of the City Project Managers.
f) In general,
serve as administrative/management officer for the project and perform
such
functions inherently necessary to the
accomplishment of the project.
Sec. 5. Contractual Personnel. — Subject to the
prior approval of the Project Steering Committee, the Project Director
may engage on contractual basis or other arrangements for temporary
services and fix the compensation of highly qualified professionals,
expert technical advisers and/or consultants.
Sec. 6. Role of Government Agencies. — The Project
Office is hereby authorized to call upon any ministry, government-owned
and -controlled corporation, or instrumentality of the government for
any assistance that may be required to ensure the accomplishment of its
tasks. The Project Steering Committee shall take necessary steps to
obtain the assistance and cooperation of the private sector.
Sec. 7. Detail of Personnel. — The Project
Director, through the Project Steering Committee, may call on the
services of technical experts and professionals from all branches of
government as it may need in the conduct of its activities. For this
purpose the Project Steering Committee is hereby authorized to
reimburse detailed personnel of actual representation and/or
transportation expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
their duties at such rates as may be approved by the Project Steering
Committee, subject to applicable accounting and auditing rules and
regulations.
Sec. 8. Appropriations. — To carry out the
provisions of this Order, an operating fund for Project Office and the
Field Offices in the amount of TWO MILLION PESOS (P2,000,000.00) is
hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the Foreign-Assisted
Projects Support Fund or from any other funds of the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated. For the succeeding fiscal years, until its
termination, the budgetary requirements shall be provided for in the
General Appropriations Act of the Government in such amounts as shall
be adequate for the purpose.
Sec. 9. Effectivity. — This Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.
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