EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 694
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 694 - CREATING
THE CENTRAL VISAYAS URBAN AND RURAL PROJECTS OFFICE AND PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, it is the established
policy of the government to promote economic growth, social justice and
equitable distribution of income within and among regions;
WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 589 date April 17, 1980, the
Regional Development Investment Program (RDIP) was adopted as the
implementing framework of the five-year regional development plan
wherein concrete packages of programs and projects are systematically
identified;
WHEREAS, a prototype of the RDIP has been completed for Central Visayas
on the basis of which there is presently being negotiated a World Bank
loan to finance certain urban and rural projects within said investment
program;
WHEREAS, in order to satisfy the requirements of foreign financing, it
is necessary to prepare in more detail the RDIP projects for Central
Visayas identified for funding;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create an organization to undertake
and oversee the required detailed project preparation and development;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution and pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby
order and ordain:
Section 1. Creation of the Central Visayas Urban and
Rural Projects Office. — There is hereby created a Central Visayas
Urban and Rural Projects Office, hereinafter referred to as the Office,
which shall be under the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA). The Office shall undertake the detailed preparation and
development Investment Program for Region VII.
Sec. 2. Functions of the Office. — The Office
shall perform the following functions:
a.
Conduct detailed preparation of the urban and rural projects identified
under the RDIP in accordance with guidelines provided by the NEDA and
at a level and standard acceptable by external financing institutions;
b. Recommend
to the NEDA Director-General for approval the projects found feasible
for external financing;
c. Upgrade the
capabilities for project preparation of the technical personnel of
local governments and regional line agencies directly involved in
project preparation and development activities within the region;
d. Recommend
appropriate measures and mechanisms for the effective implementation of
RDIP projects in Central Visayas;
e. Submit to
the NEDA and to the Regional Development Council periodic progress
reports and special reports as required; and
f. Perform
such other related functions as may be necessary for the effective
implementation of the RDIP.
Sec. 3. Project Director. — The Office shall be
headed by a Project Director who shall be appointed by, and be
responsible to, the Director-General of the NEDA. His annual
compensation and allowances shall be fixed by the NEDA
Director-General.
The Project Director shall have the following powers and functions:
a.
Direct and supervise the detailed preparation of urban and rural
projects identified under the RDIP for Central Visayas;
b. Recommend
to the NEDA Director-General the organizational set-up, staffing
requirements and annual budget of the office;
c. Manage the
Office and adopt administrative rules and procedures for its internal
operation and management;
d. Recommend
to the NEDA Director-General the hiring of contractual personnel of the
Office including consultants, experts and other professionals whose
compensation and allowances shall be fixed in accordance with existing
laws and regulations;
e. Disburse
and administer the funds of the Office based on the approve budget
thereof and in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations;
f. Enter into
contracts with private or public entities in connection with the
functions of the Office subject to the approval of the NEDA
Director-General; and
g. Perform
such other functions as may be necessary to ensure the efficient and
effective implementation of the Office.
Sec. 4. Detail of Personnel. — The Project
Director may, subject to the approval of the NEDA Director-General,
call on the services of technical expert and professionals from all
branches of government as the Office may need in the conduct of its
activities. For this purpose, the Project Director is hereby authorized
to reimburse detailed personnel of actual representation and/or
transportation expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
their duties at rates approved by the NEDA Director-General subject to
applicable accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
Sec. 5. Creation of Committees. — The NEDA
Director-General is hereby authorized to create such inter-agency
committees and advisory bodies as may be necessary to facilitate the
completion of detailed engineering and feasibility studies and other
project preparation and development activities of the Office.
Sec. 6. Assistance from Government Agencies and
Private Sector. — The Office is hereby authorized to call upon any
ministry, government-owned or controlled corporation or instrumentality
of the government and private sector agency/entity for any assistance
that may be required to ensure the accomplishment of its tasks.
Sec. 7. Appropriation. — To carry out the
provisions of this Order, the amount of THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P3,600,000.00) is hereby authorized to be released out
of the Regional Development Fund and the Project Feasibility Fund for
the operation of the Office for the year 1981. For the succeeding
fiscal years and until the completion of the project preparation
activities of the Office, its 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. 8. Effectivity. — This Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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