EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 374
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 374 -
DISPOSITION OF THE (1) BICOL RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICE,
(2) BOHOL INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE, (3) CAGAYAN
INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE, (4) MINDORO
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE
WHEREAS,
the integrated area development (IAD) was adopted to provide a
systematic and comprehensive strategy to ensure synchronized delivery
of packaged development programs of the government;
WHEREAS, in line with the policy on administrative decentralization and
regionalization as expressed in Article X, Section 14 of the
Constitution, the newly reorganized Regional Development Councils
(RDCs) and the local government units (LGUs) have been strengthened to
make them more effective instruments and partners in the proven of
regional development;
WHEREAS, specific elements of decentralization now render feasible the
shift in the institutional arrangements for the IADs, where the RDCs
and LGUs concerned may now assume active responsibility and authority
over the same; and
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6688 authorizes the Secretary of Budget and
Management to oversee and determine the status and future of IAD
Projects and tasks the same department with the winding-up activities
and disposition of IAD Program/ Project Offices, (IADPOs);
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. Disposition of the Bicol River Basin
Development Program Office (BRB- DPO), Bohol Integrated Area
Development Project Office (BIADPO), Cagayan Integrated Agricultural
Development Project Office (CIADPO), Mindoro Integrated Rural
Development Office (MIRDO), and Samar Integrated Rural Development
Project Office (SIRDPO). — The BRBDPO, BIADPO, CIADPO, MIRDO, and
SIRDPO are hereby abolished and their respective functions as herein
indicated are transferred to the following agencies/functionaries, viz:
1.
BRBDPO:
A.
To the RDC of Region V (Bicol Region):
i.
Coordination of the planning, and management of the Bicol River Basin
Development Program:
ii. Monitoring
and evaluation of the overall progress and effects of project
implementation in the Bicol River Basin;
iii. Promotion
and encouragement of private enterprises and government agencies and
instrumentalities to plan, develop, and implement projects necessary or
conducive to the accelerated development of the Bicol River Basin area;
iv. Generation
of support for the Bicol River Basin Development Program within the
outside the Philippines on the form of grants and donation funds,
equipment, materials, and technical assistance.
B.
To the respective Governors of Camarines Sur and Albay:
i.
Identification of rural development projects in their respective areas
that may be included in the Bicol River Basin Development Program, for
approval of the Regional Development Council.
ii.
Preparation of feasibility studies for identified projects within their
jurisdiction as authorized by the Regional Development Council.
iii.
Monitoring and evaluation of the status of provincial-based activity
components of Bicol River Basin projects;
iv.
Performance of other functions as may be directed by the Regional
Development Council.
2. BIADPO: To
the Governor of Bohol.
3. CIADPO: To
the Governor of Cagayan.
4. MIRDO: To
the RDC of Region IV with respect to regional or multi- provincial IAD
projects and to the respective Governors of Oriental Mindoro and
Occidental Mindoro with respect to single province projects.
5. SIRDPO: To
the RDC of Region VIII with respect to regional or multi- provincial
IAD projects and to the respective Governors of Samar, Eastern Samar,
and Northern Samar with respect to single province projects.
Sec. 2. Interim Arrangement. — Upon approval of
this Executive Order and pending implementation of the reorganization,
the officers and employees of the abolished IADPOs shall, in a holdover
capacity, continue to perform their respective duties and
responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits.
Sec. 3. Separation Benefits. — All qualified
personnel affected by such abolition shall receive the retirement
benefits to which they may be entitled under existing law, rules and
regulations. Otherwise, they shall be paid separation gratuity
equivalent to one-month basic salary for every year of service or the
equivalent nearest fraction thereof favorable to them on the basis of
the highest salary received, but in no case shall such payment exceed
the equivalent of 12 months salary. In addition they shall, be paid the
money value of their accumulated vacation and sick leave credits.
Sec. 4. Funding. — Funds needed to carry out the
provisions of this Executive Order shall be taken from the
corresponding budgetary outlay for IADPOs under the Department of
Budget and Management, as authorized under the General Appropriations
Act for FY 1989.
Sec. 5. Implementing Authority of the Department
of Budget and Management. — The Secretary of Budget and Management, in
consultation with the Program Director or his equivalent of the
abolished IADPOs, shall issue such rules, regulations, guidelines, and
other issuances as may be necessary to ensure the effective
implementation of the provisions of this Executive Order.
Sec. 6. Department of Budget and Management in
coordination with the National Economic and Development Authority shall
ensure that agencies concerned observe strictly all the terms and
conditions embodied in Loan Agreements executed between the foreign
funding institutions and the Philippine Government involving IAD
projects.
Sec. 7. Suppletory Application of Existing
Issuances. — The provisions of Executive Order No. 363, series of 1989,
and other issuances not inconsistent with this Executive Order shall
have suppletory effect.
Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. — All orders, rules,
regulations, other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent
with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 9. Effectivity Clause. — This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately as approval.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Eighty-nine.
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