EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 474
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 474 -
ESTABLISHING THE COORDINATIVE AND MANAGEMENT MECHANISM FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTH COTABATO/GENERAL SANTOS CITY AREA
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS,
Area Development Projects (ADPs) are multi-sectoral projects which
focus on the development of certain geographic areas;
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority Board has
approved the South Cotabato/General Santos City Area Development
Project;
WHEREAS, there is a need for an effective and stable mechanism for the
coordination and management of the said project consistent with
government’s policy of decentralization and regionalization as provided
under Executive Order No. 363, s. of 1989.
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. South Cotabato/General Santos City Area
Development Project Office. — There is hereby established the South
Cotabato/General Santos City Area Development Project Office,
hereinafter referred to as the ADP Office, which is placed under the
Regional Development Council, Regional XII, for the coordination,
supervision and direction in the implementation of the South
Cotabato/General Santos City Area Development Project. the ADP Office
shall be composed of a Project Board and a Project Management Unit
(PMU) which shall hold office in General Santos City.
Sec. 2. Project Board and Project Management Unit.
— (a) The Project Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, shall be
composed of the following:
The
Secretary of Agriculture
Chairman
The Regional Director National
Economic and Development
Authority, Region
XII Vice-Chairman
The Provincial Governor of South
Cotabato Member
The Mayor of General Santos
City Member
The NEDA Regional Director for
Region XII Member
Two representatives from
non-government
organizations (NGOs) to be
designated
by the Regional Development
Council
and the Regional Assembly,
Region
XII
Members
The Board shall have the following powers and functions:
a.
Formulate and establish the development goals and policies for the
project within the context of the Regional Development Plan;
b. Provide
overall direction, coordination and supervision in the planning,
implementation, and monitoring of all project components and
development activities of the Project;
c. Encourage
the support and assistance from government and non-government
institutions in the planning and implementation of the various
components of the Project;
d. Review and
endorse to the Regional Development Council, Region XII, for approval
the multi-year and annual plans and investment programs under the
Project;
e. Review and
endorse, through the RDC, to the Department of Budget and Management,
the annual budget for the Project, including that for the operations of
the ADP Office;
f. Organize
the Project Management Unit (PMU) and appoint its Project Director;
g. Review and
confirm contracts entered into by the Project Director;
h. Submit to
the President, the RDC, the NEDA Board and Congress quarterly progress
reports on the Project and such other reports as may be required;
i. Formulate
implementing rules and regulations pertaining to the internal
operations of the ADP Office; and
j. Perform
such other functions and responsibilities as the President or the RDC
may direct.
(b) Project Management Unit. — The Project Management
Unit (PMU) shall serve as technical and administrative secretariat of
the Board, and as such, undertake day-to-day activities of the ADP
Office. It shall perform the following powers and functions:
a.
Coordinate the preparation by the line agencies and local government
units of the multi-year and annual plans and investment programs
including the annual budget of the Project and submit the same to the
Board;
b. Coordinate
with line agencies, local government units, financing institutions,
non-government organizations and other concerned entities in the
implementation of the Project;
c. Enter into
contracts, through its Project Director, as may be necessary for the
administrative operations of the ADP Office subject to existing laws,
rules and regulations;
d. Undertake
periodic review and evaluation of the Project and shall, for the
purpose, design and operate a program implementation and project
benefit monitoring and evaluation system consistent with the Regional
Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (RPMES); and
e. Perform
such other functions and responsibilities as the Board may direct.
The PMU shall be headed by a full-time Project Director to be appointed
by the Board. The PMU shall have a staff complement the composition and
structure of which shall be reviewed and endorsed by the Board to the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for approval.
Sec. 3. Coordination. — The Project shall be
coordinated at the following levels:
At
the National Level: The NEDA Secretariat shall serve as oversight body
for the Project and shall perform the following powers and functions:
(a)
Ensure that the development goals, policies and programs formulated by
the Project Board are properly coordinated with the overall goals,
policies and programs;
(b) Maintain
liaison with central offices and, as necessary, arrange the needed
support for the project from central agencies, including funding
agencies;
(c) Monitor
and conduct periodic review of the Project with respect to achievement
of targets, objectives, priorities, and goals, and facilitate
expeditious implementation of the Project; and
(d) Perform
such other functions as may be provided by law.
At the Regional level: The
Regional Development Council shall perform the following powers and
functions:
(a)
Ensure that the development goals and policies formulated by the
Project Board are consistent with the Regional Development Plan;
(b) Approve
the multi-year and annual plans and investment programs under the
Project;
(c) Endorse to
the DBM the annual budget for the Project, including that for the
operations of the ADP Office;
(d) Monitor
and conduct periodic review of the Project with respect to achievement
of targets, objectives and goals; and
(e) Perform
such other functions and responsibilities as the NEDA Board may direct.
* Sec. 5. Role of Implementing Agencies. — Line
Agencies/Departments, in close coordination with the concerned local
government units, shall be responsible for implementing their
respective components, and all contracts entered into for the
preparation and or implementation of Project components shall be
governed by existing procedures arrangements adopted by the respective
agencies. The said agencies/departments, in all cases, shall ensure
that the implementation of their respective components is consistent
with terms stipulated in the corresponding Loan/Grant Agreements of the
Project.
Sec. 6. Operational Requirements. — The DBM shall
allocate from any lump sum appropriations in the General Appropriations
Act the amount as may be appropriate and necessary for the operational
requirements of the ADP Office based on the work and financial program
submitted by the Board and as endorsed by the RDC.
Sec. 7. ADP Office Term. — The ADP Office shall
have a term corresponding to the implementation period of projects
included in the Project as approved by the NEDA Board.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
* Copied verbatim from documents obtained directly
from the Malacañang records (missing Sec. 4).
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