EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6 - PROVIDING
FOR THE CREATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL FOR COUNTRYSIDE
DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS,
the government gives priority to the empowerment of the people in order
to improve the socio-economic condition of the Filipino people;
WHEREAS, this can be accomplished only if tangible and sustainable
development are made in the Philippine countryside where majority of
the Filipino people reside;
WHEREAS, this can be achieved with greater efficiency if a mechanism
acting as integrator for programs to be implemented by government
agencies and non-government organizations for the countryside can be
created;
WHEREAS, under the Administrative Code of 1987, the President has
continuing powers to recognize the Office of the President and to
transfer functions from one agency to another;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. Structural Organization. — There is hereby
created under the Office of the President a Presidential Council for
Countryside Development, hereinafter referred to as Council, composed
of the Presidential Adviser for Rural Development as Chairman and the
following members: the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Agrarian Reform, the Secretary of Trade and Industry, the Secretary of
Interior and Local Government, the Secretary of Public Works and
Highways, the Secretary of Science and Technology, the Director-General
of the National Economic Development Authority, the Head of the
Presidential Management Staff, the President of the Land Bank of the
Philippines, the Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines,
and the President of the Philippine National Bank. The Chairman and
members of the Council shall serve without compensation.
Sec. 2. Functions of the Council. — The Council
shall be an advisory body to the President. It shall have the following
functions:
(a)
Identify and recommend target provinces for the implementation of an
accelerated comprehensive countryside development program;
(b) Initiate
discussion with local government executives and private sector
representatives, through the appropriate departments and agencies, for
the purposes of drafting a Master Plan for countryside development in
its target areas;
(c) Recommend
the conceptualization and implementation of pilot projects in priority
areas in coordination with the local governments units (LGUs) and
non-government organizations (NGOs)
(d) Coordinate
the government agencies and the private sector organizations whose
participation may be needed for the efficient delivery of countryside
development programs in target areas;
(e) Recommend
to the President proposed legislation and presidential issuances
pertaining to countryside development;
(f) Recommend
projects, including private sector initiatives for countryside
development, for linking up with donors such as foreign governments,
international aid organizations and other institutions; and
(g) Monitor
and review, through the appropriate departments and agencies, the
planning and implementation of critical programs on countryside
development of national government agencies and recommend appropriate
changes in programs/projects plan and implementation.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Council Chairman. — The
Council Chairman shall preside over the meetings of the Council and
perform such other functions as the President may assign from time to
time.
Sec. 4. Programs. — The Council with the
assistance of the appropriate departments and agencies, shall formulate
the following programs, among others, in coordination with the affected
LGUs:
(a)
Access Program. — It shall devise an identification procedure to
inventory the existing and needed resources of target areas, and to
design a program that will provide these areas a fast track delivery of
basic services and other resources necessary so that the less developed
provinces can catch up with the more developed ones.
(b) Productive
and Creative Agro-Technology Program (Pro-create Program). — It shall
identify the maximum potential for agriculture and aquaculture in the
target provinces, and promote the shift from traditional crops to
high-value crops.
(c) National
Economic Enterprises Development (NEED) Program. — It shall identify
raw materials and skills potentials for enterprise in target provinces
and initiate an integrated Research and Development program, skills
training, enterprise development and marketing network to maximize use
for these resources.
Sec. 5. Technical and Administrative Support. —
The Presidential Management Staff (PMS) shall provide technical and
administrative support to the Council. Among other, the PMS shall:
(a)
Undertake discussions and consultations with LGUs and locally based
non-government organizations;
(b) Monitor
and review the implementation of programs in the target areas and
evaluate their performance;
(c) Record and
document the implementation and results of the programs implemented;
and
(d) Perform
such other tasks they may be requested by the Council.
The Council may call upon any government agency, government
corporations and LGU’s for such assistance as may be needed.
Sec. 6. Budget. — The Council shall be provided an
initial budget to be determined and approved by the President.
Subsequent appropriations shall be included in the budgetary request of
the Office of the President.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately upon its approval.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-two.
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