EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 331
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 331 - EXTENDING
THE COORDINATIVE AND MANAGEMENT ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE SOUTH
COTABATO/SARANGANI/GENERAL SANTOS CITY (SOCSARGEN) AREA DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT OFFICE
WHEREAS, the SOCSARGEN Area
Development Project Office has demonstrated its effectiveness in
integrating and accelerating the implementation of major development
activities of the national government, and ensuring the participation
of the local government units and private sector as mandated by
Executive Order No. 474 dated 12 August 1991 and as amended by
Executive Order No. 480 dated 16 September 1991;
WHEREAS, the experience and success of the SOCSARGEN Area Development
Project Board in integrating infrastructure development with private
sector-led growth and sustainable use of environment and natural
resources, and in actively promoting intra-regional economic ties in
the BIMP-EAGA Region have made the SOCSARGEN Area Development Project a
front-runner and model for the Mindanao 2000 Agenda;
WHEREAS, there is a need to sustain these initiatives and to champion
growth with equity by expanding the scope of the SOCSARGEN Area
Development Project to include programs and policies that address the
basic social needs of marginalized sectors in support of the national
social reform and food security agenda and all other local and national
projects that require integration and coordination at the sub-regional
level;
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. The provision on the establishment of the
South Cotabato/Sarangani/General Santos City-Area Development Project
Office in Section 1 of Executive Order No. 474 series of 1991, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC.
1. SOCSARGEN Area Development Project Office. There
is hereby established the South Cotabato/Sultan
Kudarat/Sarangani/General Santos City-Area Development Project Office,
hereinafter referred to as the ADP Office as a Special Project under
the Department of Agriculture for integrating, coordinating,
supervising, directing and formulating policies and guidelines for the
implementation of major project undertakings in SOKSARGEN. The ADP
Office shall be composed of a Project Management Unit (PMU) which shall
hold office in General Santos City.
Sec. 2. The composition of the Project Board under
Sec. 2 of Executive Order No. 474 is hereby reconstituted as follows:
a.
The Secretary of Agriculture
— Chairman
b. The
Regional Director — Vice Chairman
National Economic and
Development Authority
c. The Provincial
Governor of — Member
South Cotabato
d. The
Provincial Governor of Sarangani
— Member
e. The Mayor
of General Santos City — Member
f. The
Provincial Governor of Sultan Kudarat — Member
g.
Representatives from Government — Member
Agencies Involved in the Project
(DA,
DTI, DILG, DOTC, DPWH,
DENR, DOH, DECS)
h. One
representative each of the
— Member
Non-Government Organizations
of South Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat, Sarangani Province and
General Santos City
i. One
representative each of the
— Member
Chamber of Commerce or
Business Community of
South Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat, Sarangani Province
and General Santos City
The powers and functions of the
Board under Sec. 2 of Executive Order No. 474 are henceforth amended as
follows:
a.
Formulate policies and guidelines and establish development goals
within the context of the Area Growth Plan and the role of SOKSARGEN in
the Mindanao 2000 Development Plan, supportive of social reform policy,
food, security agenda and other local and national thrusts;
b. Advocate, supervise,
facilitate, orchestrate and provide overall direction in the planning,
timely implementation and monitoring of all project components and
development activities
c. Pool
existing resources and encourage the support and participation of
government and non-government institutions by creating Task Forces,
councils or appropriate bodies to expedite implementation of major
development projects;
d. Review and
endorse to the Regional Development Council Region XI, 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. Review and
confirm the organization of the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the
appointment of 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 as the President may direct.
(b)
Project Management Unit. The provisions on the powers and functions of
the PMU are hereby amended to read as follows:
Project Management Unit. The
Project Management Unit (PMU) shall serve as technical and
administrative secretariat of the Board, and as such, undertake the
day-to-day activities of the ADP Office. It shall perform the following
powers and functions:
a.
Provide technical support and assistance and coordinate with the City
and Provincial Planning and Development Offices, regional offices of
national Government Agencies, representatives of financing
institutions, non-government organizations, the private sector and
other concerned entities to facilitate the implementation of the major
projects in SOCSARGEN;
b. Enter into
contracts, through its Project Director, as may be necessary for the
technical and administrative operations of the ADP Office subject to
existing laws, rules and regulations;
c. Undertake
periodic review and evaluation of projects and shall, for the purpose,
design and operate a program implementation and project benefit
monitoring and evaluation systems, and make appropriate recommendations
to the ADP Board; and
d. Ensure the
implementation of agreements reached by the ADP Board and perform such
other functions and responsibilities as the Board may direct.
Sec. 3. The provision on the ADP Office Term is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC.
7 ADP Office Term. The term of the ADP Office is
hereby extended to December 1998, corresponding to the full
operationalization of the flagship infrastructure projects, and the
implementation of the second round of infrastructure and growth plan
projects and Mindanao 2000 related activities.
Sec. 4. Executive Order No. 474, series of 1991
and Executive Order No. 480, series of 1991 are hereby amended
accordingly.
Sec. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Six.
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