EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 358
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 358 - CREATING
A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND
PRESERVATION OF THE VIGAN HERITAGE VILLAGE
WHEREAS, The Medium-Term Philippine
Development Plan for 1993-1998 has identified the North Western Luzon
Growth Quadrangle (NWLGQ) comprising the provinces of Region I and the
Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tuba (BLIST) area in Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR) as a component strategy towards tourism and
agri-tourism development;
WHEREAS, an important component of the NWLGQ master plan is the tourism
Development Master Plan for Region I which identified the area of Vigan
and its adjacent municipalities as major destination called “the Vigan
Heritage Village and Tourism Comp” in the North Quad Area;
WHEREAS, the Vigan Heritage Village and tourism Comp is envisioned to
be the first of its kind in the country and even in the East Asia
vicinity;
WHEREAS, to enable the government and the private sector to undertake
measures in restoring, preserving and conserving the uniqueness and
rich cultural and heritage of Vigan and its environs and in promoting
the accelerated socio-economic development of the area, there is a need
to create a body that shall be in-charge of the overall direction,
coordination and supervision in the planning implementation, management
and monitoring of the development efforts of the Vigan Heritage and
Tourism Comp.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. There is hereby created under the Office
of the President, a Presidential Commission to be called Vigan Heritage
Village Commission, hereinafter referred to as Commission. The
Commission shall be responsible for the overall policy direction,
coordination, management and implementation of the entire Vigan
Heritage Village and tourism Comp development efforts. It shall be
composed of the following members:
a.
Department of Tourism — Chairman
b. Province of
Ilocos Sur — Co-Chairman
c. Philippine
Tourism Authority
— Member
d. Department
of Public Works and —
Member
Highways
e. Department
of Interior and Local
— Member
Government
f. Department
of Trade and Industry —
Member
g. Department
of Education, Culture and — Member
Sports
h.
Presidential Management Staff
— Member
i.
Municipality of
Vigan
— Member
j. Project
Management Office of North Quad — Member
Commission
k. Regional
Development Council, Region I — Member
l. Three (3)
Representatives from the Private — Members
Sectors who shall be appointed by the
President
The Commission shall be chaired
by the Secretary of Tourism and co-chaired by the Governor of the
Province of Ilocos Sur.
The Commission shall have the
following functions:
a.
Cause the preparation of the detailed master plan of the Vigan Heritage
Village and Tourism Comp to serve as the blue print for development of
the area;
b. Review and
submit to the President for approval, the Vigan Heritage Village and
Tourism Comp Master Plan and Development Program;
c. Provide
overall direction and coordination in the planning and monitoring of
all program/project components and development activities, e.g. tourism
development, environmental protection, attracting business investment,
social development, and institutional building of the Vigan Heritage
Village and tourism Comp Project in consultation and coordination with
concerned Comp Project in consultation and coordination with concerned
entities;
d. Study and
review policy measures that shall promote and address the concerns on
environmental protection, poverty alleviation, eco-tourism, and
sustainable development of the area;
e. Encourage
the support and assistance form government and non-government
institutions in planning and implementing the various components under
the Vigan Heritage Village and tourism Comp Project;
f. Review and
endorse to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) the annual
budget for the operations of the Vigan Heritage Village Commission;
g. Submit to
the President regular quarterly reports on the development of the Vigan
Heritage and Tourism Comp and such other reports as may be required;
h. To accept
and manage grants, donations or any such funds for the development of
the Vigan Heritage and Tourism Comp Project;
i. To mobilize
private sector participation as the primary actor for the development
of the project;
j. To conduct
advocacy and investment promotion activities; and
k. To adopt
rules, systems and procedures and structures that the Commission may
deem fit to carry out its functions.
Sec. 2. Executive Committee (ExCom). — There is
hereby created a Vigan Heritage Village Commission Executive Committee
(ExCom) to supervise its day-to-day operations. The ExCom shall be
comprised of not more than one third of the total membership of the
fully-constituted Commission. The Commission shall appoint the members
of the ExCom. The ExCom Chairman shall possess, among others,
provincial statute and perspective. All action/s undertaken by
the ExCom shall be confirmed by the Commission proper.
Sec. 3. Technical Working Group. — A Technical
Working Group shall be created by the Commission or thru its ExCom to
serve as the technical secretariat. And as such, shall undertake the
day to day activities of the Vigan Heritage Village Project. The
Technical Working Group (TWG) shall be headed by an Executive Director
to be appointed by the President. It shall be composed of concerned
line agencies. The Department of Tourism — Region I and the Provincial
Development Staff shall provide secretariat support to the Commission,
its ExCom and the TWG.
Sec. 4. For the operational requirements of the
Vigan Heritage Commission for the year 1996, the amount of TWO MILLION
Pesos (P2,000,000.00) shall be drawn from the President’s Contingent
Fund, the funds of DOT and Local Provincial and Municipal Government or
units concerned. Appropriate funds for succeeding years shall be
incorporated in the budget proposal under the Office of the President.
Sec. 5. All executive issuances, orders, rules and
regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the Executive Order
are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
Sec. 6. 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-Six.
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