EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 28
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 28 - CREATING
THE CABINET PROJECTS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTING OFFICE FOR PAYATAS DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS,
Payatas is one of the largest urban poor enclaves in Metro Manila
comprising of 2,818 hectares of Quezon City with more than 311,502 in
population, 80 per cent of which are classified as urban
poor;
WHEREAS, in recognition of the priority need to develop Payatas and
raise the quality of life of the population in the area, there is need
to accelerate the economic and social development of the area;
WHEREAS, a Development Framework Plan, Payatas 2000 was formulated to
prescribe priority plans, programs and projects for the area under a
Presidential Task Force for Payatas Development 2000;
WHEREAS, long-term development projects are necessary to specifically
address the following: the effective delivery of basic services; peace
and order; sanitation and environmental management including the
closure of the Payatas dumpsite and the installation of a waste
disposal facility; and, the generation of livelihood and employment
towards the acceleration of the commercial and industrial development
of Payatas;
WHEREAS, there is now need for immediate implementation of these
projects in order that benefits could be enjoyed by the Payatas
population.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the Powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Creation of the Cabinet Projects
Coordinating Committee. — There is hereby created the Cabinet Projects
Coordinating Committee (CPCC), a cabinet level coordination and
monitoring body which shall oversee the project development in Payatas
area. Specifically, it is tasked to:
a)
Approve projects for recommendation to the President for implementation
under the approved Payatas Development Plan and Program;
b) Supervise
progress of projects implementation and to prescribe corrective
measures if necessary;
c) Approve the
budget program and funding allocation for the projects;
d) Coordinate
the participation and inputs of the various participating agencies of
the cabinet and other offices and agencies of the national government.
Sec. 2. Composition. — The CPCC shall be chaired
by the Chairman of the Flagship Projects Committee of the National
Government with the Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority as Co-Chairman and with the following as Members:
a)
The Secretary of Interior and Local Government;
b) The Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
c) The Secretary of Public Works and Highways
d) The Secretary of Budget and Management;
e) The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources;
f) The Secretary of Health;
g) The Chairman of Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council
As the President may direct or recommended by the CPCC, other offices
and agencies may be represented in the said body or invited to join in
its deliberations.
Sec. 3. The Project Management Executive Officer.
— The Mayor of Quezon City is hereby designated as the Project
Management Executive Officer (PMEO) to assume overall management
responsibilities in the execution of the projects covered under the
approved program for implementation. The PMEO shall sit as Ex-Officio
Member of the Cabinet Projects Coordinating Committee. Accordingly, the
PMEO is specifically tasked:
a)
To prepare the detailed program of implementation of the various
projects approved for implementation;
b) To prepare
the detailed budget and funding program for the projects and for the
operating requirements of the project management office;
c) To
constitute the project management staff to be made up of detailed
personnel from the participating national government offices, from the
Quezon City Government, as well as those who may be hired for the
purpose.
d) To report
to the President and the Cabinet Projects Coordinating Committee on the
progress of implementation of the projects.
Sec. 4. Creation of the Payatas Development
Projects Implementing Office. — There is hereby created the Payatas
Development Projects Implementing Office (PDPIO) which shall be under
the direct control and supervision of the PMEO.
Sec. 5. Duties and Responsibilities of the Payatas
Development Projects Implementing Office. — The PDPIO, which shall hold
office in Quezon City, shall be responsible in the implementation of
projects approved under the Payatas Development Framework.
Specifically, it shall perform the following:
a)
To undertake the projects development feasibility studies and plans for
the implementation of various projects identified under the Payatas
Framework Development Plan;
b) To prepare
the budgetary program and execution action programs for the
implementation of the projects;
c) To
coordinate, in the course of project implementation, with various
national agencies with respect to the various components of the
projects falling under the jurisdictions of such agencies;
d) To
undertake the necessary field operations and execution programs and
schedules to accelerate the projects implementation and to monitor the
progress of the same;
e) To serve as
Secretariat for the CPCC;
f) To
undertake other duties and responsibilities as may be directed by the
CPCC and the PMEO for Payatas Development.
For this purpose, the PDPIO may institute the appropriate operating and
implementing units or task forces as may be necessary for successful
project implementation.
Sec. 6. Relationship with the Department of
Interior and Local Government. — The Department of Interior and Local
Government is hereby charged with operational and coordinative
supervision over the PDPIO and to assist the same in expediting
linkages with the various participating national agencies.
Sec. 7. Funding. — The Secretary of Budget and
Management shall identify the funding sources from the current FY 1998
and the proposed FY 1999 Budget programs to support the implementation
of the following:
a.
Funding for FY 1999 projects as may be approved by the President upon
recommendation of the CPCC; and
b. The initial
operation of the PDPIO in FY 1998 and its full year operations in FY
1999.
Thereafter, future funding requirements shall be provided in the
General Appropriation Act.
Sec. 8. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred
and Ninety Eight.
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