EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 175
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 175 - CREATING
A NORTHWESTERN LUZON GROWTH QUADRANGLE COMMISSION
WHEREAS, The Medium-Term Philippine
Development Plan for 1993-1998 has identified the development of the
Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle (NWLGQ) comprising the Laoag-San
Fernando-Dagupan-Baguio area as a component strategy towards
agri-industrial development;
WHEREAS, the development of the NWLGQ, into major industrial area is
supportive of the government’s industrial dispersal policy and concern
for accelerated socio-economic growth and development of the
Northwestern Luzon Area;
WHEREAS, the coordinative and management mechanism for the planning,
implementation and monitoring of the NWLGQ was already approved by the
Regional Development Council (RDC) I and the Cordillera Executive Board
(CEB) and is found to be within the framework of the government’s
decentralization and regionalization policy as provided under Executive
Order Nos. 363 and 505;
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the RDC and CEB approval of the management
structure which led to the organization and operation of the existing
structure for managing, planning and implementation activities in the
NWLGQ, there is a need to strengthen the mechanism for the overall
direction, coordination and supervision of the NWLGQ development
efforts;
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. NWLGQ Commission. — There is hereby
created under the Office of the President, a Presidential Commission to
be called the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle (NWLGQ) Commission,
hereinafter referred to as the Commission. The Commission shall be
responsible for the overall policy direction, coordination and
supervision of the entire NWLGQ Development efforts. It shall be
composed of the following members:
Secretary
of Trade and Industry
CORDs for Region I and CAR
Secretary of Tourism
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Environment and
Natural Resources
Secretary of Transportation and
Communication
Secretary of Public Works and
Highways
Secretary of Energy
NEDA Director General
The Presidential Assistant for
Regional Development
The Chairman of Regional
Development Council I
The Chairman of the Cordillera
Executive Board
The Provincial Governor of
Ilocos Norte
The Provincial Governor of
Ilocos Sur
The Provincial Governor of La
Union
The Provincial Governor of
Pangasinan
The Provincial Governor of
Benguet
The City Mayor of Dagupan City
The City Mayor of Baguio city
The PCCI Chairman of Region I
The PCCI Chairman of CAR
The BCDA Chairman
NGO Regional Federation
Representative each for
Regions I and CAR to be
appointed by the President
The Commission shall be chaired by the Secretary of Trade and Industry
and co-chaired by the CORDs for Regions I and CAR.
The Commission shall have the following functions:
a)
Review and submit to the President, for approval, the NWLGQ Master Plan
and Development Program;
b) Provide
overall direction, coordination and supervision in the planning,
implementation and monitoring of all program/project components and
development activities of the NWLGQ Development Program in consultation
and coordination with the Joint RDC-CEB Interregional Consultative
Council;
c) Cause the
update, refinement and endorsement of the NWLGQ plans, investment
programs and projects within the context of the NWLGQ Master Plan and
the Regional Development and Physical Framework Plans and Investment
Programs of Region I and CAR.
d) Cause the
preparation of feasibility studies for and financing of the various
projects identified for the NWLGQ;
e) Encourage
the support and assistance from government and non-government
institutions in planning and implementing the various projects under
the NWLGQ Development Program;
f) Organize
the Program Management Office (PMO), define its organizational set-up,
establish its staffing pattern as well as internal operating systems,
and procedures;
g) Review and
confirm contracts entered into by the Executive Director of the Program
Management Office (PMO);
h) Review and
endorse to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) the annual
budget of the NWLGQ Development Program including the Work and
Financial Plan for the operation of the PMO;
i) Submit to
the President, progress reports on the NWLGQ Development Program and
such other reports as may be required.
Sec. 2. Program Management Office. — The Program
Management Office (PMO) shall serve as the implementing arm as well as
technical and administrative secretariat of the Commission, and as
such, shall undertake the day to day activities of the NWLGQ
Development Program. It shall be headed by an Executive Director to be
appointed by the President. The DTI Regional Office shall provide
office space and technical and secretariat support to the Commission on
an interim basis until such time that a staffing pattern for the PMO
shall have been determined and approved by the Commission. Fiscal
austerity will be observed strictly.
The Program Management Office shall perform the following functions:
a)
Coordinate with implementing bodies including local government units,
line agencies, financing institutions, non-government organizations and
other concerned entities in the updating, refinement, endorsement and
implementation of the NWLGQ Master Plan and investment programs and
projects;
b) Coordinate
with the Local Development Councils (LCDs) in the implementation of
policy decisions promulgated by the Commission;
c) Coordinate
the preparation of feasibility studies of the project components of the
NWLGQ Development Program and the evaluation and financing of feasible
projects;
d) Coordinate
the preparation of the annual budgetary requirements of the NWLGQ
Development Program and submit the same to the Commission;
e) Undertake
periodic review and evaluation on the NWLGQ Development Program and
shall, for the purpose, design and operate a program implementation,
monitoring and evaluation system consistent with the Regional Project
Monitoring and Evaluation System (RPMES) and enhanced with Planning
Program Budgeting Monitoring and Evaluation (PPBME) and impact
evaluation and;
f) Perform
such other functions and responsibilities as the Commission may
direct.
Sec. 3. Role of National Line Agencies/Local
Government Units, NGOs/PS, GOCCs. — National line agencies/government
owned and controlled corporations/local government units/non-government
organizations/private sector, shall, as appropriate, serve as
implementing entities of the Commission. In case where national line
agencies are designated as lead implementing entity, implementation
shall be undertaken in close coordination with concerned local
government units.
Sec. 4. Joint Inter-regional Consultative Council.
— There is hereby created a Joint Inter-regional Consultative Council
which shall be composed of three (3) representatives from the Regional
Development Council (RDC) I and a counterpart group from the Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR) to be composed of three (3) representatives
of the Cordillera Executive Board (CEB) and three (3) representatives
of regional line agencies (RLAs) whose head offices are members of the
NEDA Board, all of whom shall be chosen from among themselves. The
Joint Inter-regional Consultative Council shall serve as the
Commission’s inter-regional advisory group.
Sec. 5. Role of Local Development Councils. — The
Local Development Councils of the program area shall perform the
following functions:
a)
Approve the respective local components of the multi-year and annual
plans and investment programs under the NWLGQ Development Program;
b) Monitor and
conduct periodic review of the local project component with respect to
achievement of goals, objectives and targets of the NWLGQ Development
Program;
c) Coordinate
and facilitate the preparation of site specific development plans,
programs and projects;
d) Coordinate
the passage of municipal and/or provincial resolutions declaring the
areas for industrial and tourism use, if not yet declared or classified
as such;
e) Coordinate
with the Provincial/Regional Land Use Committees and Sanggunians
concerned on the review and approval of the land use and zonation plans
of NWLGQ component sites;
f) Spearhead
the coordination of area inter-agency activities within the
area/province of jurisdiction in the implementation of the NWLGQ
Development Program; and
g) Perform
such other functions as the PMO may request.
Sec. 6. Operational Requirements. — The amount of
Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00), to be drawn from the DTI funds for
Locally-Funded Projects, shall be released for the initial operational
requirement of the Commission for the year 1994. Appropriations for the
succeeding years for the operations of the PMO shall be incorporated in
the budget proposals under Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI).
Sec. 7. The Term of the Commission and the Program
Management Office. — The Commission and Program Management Office shall
have a term corresponding to the implementation period of the NWLGQ
Development Program. The NEDA Board is hereby directed to conduct a
regular review and evaluation of this management and coordinating
structure and recommend revisions as may be deemed necessary.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila this
30th day of April in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety
Four.
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