CREATING A MANAGEMENT COORDINATING BOARD TO COORDINATE, OVERSEE AND MONITOR THE THIRD URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

WHEREAS, the Philippine Government seeks to answer
the perennial problems on shelter, infrastructure, livelihood and sanitation
besetting the residents of the Metropolitan Manila Area;

WHEREAS, as a solution to these problems, the
government had negotiated and recently, concluded with the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) a loan package agreement to finance
priority development projects known as “The Third Urban Development Project”;

WHEREAS, the Project, consisting of six (6) major
program components namely: 1) The Zonal Improvement Program (ZIP); 2) the Metro
Manila Infrastructure, Utilities and Engineering Project (MMINUTE); 3) Sites
and Services; 4) Solid Waste Improvement Program (SWIP); 5) Livelihood; and 6)
Technical Assistance, are to be implemented by various government agencies and
instrumentalities;

WHEREAS, there is a need for a central coordinating
body which shall oversee, monitor and coordinate the activities of various
agencies responsible for the implementation of said programs in order that they
may be executed in accordance with the conditions/procedures prescribed in the
negotiated loan document and also, aligned with the over-all national
development plans and priorities;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:

SECTION 1. – Creation of the Management
Coordinating Board. – The Management Coordinating Board hereinafter
referred to as the “Board” is hereby created under the auspices of the
Metropolitan Manila Commission;

SEC. 2. – Organization. – The Board shall be
composed of the following representatives of the participating
agencies/instrumentalities:

The Governor and The Vice Governor	– Metropolitan Manila Commission
The General Manager	– National Housing Authority
The Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration	– Ministry of Human Settlements
The Assistant Minister for Planning and Administration	– Ministry of Public Works
The Director General	– Technology Resource Center
The Assistant Minister	– Ministry of the Budget
The Assistant Minister	– Ministry of Finance
Assistant Director General	– National Economic and Development Authority

The Governor of Metropolitan Manila shall act as
the Chairman/Over-all Coordinator of the Board. In her absence, the Vice
Governor shall act in her stead.

SEC. 3. Functions of the Board. – The Board
shall act as the central coordinating body in the implementation of the Third
Urban Development Project. As such, it shall assist and coordinate the
activities of the various agencies/instrumentalities principally responsible
for the formulation and execution of the basic needs, employment, shelter and
other related programs.

More specifically, it will undertake a periodic
review of the work progress of the programs being implemented by the various involved
agencies to ensure that they are executed in a timely and well-synchronized
manner; probe forum for the evaluation of policy issues and constraints common
to the involved agencies; review and consolidate annual and three-year budgets
prepared by the agencies in terms of scale, phasing, funding requirements,
compatibility between related programs and consistency with the over-all
objectives of the Project and the Capital Investment Folio (CIF) for Metro
Manila.

SEC. 4. The Technical Secretariat. – The
Technical Secretariat shall be composed of the Assistant for Finance/Planning,
Metropolitan Manila Commission, the Head, Central Monitoring Unit, Office of
the Vice Governor, MMC; and the heads of the program offices of the different
participating lead agencies.

SEC. 5. Functions of the Technical Secretariat.
– The Technical Secretariat shall provide administrative and technical support
to the Board by providing a forum for discussion and resolution of technical
issues arising from the operations of the implementing agencies; prepare
reports particularly on such matters as may be required by the Board and/or the
agencies.

For purposes of monitoring the financial and
physical progress of the project, it shall establish administrative and
financial working unit and operate an accounting and monitoring system.

SEC. 6. Powers. – In order to discharge
effectively the functions appertaining to the Board and also ensure timely
completion of the programs involved, the Governor, or in her absence the
Vice-Governor, as Board Chairman/Over-all Coordinator, and the heads of the
participating lead agencies such as the Ministry of Human Settlements, National
Housing Authority, Ministry of Public Works, Metropolitan Manila Commission and
Technology Resource Center shall, insofar as their respective programs are
concerned, be authorized to:

a) Hire/appoint/assign necessary staff personnel
and consultants on detail/contractual/casual basis. Appointments/Hiring of
staff personnel/consultants shall be subject to the requirements and
restrictions of the Civil Service Law and the policies, rules and regulations
on position classification and salary standardization.

b) Authorized reimbursement of
transportation/representation and other expenses and/or honoraria to each
staff/detailed personnel but not exceeding P1,000 per month, subject to
auditing and accounting requirements.

c) Call on assistance of concerned national and
local agencies and units.

d) Secure the cooperation of the Ministries of
Economic Planning (NEDA), Budget and Finance in the preparation of the budget
program and the provision of necessary funds.

e) Issue the detailed implementing rules,
regulations and policies for the effective implementation of the programs.

SEC. 7. Appropriation. – The Board shall
have an annual appropriation of Five Million Pesos starting CY 1980 chargeable
against the Foreign Assisted Projects Support Fund or from any other funds of
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Additional fund requirements
shall be obtained from contributions/donations by MMC and other government
corporations involved in the project.

SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. – Any provision of
existing laws, rules, regulations or issuances that are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Executive Order, are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. – This Order shall take
effect upon approval.

Done in the City of Manila this 14th day of June,
in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty.

By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Presidential Assistant