ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON BICOL TOURISM SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the
government to promote a balanced development of each region of the country and
to harness the vast potential of the countryside;

WHEREAS, the implementation of the Bicol
Tourism Project as adopted by the  Presidential Committee on Flagship
Programs and Projects, is supportive of his policy and concern for the accelerated
development of the Bicol Region;

WHEREAS, there is a need for an effective
mechanism to coordinate and manage the implementation of the Bicol Region
Tourism Master Plan, within the framework of the government’s decentralization
and regionalization policy as provided under Executive Order No. 363;

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. To ensure that an effective
mechanism and linkage is instituted for the implementation of the Bicol Region
Tourism Master Plan (BRTMP), there is hereby created under the Office of the
President a Presidential Commission to be called the Bicol Tourism Special
Development Project Commission which shall be responsible for the overall
coordination and supervision of the implementation of the BRTMP. It shall be
composed of the following:

The
Department of Tourism shall provide technical secretariat services to the
Commission.

SEC. 2. The Commission shall be an
advisory body to the President and shall exercise the following functions and
responsibilities:

a. Articulate the development goals, objectives,
programs and projects of the Bicol Region Tourism Master Plan;

b. Cause the update and refinement of the Bicol
Region Tourism Master Plan within the context of the Medium Term Philippine
Development Plan, Regional Development Plan, and the Local Development Plan of
the Local government units (LGUs);

c. Cause the conduct of feasibility study,
evaluation, and financing of the project components of the BRTMP;

d. Provide overall direction, coordination, and supervision
in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the BRTMP;

e. Enlist the support and assistance from
government and non-government institutions in planning and implementing the
BRTMP;

f. Enter into contracts as may be necessary in the
implementation of the BRTMO, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;

g. Organize the project Management Office, define
its organizational set-up, establish its staffing pattern and appoint its
Project Director and staff, subject to approval of the Department of Budget and
management;

h. Formulate implementing rules and regulations
pertaining to the internal operations of the Project Management Office; and

Submit to the President quarterly progress reports
on the project and such other reports as may be required.

SEC. 3. The Commission may call upon any
government agency, office or bureau for assistance in the discharge of, and
form committees to facilitate the performance of, its functions and
responsibilities.

SEC. 4. The amount of Five Million
Pesos (P5,000,000.00), to be drawn from funds of the DOT, shall be released
for the operations of the Commission for 1995. Appropriations for the
succeeding years shall be incorporated in the budget proposals under the Office
of the President.

SEC. 5. All executive issuances, orders,
rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order
are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Executive Order shall take
effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of
September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the
President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN
D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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