Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 136)
The Build-Operate and Transfer (BOT) Center was renamed as the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center of the Philippines.
The PPP Center was transferred from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
The PPP Governing Board serves as the overall policy-making body for all PPP-related matters, setting strategic direction and creating an enabling environment for PPP programs and projects.
The PPP Governing Board is composed of the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning as Chairperson, Secretary of Finance as Vice-Chairperson, and members including the Secretaries of Budget and Management, Justice, Trade and Industry, the Executive Secretary, and the Private Sector Co-Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council.
The PPP Center is headed by an Executive Director with the rank equivalent to an Undersecretary, appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning.
The PPP Center manages and administers the Project Development and Monitoring Facility (PDMF) and acts as the Secretariat of the PDMF Committee.
The PDMF is used for conducting business case studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, and preparing tender documents for PPP programs and projects, as well as monitoring PPP project implementation.
Separated personnel are granted separation benefits charged against available government savings, computed based on their years of service and their highest monthly basic salary, with specific formulas for less than 21 years, 21 to less than 31 years, and 31 years or more of service.
All government agencies and local government units are directed to submit reports on all PPP projects to the PPP Center, which shall prescribe the frequency, format, and content of such reports.
The PPP Center may collect and receive reasonable fees and recover costs charged to the PDMF as approved by the PPP Governing Board, and implementing agencies are authorized to reallocate their funds for PDMF purposes subject to applicable rules and laws.