QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 92)
Under EO No. 92, the NAPC (created under R.A. 8425) exercises policy oversight functions for the Lingap Fund. It also chairs the Program Advisory Committee as NAPC Vice-Chairperson for the Government Sector.
The 1999 General Appropriations Act provides P2.5 Billion under the Lingap Fund, to be used exclusively to satisfy the minimum basic needs of poor communities and disadvantaged sectors.
1) Food, Nutrition and Medical Assistance—P500M—DOH; 2) Livelihood Development—P500M—CDA; 3) Socialized Housing—P500M—NHA; 4) Rural Waterworks System—P300M—LWUA; 5) Protective Services for Children and Youth—P300M—DSWD; 6) Price Support for Rice and Corn—P400M—NFA.
Implementing Agencies must target the 100 poorest families per province and city identified by the LGUs and the barangays identified by the National Security Council (NSC) as priority beneficiaries of their respective program components.
All Implementing Agencies must build into their project designs necessary IEC and social preparation activities to ensure that target beneficiaries are ready to participate in their programs.
EO No. 92 provides that NHA shall focus its projects in highly urbanized areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR) and pro-rate the allocation according to the urban population of these regions.
LWUA must tap Water Districts as partners in implementing its program component to ensure technical feasibility and sustainability of rural waterworks projects.
DOH, DSWD, NFA, and CDA must, as far as practicable, converge services in urban and rural areas where NHA and LWUA have targeted their projects to maximize impact on the poverty situation.
Its purpose is to oversee implementation of the Lingap Fund and prescribe criteria for beneficiary/site selection, general allocation/access procedures, and participation modes of basic sectors and LGUs. Composition includes: (1) NAPC Vice-Chairperson for Government Sector (Chair); (2) Secretary of Budget and Management (Co-Chair); (3) NAPC Vice-Chairperson for Private Sector (Vice-Chair); (4) Heads of implementing agencies; (5) Presidents of the League of Provinces, League of Municipalities, League of Cities; and (8) Liga ng mga Barangay National President; supported by NAPC Secretariat and TWG.
It must prescribe: (1) criteria for selecting/prioritizing beneficiaries and target sites; (2) general fund allocation and access procedure; and (3) mode of participation of basic sectors and LGUs in planning, implementation, and monitoring.
Each implementing agency must create a Project Advisory Board. It determines: policies/procedures for implementing guidelines; target beneficiaries with LGUs and concerned legislators; list of project sites/projects per site; implementing and support agencies; IEC for social preparation (if necessary); and a project monitoring and evaluation system.
It includes: (1) Head of the agency as Board Chair; (2) three (3) NAPC sectoral representatives (or alternates) designated by the NAPC Vice-Chairperson for the Private Sector; (3) representatives from concerned Senate or House committees; and (4) other members designated by the Head of Agency.
The Board must ensure that appropriate Senate or House committees concerned with the implementing agency’s program component are consulted and their inputs considered in identifying project sites/beneficiaries and allocating funds. It may also consult individual legislators as needed.
Each agency designates an Office/Unit/Task Force reporting directly to its Head. It must enforce implementing guidelines; ensure proposals meet minimum requirements; develop an adaptable menu of projects within the agency’s mandate; facilitate release and monitor utilization of funds and project progress; and prepare quarterly feedback reports to NAPC by the 30th of the month following each quarter.
An implementing agency may use not more than 5% of its total component allocation (net of any reserve impositions) for administration costs, subject to applicable accounting and auditing rules and regulations. The Project Advisory Boards formulate separate guidelines for administering this cost.
Project Advisory Boards must recommend implementing guidelines for their components for approval by the Program Advisory Committee through a Resolution not later than 30 April 1999. Once approved, implementing agencies must publish the guidelines in at least one newspaper of national circulation.
DBM shall release funds only after implementing agencies submit the approved guidelines and corresponding work and financial plans.
EO No. 92 directs that the Program Advisory Committee and Project Advisory Boards undertake periodic review of the implementing guidelines and agree on necessary revisions.
EO No. 92 takes effect immediately.