QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 175)
EO No. 175 (April 30, 1994) creates a Presidential Commission to provide overall policy direction, coordination, and supervision for the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle (NWLGQ) development efforts as part of the national agri-industrial development strategy and industrial dispersal policy.
It creates the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle (NWLGQ) Commission, attached under the Office of the President.
The EO defines NWLGQ as comprising the Laoag–San Fernando–Dagupan–Baguio area.
The Commission is chaired by the Secretary of Trade and Industry, and co-chaired by the CORDs for Region I and CAR.
Members include various national department secretaries (DTI, Tourism, Agriculture, DENR, Transportation and Communication, DPWH, Energy), NEDA Director General, Presidential Assistant for Regional Development, RDC I Chair, CEB Chair, provincial governors (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Benguet), city mayors (Dagupan, Baguio), PCCI Chair for Region I and CAR, BCDA Chair, NGO Regional Federation representatives for Regions I and CAR appointed by the President, among others as specifically listed.
The Commission reviews and submits the NWLGQ Master Plan and Development Program to the President; provides overall direction/coordination/supervision; updates/refines NWLGQ plans and investment projects; causes feasibility studies and financing for identified projects; encourages assistance from government/non-government institutions; organizes the PMO; reviews/confirm contracts; reviews/endorses the annual budget of the NWLGQ Development Program; and submits progress reports to the President.
It reviews and submits these documents to the President for approval, and provides direction to ensure planning, implementation, and monitoring align with the NWLGQ Master Plan and relevant regional plans.
The PMO serves as the implementing arm and as technical and administrative secretariat of the Commission; it undertakes day-to-day activities of the NWLGQ Development Program.
The Executive Director is appointed by the President. The DTI Regional Office provides office space and technical/secretariat support on an interim basis until the PMO staffing pattern is determined and approved by the Commission.
Fiscal austerity is to be observed strictly.
The Commission reviews and confirms contracts entered into by the Executive Director of the PMO.
The Commission reviews and endorses to the DBM the annual budget of the NWLGQ Development Program, including the Work and Financial Plan for the operation of the PMO.
It is created as the Commission’s inter-regional advisory group, composed of three representatives from RDC I, three from the Cordillera Executive Board (CEB), and three representatives of regional line agencies (RLAs) whose head offices are members of the NEDA Board, chosen from among themselves.
LCDs approve local components of multi-year and annual plans; monitor and review local projects; coordinate site-specific development plans and projects; facilitate resolutions declaring areas for industrial and tourism use; coordinate land use/zonation plan review with provincial/regional committees and concerned Sanggunians; spearhead inter-agency coordination within their jurisdiction; and perform other functions requested by the PMO.
Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) drawn from DTI funds for Locally-Funded Projects is released for initial operational requirements for 1994.
Appropriations for succeeding years for the operations of the PMO shall be incorporated in the budget proposals under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Their term corresponds to the implementation period of the NWLGQ Development Program.
NEDA Board is directed to conduct a regular review and evaluation of the management and coordinating structure and recommend revisions if necessary.
It takes effect immediately upon issuance.