EO 682 Designates Calapan as MIMAROPA Center

The Order affirms a Government policy to promote regional development to spur and accelerate economic growth in the countryside toward sustainable national development.
The designation of a Regional Center is intended to foster efficient and effective delivery of government services.
The designation is intended to facilitate establishment of a new center of government that can induce economic activities and jumpstart regional growth and development.
The Order mandates designation of a Regional Center for Region IV-B to foster better coordination and efficiency in service delivery by Regional Offices in the area.

SECTION 1 designates the City of Calapan in Mindoro Oriental as the mandated Regional Center of Region IV-B.
SECTION 1 directs the City Government of Calapan to jointly identify, develop, maintain and administer the specific and appropriate site for the Regional Center.
The Regional Center is established as a city-based governmental center intended to become a focal point for regional government functions.

SECTION 2 authorizes funding for development, maintenance, and administration of the Regional Center and site to be drawn from internally generated funds of concerned LGUs and from national government funds.
SECTION 2 also allows funding from other sources, including private and business sector, through schemes permitted under existing laws.

SECTION 3 directs that development and operation of the Regional Center shall be aimed at evolving it into a new center of government.
SECTION 3 states that the purpose of evolving the Regional Center is to induce economic activities and spur development in the Region.
SECTION 3 requires the NEDA Regional Office IV-B to coordinate with the Office of the President Adviser for New Government Centers, pertinent Local Government Units, concerned government agencies and instrumentalities, and the private sector.
SECTION 3 requires the coordination group to formulate an overall program and strategy to achieve the objective of the new government center.
SECTION 3 requires submission of the overall program and strategy to the Regional Development Council IV-B for adoption and inclusion in the regional investment priority plan of the MIMAROPA Region.

SECTION 4 mandates that all Regional Offices in Region IV-B relocate to the mandated Regional Center in Calapan City.
SECTION 4 requires satellite office establishment starting within six (6) months from the effectivity of the Order.
SECTION 4 requires full transfer within eighteen (18) months thereafter.
SECTION 4 requires Regional Officers to adopt and implement respective relocation plans that incorporate measures to address concerns of employees affected by the transfer.
The relocation is treated as immediate in scope: “immediately relocate” applies upon effectivity for the satellite office phase.

SECTION 5 directs all heads of Departments, Agencies and Bureaus, including Government-Owned-and-Controlled-Corporations and Government Financial Institutions, to provide support.
SECTION 5 requires support specifically for the transfer of the Regional Offices.
SECTION 5 requires support for the development of the Regional Center in Calapan City.
SECTION 5 requires support for promotion of the Regional Center as the new center of government in the MIMAROPA Region.

SECTION 6 assigns the Regional Development Council IV-B the role to submit regular status reports.
SECTION 6 designates NEDA Regional IV-B as the channel through which the Regional Development Council IV-B submits the reports.
SECTION 6 requires submission of regular status reports to the Office of the President.
SECTION 6 requires copies furnished to the Office of the Presidential Adviser for New Government Centers and the Presidential Management Office.
SECTION 6 requires reporting on (1) compliance by concerned Regional Offices and their Departments and Head Offices with the Order and (2) progress of implementation of the program and strategy for the new center of government.

SECTION 7 provides that all Orders and issuances, or any part thereof, deemed inconsistent with the Order, are repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 8 provides immediate effectivity.