Title
Creation of coord. committee for ADB HQ
Law
Executive Order No. 228
Decision Date
Dec 15, 1965
Diosdado Macapagal establishes a Philippine Coordinating Committee, led by Cornelio Balmaceda, to facilitate the setup and operations of the Asian Development Bank's headquarters in Pasay City, ensuring necessary arrangements and government collaboration.
executive order
administrative law
government agency

Purpose and policy objectives

  • The Philippines offered the Asian Development Bank certain physical facilities, including land and buildings, for free use and occupancy.
  • The Philippines has been chosen as the headquarters site of the Asian Development Bank.
  • The order establishes a coordinating committee to undertake arrangements for preparation of the site and construction of physical facilities for the Asian Development Bank.
  • The order requires the committee to act as liaison between the Asian Development Bank and the Philippine Government.

Committee creation and composition

  • Executive Order No. 228 creates the Philippine Coordinating Committee on the Asian Development Bank.
  • The committee is composed of Cornelio Balmaceda, Special Adviser to the President on the Asian Development Bank, as Chairman.
  • The committee includes a Representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs as Member.
  • The committee includes a Representative of the Department of Commerce and Industry as Member.
  • The committee includes a Representative of the Program Implementation Agency as Member.
  • The committee includes a Representative of the Central Bank of the Philippines as Member.
  • The committee includes a Representative of the Development Bank of the Philippines as Member.
  • The committee’s composition may be expanded to include representatives of other government offices and other persons upon the recommendation of the Chairman and approval by the President.

Core functions and responsibilities

  • The committee must work closely with the Committee for the Preparatory Arrangements for the Establishment of the Asian Development Bank on preliminary details for the Bank’s headquarters at Pasay City, Philippines.
  • The committee must make arrangements for leasing and furnishing the Asian Development Bank’s temporary offices.
  • The committee must consider plans for the Asian Development Bank’s buildings, furnishing, and premises, select architects to design them, and submit to the President recommendations on the final plans.
  • The committee must serve as the committee to advertise, evaluate, and submit to the President recommendations on:
    • construction contracts for the Asian Development Bank buildings;
    • the procurement of furnishing; and
    • landscaping to be done.
  • The committee must coordinate with other government offices and make representations with the Congress of the Philippines to enact needed legislation, including:
    • the ratification by the Senate of the Philippines of the Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank, opened for signature at Manila, Philippines on December 4, 1965, and signed by authorized representatives of the Philippines and other member countries;
    • the law authorizing the President to reserve certain parcels of land of the Philippine Government and appropriating funds for construction of buildings thereon for the free use of the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations Organization and for other purposes;
    • the law appropriating funds to cover the subscription of the Philippine Government to the Asian Development Bank; and
    • the law providing for a site and appropriating funds for the construction of buildings and other facilities for the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy.
  • The committee must act as liaison and assist the Asian Development Bank in matters requiring action by the Government of the Philippines.
  • The committee must conduct studies and submit to the President recommendations on the relocation of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy to another site.
  • The committee must perform other functions affecting the Asian Development Bank as the President designates from time to time.

Inter-agency cooperation mandate

  • All departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government are required to render cooperation and assistance requested by the committee for performance of its powers, functions, and responsibilities.
  • Government-owned or controlled corporations must render the same cooperation and assistance when requested.
  • Provincial, city, and municipal governments, including their officials and employees, are required to render cooperation and assistance requested by the committee.
  • The scope of cooperation is limited to assistance “as may be requested” by the committee in connection with performance of its mandated functions.

Relationship to other legislative measures

  • The committee is tasked to seek congressional action to support the Asian Development Bank headquarters establishment by coordinating representations for multiple specific categories of laws and legislative steps.
  • The committee’s legislative coordination includes Senate ratification of the Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank signed for the Philippines and other member countries.
  • The committee’s legislative coordination includes laws dealing with land reservation and appropriation for free-use facilities, subscription funding, and site/building funding for the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy.

Analyze Cases Smarter, Faster
Jur helps you analyze cases smarter to comprehend faster, building context before diving into full texts. AI-powered analysis, always verify critical details.

About Privacy Terms