Title
Creation of NW Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission
Law
Executive Order No. 175
Decision Date
Apr 30, 1994
Fidel V. Ramos establishes the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission to oversee the development and coordination of industrial and socio-economic growth initiatives in the Laoag-San Fernando-Dagupan-Baguio area, enhancing regional planning and implementation efforts.
administrative order
regional development
socio

Commission functions and oversight

  • The Commission must review and submit to the President for approval the NWLGQ Master Plan and Development Program (Section 1).
  • The Commission must provide overall direction, coordination, and supervision in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all program/project components and development activities of the NWLGQ Development Program, in consultation and coordination with the Joint RDC-CEB Interregional Consultative Council (Section 1).
  • The Commission must cause the update, refinement, and endorsement of NWLGQ plans, investment programs, and projects within the context of:
    • the NWLGQ Master Plan, and
    • the Regional Development and Physical Framework Plans and Investment Programs of Region I and CAR (Section 1).
  • The Commission must cause the preparation of feasibility studies for, and financing of, the various projects identified for the NWLGQ (Section 1).
  • The Commission must encourage support and assistance from government and non-government institutions in planning and implementing the various projects under the NWLGQ Development Program (Section 1).
  • The Commission must organize the Program Management Office (PMO), define its organizational set-up, establish its staffing pattern, and set its internal operating systems and procedures (Section 1).
  • The Commission must review and confirm contracts entered into by the Executive Director of the PMO (Section 1).
  • The Commission must review and endorse to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) the annual budget of the NWLGQ Development Program, including the Work and Financial Plan for the operation of the PMO (Section 1).
  • The Commission must submit to the President progress reports on the NWLGQ Development Program and such other reports as may be required (Section 1).

Program Management Office as implementer

  • The Program Management Office (PMO) serves as the implementing arm, and the technical and administrative secretariat of the Commission (Section 2).
  • The PMO must undertake the day-to-day activities of the NWLGQ Development Program (Section 2).
  • The PMO must be headed by an Executive Director to be appointed by the President (Section 2).
  • The DTI Regional Office must provide office space and technical and secretariat support to the Commission on an interim basis until a staffing pattern for the PMO is determined and approved by the Commission (Section 2).
  • Fiscal austerity must be observed strictly in the PMO’s operations (Section 2).
  • The PMO must perform these functions:
    • Coordinate with implementing bodies, including local government units, line agencies, financing institutions, non-government organizations, and other concerned entities, for updating, refinement, endorsement, and implementation of NWLGQ Master Plan and investment programs/projects (Section 2).
    • Coordinate with Local Development Councils (LCDs) for implementation of the Commission’s policy decisions (Section 2).
    • Coordinate preparation of feasibility studies of NWLGQ project components and evaluation and financing of feasible projects (Section 2).
    • Coordinate preparation of the annual budgetary requirements of the NWLGQ Development Program and submit them to the Commission (Section 2).
    • Undertake periodic review and evaluation of the NWLGQ Development Program and design and operate a program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation system consistent with:
      • the Regional Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (RPMES), enhanced with Planning Programming Budgeting Monitoring and Evaluation (PPBME) and impact evaluation (Section 2).
    • Perform such other functions and responsibilities as the Commission directs (Section 2).

Implementing entities and coordination roles

  • National line agencies/government-owned and controlled corporations/local government units/non-government organizations/private sector must serve as implementing entities of the Commission as appropriate (Section 3).
  • If a national line agency is designated as a lead implementing entity, implementation must be undertaken in close coordination with the concerned local government units (Section 3).

Joint inter-regional consultative advisory group

  • A Joint Inter-regional Consultative Council is created to serve as the Commission’s inter-regional advisory group (Section 4).
  • The Joint Inter-regional Consultative Council must be composed of:
    • three (3) representatives from Regional Development Council (RDC) I, and
    • a counterpart group composed of:
      • three (3) representatives of the Cordillera Executive Board (CEB), and
      • three (3) representatives of regional line agencies (RLAs) whose head offices are members of the NEDA Board (Section 4).
  • Council members are chosen from among themselves (Section 4).

Local Development Councils responsibilities

  • The Local Development Councils of the program area must perform these functions (Section 5):
    • Approve the respective local components of the multi-year and annual plans and investment programs under the NWLGQ Development Program (Section 5).
    • Monitor and conduct periodic review of local project components regarding achievement of goals, objectives, and targets of the NWLGQ Development Program (Section 5).
    • Coordinate and facilitate preparation of site-specific development plans, programs, and projects (Section 5).
    • Coordinate passage of municipal and/or provincial resolutions declaring areas for industrial and tourism use, if not yet declared or classified as such (Section 5).
    • Coordinate with the Provincial/Regional Land Use Committees and Sanggunians concerned on the review and approval of land use and zonation plans of NWLGQ component sites (Section 5).
    • Spearhead coordination of area inter-agency activities within the area/province of jurisdiction in implementing the NWLGQ Development Program (Section 5).
    • Perform such other functions as the PMO may request (Section 5).

Operational funding and term

  • PHP 5,000,000.00 drawn from DTI funds for Locally-Funded Projects must be released for the Commission’s initial operational requirement for 1994 (Section 6).
  • Appropriations for succeeding years for operations of the PMO must be incorporated in the budget proposals under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (Section 6).
  • The Commission and the PMO must have a term corresponding to the implementation period of the NWLGQ Development Program (Section 7).
  • The NEDA Board must conduct a regular review and evaluation of the management and coordinating structure and recommend revisions as deemed necessary (Section 7).

Effectivity

  • Executive Order No. 175 takes effect immediately (Section 8).
  • The order was issued in the City of Manila on April 30, 1994 and signed by FIDEL V. RAMOS with TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR., Executive Secretary.

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