Reactivation of Southern Philippines Dev. Authority

Executive Order No. 560 is issued by the President under the powers vested by law.
The order anchors presidential authority to direct organizational changes by citing Section 77 of Republic Act No. 9336 (the General Appropriations Act of 2005).
The order recognizes SPDA’s creation under Presidential Decree No. 690, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1703.
The order records SPDA’s prior deactivation under Executive Order No. 149 dated 18 November 2002.

Executive Order No. 560 declares a policy to foster and accelerate the balanced growth of the Southern Philippines for national economic, social, and political stability.
Section 3 assigns SPDA a role as the implementing arm for an economic “catch-up plan” tied to peace implementation.
Section 4 requires project implementation coordination with the regional government in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Section 1 reactivates SPDA effective immediately.
Section 1 directs that SPDA shall have a lean and professional organization.
Section 1 places SPDA under the oversight of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).
Section 2 provides that SPDA governance is through a Board with specified internal rules for meetings and operational roles.

Section 2 empowers the Board to approve policies and implementing guidelines needed to accomplish SPDA’s purpose, objectives, and goals.
Section 2 requires the Board to determine and approve SPDA’s organizational structure, staffing pattern, and pay scales of SPDA officers and employees, subject to existing rules and regulations.
Section 2 requires the Board to review and approve SPDA’s annual work and financial plan and budget.
Section 2 authorizes the Board to establish levels of authority and responsibilities of the Administrator and other SPDA officers.
Section 2 requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President.
Section 2 allows the Board to perform other tasks as may be assigned by the President.
Section 2 provides that the Chairman presides at Board meetings and that the Administrator is the ex-officio Vice-Chairman.
Section 2 prohibits Board members (except the Administrator) from performing day-to-day administrative or operations work.

Section 3 designates SPDA as the implementing arm for the economic catch-up plan on the implementation of the 1996 GRP-MNLF Peace Agreement.
Section 3 ties SPDA’s implementing function specifically to the peace agreement’s economic component.

Section 4 requires SPDA to properly coordinate with the Autonomous Regional Government (ARG) in implementing projects within ARMM.
Section 4 limits SPDA’s coordination duty to projects undertaken within the ARMM area under the order’s framework.

Section 5 repeals Section 6 of Executive Order No. 229 dated 21 July 2003.
Section 5 directs SPDA to coordinate with the head of Special Order No. 1391 dated 3 August 2004 for the return to SPDA of its assets and funds.
Section 5 makes asset and funds return a coordinated administrative action tied to the specified Special Order.

Section 6 authorizes SPDA to request assistance from other agencies as necessary.
Section 6 specifically includes the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) as agencies SPDA may call upon.
Section 6 ties requested assistance to the implementation of Executive Order No. 560.

Section 7 makes available Ten Million Pesos (P10M) for SPDA’s reactivation.
Section 7 requires that the P10M be taken from the President’s Contingency Fund.
Section 7 provides that SPDA’s subsequent budget shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.

Section 8 repeals or modifies accordingly all executive orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof that are inconsistent with Executive Order No. 560.