Adopting the Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services Program as a Development Strategy

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 517 January 9, 1979

ADOPTING THE BAGONG LIPUNAN SITES AND SERVICES PROGRAM AS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

WHEREAS, the government has declared it a national policy to achieve an equitable distribution of socio-economic opportunities in the country to, among others, curb the alarming migration rate;

WHEREAS, the National Coordinating Council for Town Planning, Housing and Zoning created under Letter of Instructions No. 511 has affected the preparation and development of town plans, housing and zoning measures including the formulation of interim development controls, identifying thereby in each town the feasible program and projects that will permit and spur socio-economic development;

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1396 empowers the President to declare areas for development as Bagong Lipunan sites;

WHEREAS, the development of Bagong Lipunan sites into model human settlements requires full integration and implementation of the eleven (11) basic human needs identified by the Ministry of Human Settlements;

WHEREAS, this full integration necessitates budgetary innovation and judicious reallocation of financial resources;

WHEREAS, there is a need...

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 517

Adopting the Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services Program as a Development Strategy

• Adopts the Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services Program of the Ministry of Human Settlements as a major component of the government's development strategy. (Section 1)

• Involves the selection and development of depressed communities classified into: (Section 1.a)
- Neighborhood Community of 50-100 families living in an area of at least 2.5 hectares, for each of 1,600 towns and cities. (Section 1.a.i)
- Agro-Industrial Community of 100-500 families living in an area of 50-200 hectares, for each of 77 provinces. (Section 1.a.ii)
- Water-shed Based Ecological Community of 500 or more families situated in a water-shed area of at least 500 hectares, for each region of the country. (Section 1.a.iii)

• Coordinates programs and projects of the National Local Governments in declared Bagong Lipunan sites to: (Section 1.b)
- Provide eleven (11) basic human needs. (Section 1.b.i)
- Promote institutional development. (Section 1.b.ii)

• Creates a Cabinet Committee for Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services, chaired by the Minister of Human Settlements, to plan and implement the program. (Section 2)

• The Ministry of Human Settlements shall serve as the Program Secretariat, assisted by National Resource Experts, to: (Section 3)
- Rationalize affected programs and utilize experts in identified sites.
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Budget to identify and source external funds.

• The Ministry of the Budget shall: (Section 4)
- Release ₱5,000,000.00 to the Ministry of Human Settlements as Program Secretariat for administration in 1979. (Section 4.i)
- Program and release ₱1 million for each of the 1,600 towns and cities to implement the neighborhood community approach upon request and approval. (Section 4.ii)
- Identify internal and external fund sources for the Agro-industrial and Water-shed Based Communities. (Section 4.iii)

• The Cabinet Committee shall submit regular progress reports to the President and Prime Minister. (Section 5)