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Creating the Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Office, Providing Funds Thereof and For Other Purposes

Executive Order No. 265

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 265 July 25, 1987

CREATING THE AURORA INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

Sec. 1. Declaration of Policy. The Aurora Integrated Area Development Project, hereinafter referred to as the Project, is hereby declared as a project of the National Government under the direct supervision of the National Council on Integrated Area Development, hereinafter referred to as the NACIAD.

Sec. 2. Creation of the Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Office. There is hereby created an Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Office, hereinafter referred to as the Project Office, which shall be responsible to the NACIAD for the implementation of the project and its components in cooperation with the designated regional and provincial implementing units of participating agencies. For this purpose, the Project Office shall establish the appropriate budgeting and financing system in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and for concerned agencies.

The Project Office shall be headed...

Summary of Executive Order No. 265

Declaration of Policy (Section 1)
- The Aurora Integrated Area Development Project (the Project) is declared as a project of the National Government under the direct supervision of the National Council on Integrated Area Development (NACIAD).

Creation of the Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Office (Section 2)
- An Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Office (the Project Office) is created, responsible to NACIAD for implementing the Project and its components in cooperation with designated regional and provincial implementing units.
- The Project Office shall establish the appropriate budgeting and financing system in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and concerned agencies.
- The Project Office shall be headed by a Project Director appointed by the Chairman of NACIAD upon recommendation of the NACIAD Executive Director.

Creation, Composition and Functions of the Executive Steering Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee (Section 3)
- An Executive Steering Committee is established, chaired by the NACIAD Executive Director and composed of representatives of participating implementing agencies and the provincial government, to provide operating policies and guidelines for the Project.
- A Technical Advisory Committee is created, composed of provincial heads of implementing agencies and concerned provincial government units, and chaired by the Project Director, to assist the Project Director in managing the Project.

Creation of an Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Fund (Section 4)
- The proceeds of the grant assistance obtained from the European Economic Community shall be constituted into an Aurora Integrated Area Development Project Fund under Chapter XXXV of the General Appropriations Act to partially finance the Project.
- The Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with NACIAD and concerned departments/agencies, shall issue guidelines for the utilization and administration of the Fund.
- The appropriate Philippine Government contribution or counterpart fund for each Project component shall be made available through established budgetary systems and procedures.

Operating Expenses (Section 5)
- An amount of six million five hundred thousand pesos (P6,500,000.00) is allotted from any applicable lump sum fund under the CY 1987 General Appropriations Act to cover the initial operating expenses of the Project.
- For succeeding fiscal years and until termination, necessary budgetary requirements shall be provided for in the Annual General Appropriations Act.

Auditing Procedures (Section 6)
- The Commission on Audits shall establish a resident unit attached to the Project Office to certify all expenditures based on the annual work and financial plan of the Project.
- The financial transactions of the Project shall be audited in accordance with existing law, rules and regulations.

Separability Clause (Section 7)
- If any provision of this Executive Order is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions shall remain effective.

Repealing Clause (Section 8)
- Letter of Instructions No. 1499 dated December 18, 1985 is repealed.
- All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.

Effectivity (Section 9)
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

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