Implementation of the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan, 2004-2010

December 13, 2004

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 391

DIRECTING ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TO IMPLEMENT THE MEDIUM-TERM PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (MTPDP), 2004-2010 AND THE MEDIUM-TERM PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MTPIP), 2005-2010

WHEREAS, the President has laid out a Ten-Point Agenda around which sets the policy direction and targets for 2004 to 2010; aDSAEI

WHEREAS, the Ten-Point Agenda is the focus of planning and operation of the government and as such is the substantial basis for the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), 2004-2010;

WHEREAS, the basic task of the MTPDP, 2004-2010, is to fight poverty and build prosperity for the greatest number of the Filipino people;

WHEREAS, the MTPDP, 2004-2010, was fleshed out in a series of Cabinet and inter-agency meetings;

WHEREAS, to support the MTPDP, there is need to identify the specific activities, programs and projects that will be carried out by agencies for the period 2004-2010;

WHEREAS, such programs, projects and activities will be embodied in the Medium-Term Public Investment Program (MTPIP), 2005-2010;

WHEREAS, the MTPIP, 2005-2010, shall contain the three-year rolling set of priority programs and projects to be implemented by the national government agencies (NGAs), government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), government financial institutions (GFIs) and other government corporate entities (OGCEs) and their subsidiaries in support of the targets and strategies of the MTPDP, 2004-2010; HaIATC

WHEREAS, the MTPIP, 2005-2010, shall be consistent with the fiscal program and prioritized through the Efficiency and Effectiveness Review (EER) criteria approved and adopted by the high-level planning committees and/or Cabinet Clusters;

WHEREAS, the successful implementation of the Plan and the Investment Program rests on the support of all the stakeholders;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Coverage. — All NGAs, including state universities and colleges (SUCs), GOCCs, GFIs, and OGCEs and their subsidiaries, the local government units (LGUs), and other instrumentalities under the Executive Department, whether or not they receive funding support through the General Appropriations Act, are hereby ordered to adopt and disseminate the MTPDP, 2004-2010 and undertake efforts leading to its full implementation.

SECTION 2. Aligning Budgetary and Departmental Programs with the MTPDP 2004-2010. — All heads of agencies, corporations and institutions are hereby directed to align the budgetary and departmental/corporate programs with the strategies and activities identified in the MTPDP, 2004-2010.

SECTION 3. The MTPIP, 2005-2010. — All heads of national agencies, corporations and institutions are hereby instructed to adhere to the MTPIP formulation guidelines issued by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on 26 July 2004 and the Programming and Budgeting Guidelines for 2006-2010 issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in its Circular Letter No. 2004-11 dated 31 August 2004.

The formulation of the MTPIP, 2005-2010 shall be completed by December 2004 and updated annually in parallel with the preparations of the annual National Government budget. cDSaEH

SECTION 4. MTPDP and MTPIP Monitoring and Reporting. — All heads of agencies, corporations and institutions are hereby directed to submit to the NEDA Board through the NEDA Secretariat, the annual agency performance/accomplishment reports consistent with the MTPDP and MTPIP format, that is, the Strategy Planning Matrix (SPM) and the Agency Three-Year Rolling Public Investment List (PIL). The report shall detail actual performance vis-a-vis the priority strategies and activities (PSAs), major final outputs (MFOs), as well as status of implementation of the programs, activities and projects (PAPs). The NEDA Secretariat shall report the key accomplishments in the annual Socio-Economic Report (SER).

SECTION 5. The NEDA Director-General is hereby authorized, upon consultation with the President, to issue such memoranda, circulars or other orders as may be considered necessary or advisable in the coordination of the implementation, monitoring, assessment and updating of the MTPDP and MTPIP.

SECTION 6. The DBM shall provide the necessary budgetary support for the implementation, monitoring, assessment and updating of the MTPDP and MTPIP subject to the usual accounting and auditing requirements.

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. — All issuances, orders, guidelines, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked.

SECTION 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. CDcaSA

DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four.