(NAR) VOL. 23 NO. 1 / JANUARY - MARCH 2012
WHEREAS, in line with its commitment to
accountability and effective governance, the current Administration is
focused on achieving the outputs and outcomes in its Social Contract
with the Filipino People and the Philippine Development Plan (PDP)
2011-2016;
WHEREAS, performance monitoring, evaluation,
information and reporting are essential components of an effective and
efficient performance management system;
WHEREAS,
performance monitoring and reporting in the public sector vary across
departments, offices and agencies with oversight functions that monitor,
evaluate and report performance of government agencies and
instrumentalities;
WHEREAS, many deficiencies and
duplication have been noted in the present performance monitoring
systems and processes used by government agencies within the Executive
Branch of Government that have resulted in redundant data, reports in
different formats, delay in submissions, inaccurate results, and
inefficiencies in performance monitoring, evaluation, and reporting;
WHEREAS,
there is a need to rationalize, harmonize, streamline, simplify,
integrate and unify the efforts of government agencies mandated to
exercise broad oversight of government agencies’ performance relative to
the National Leadership’s Agenda, the Philippine Development Plan (PDP)
2011-2016, agency mandates, commitments and targets; and
WHEREAS,
towards this end, a collaborative mechanism must be developed among
these oversight agencies that will establish a unified and integrated
Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) across all
departments and agencies within the Executive Branch of Government
incorporating a common set performance scorecard, and at the same time,
creating an accurate, accessible, and up-to-date government-wide,
sectoral, and organizational performance information system.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Creation of an Inter-Agency Task Force. There
is hereby created an Inter-Agency Task Force that will harmonize,
unify, streamline and simplify all existing monitoring and reporting
requirements and processes consistent with the RBPMS that will be
created. The Inter-Agency Task Force shall be chaired by the Department
of Budget and Management (DBM) and co-chaired by the Office of the
Executive Secretary (OES), with the following as members:
- National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA);
- Presidential Management Staff (PMS); and
- Department of Finance (DOF).
Representatives
to the Task Force shall have a rank not lower than an Assistant
Secretary and duly authorized by the secretary concerned.
SECTION 2. Functions. The Inter-Agency Task Force shall undertake the following:
- To develop a Common Set Performance Scorecard;
- To design a Government Executive Information System, and
- Such other powers and functions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Administrative Order (AO).
SECTION 3. Harmonized RBPMS.
The Organizational Performance Indicators Framework (OPIF) and the
Results Matrix (RM) shall be the underlying frameworks for the proposed
RBPMS, which will be used by all government agencies mandated to
exercise broad oversight over the performance of all agencies in the
government.
The harmonized RBPMS shall likewise be used as basis
for determining entitlement: to performance-based allowances,
incentives, or compensation of government personnel.
SECTION 4. Involvement of Other Government Oversight Offices.
The Task Force shall involve the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the
Career Executive Service Board (CESB) in order to align the Strategic
Performance Management (SPMS) of CSC and the Career Executive Service
Performance Evaluation System (CESPES) of CESB to the proposed RBPMS.
Other government departments, offices or agencies, such as the
Commission on Audit (COA) and the Office of the Ombudsman, may be
invited by the; Task Force to provide their respective insights on the
harmonization process.
SECTION 5. Private Sector Involvement.
The Task Force shall likewise involve the private sector, through the
National Competitiveness Council (NCC), for the purpose of providing
inputs and aligning other advocated performance management systems with
the proposed unified RBPMS.
SECTION 6. Secretariat and Technical Support,
The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) shall serve as the
Secretariat of the Task Force as well as its technical resource
institution.
SECTION 7. Reporting. Within a period of six
(6) months from the issuance of this AO, the Task Force shall submit its
recommendation on the RBPMS to the President, through the Executive
Secretary.
SECTION 8. Funding. The DBM shall provide for the funding requirements of the Inter-Agency Task Force.
SECTION 9. Separability Clause.
If any provision of this AO is declared invalid or unconstitutional,
the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and
subsisting.
SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. All orders,
rules, regulations, and issuances, or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with this Administrative Order, are hereby repealed,
amended, or modified accordingly.
SECTION 11. Effectivity. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 21
st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.
(SGD.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA
Executive Secretary