EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 789
WHEREAS, Executive Order
(E.O.) 376 s. 1989 signed by former President Corazon C. Aquino, as
amended by E.O. 93 s 1993 signed by President Fidel V. Ramos,
established the Regional Project Monitoring and Evaluation System
(RPMES) to expedite project
implementation;
WHEREAS, E.O. 564
s. 2006 and 564-A s. 2007 redefine and restructured the RPMES into the
Project Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (Pro-Performance) System
in order to ensure the diligent delivery of government projects within
the purview of good governance and
transparency:
WHEREAS, the
Pro-Performance System (PPS) was lodged in the Presidential Management
Stall (PMS) as it can, independently of implementing agencies, monitor
and provide timely and proactive information on needed actions to
ensure the timely completion of priority programs and
projects;
WHEREAS, implementing
agencies have contingency funds which can be used to conduct
appropriate facilitative and advocacy campaigns, and other related
activities;
WHEREAS, there is a
need to enhance the mechanisms of the PPS to enable it pursue its
objectives more effectively;
NOW, THEREFORE
I, GLORIA M. ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue
of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order:
Section 1. Objectives. The
PPS is an integrated monitoring system established to facilitate,
evaluate and advocate; and to strategically monitor the implementation
of the President's priority programs and projects. As such, this
function shall form part of the mandate of the PMS. Specifically, the
PPS shall have the following objectives:
a) To
provide independent and up-to-date constructive information on the
status of project implementation based on physical development
performance and quality, financial performance and timeliness, and
identify areas, issues and concerns that need to be addressed by lead
implementing agencies and/or project management
offices;
b) To reinforce public-private partnership
and collaboration in the monitoring of government programs and
projects;
c) To provide information as appropriate
to the Presidential Ant-Graft Commission for the latter's
action;
d) To ensure public awareness and
participation through information campaign and advocacy
programs.
Section 2. Coverage.
The PPS shall monitor the priority programs and projects of the
President, such as, but not limited to the projects committed through
the State of the Nation Addresses, major infrastructure projects,
health and education programs, regardless of fund,
source.
Section 3. Organizational
Structure. The PPS shall be implemented by a Steering
Committee (SC) composed of the following:
Chair - private sector
representative
Co-Chairman - Secretary, PMS
Members -
representative, business sector
representative, civil society sector
representative,
academe
representative, youth sector
representative,
mass media
representative, religious
sector
representative, local government
sector
representative, international development
organizations
representative, national government (advocacy
group)
Provided that: the
President may reorganize the PPS-SC and shall designate its Chair from
among the private sector representatives as well as from other members
of the PPS-SC. The President may likewise include in the PPS-SC
membership such representatives from other sectors as may be
necessary.
Section 4. Meetings.
The PPS-SC shall convene every first Wednesday of the month, while the
President shall convene the PPS-SC on a quarterly basis. The PPS-SC
Chair, Co-Chair and members shall be entitled to Ten Thousand Pesos
(P10,000.00) honorarium per
meeting.
Section 5. Organization
Support. The following groups/bodies are directed to provide
the necessary support and assistance to the
PPS-SC:
a) | Technical and Secretariat Support. – The PMS shall
provide technical and secretariat support to the PPS–SC.
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b)
| Advocacy
Support. – All government television and radio networks shall allot air
time for purposes of communicating the status of all projects,
including televised bidding of ail departments.
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c)
| Inter–Agency
Support. – All departments, agencies and bureaus, offices and
instrumentalities, are likewise enjoined to extend full assistance and
cooperation, and to provide necessary relevant and timely information
to the PPS–SC.
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Section
6. Reports. The PPS-SC shall submit to the President through
the PMS monthly project evaluation reports with
photo-documentation.
Section 7.
Funding. To enable the PPS-SC and its Secretariat to
effectively perform its mandate, an operations budget of Ten Million
Pesos (P10,000,000.00) shall be provided by the Department of Budget
and Management from sources as it may identify.
The
PPS-SC operations budget, which shall be managed by the PPS-SC
Secretariat, shall cover capital, outlay and operational expenses of
the PPS, including the provision of monitoring, evaluation and
fact-finding budget.
The PPS-SC shall have the
authority to require the implementing agencies to conduct and fund from
their respective contingency funds the appropriate facilitative and
advocacy campaigns and other related activities to promote public
awareness and generate stakeholder support for the President's priority
programs and projects, subject to pertinent laws, issuances and
accounting and auditing rules and
regulations.
Section 8. Repeating
Clause. All orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent with this E.O. are hereby revoked or modified
accordingly.
Section 9.
Effectivity. This E.O. shall take effect
immediately.
DONE in the City of
Manila, this 30
th day of March in the year of
Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.
(Sgd.) GLORIA M.
ARROYO
By the
President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R.
ERMITAExecutive
Secretary