Executive Order creating an interim inter-agency task force to provide for private sector participation in the establishment of agro-industrial development areas (No. 511 of 1992)

APRIL 20, 1992 OFFICIAL GAZETTE 21'13 MANACANANG MANILA EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 511 CREATING AN INTERIM INTER-AGEN­ CY TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICI­ PATION IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOP,. MENT AREAS WHEREAS, there is, an urgent need to integrate and replicate countryside develop­ ment efforts in key Agro-Industrial De­ velopment Areas (AIDA) in order to im­ plement the Countryside Agro-Industrial Development Strategy (CAIDS) as adopted by the government through Cabinet Reso­ lution No. 39, series of 1989; WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to recognize the indispensible role of the private sector in national growth and development; Now, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines,. by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order: SECTION 1. There shall be an interim In­ ter-Agency AIDA Task Force, hereinafter referred to as the Task Force, which is here­ by authorized to provide for private sector participation in the establishment of Agro­ Industrial Development Areas. For this purpose, the Task Force shall composed of: Chairman: Chairman of the Coordi­ nating Council on the Philippine Assistance Program Co-Chairman: Secretary of Agriculture Members: Secretary of Agrarian Reform Secretary of Socio-Eco­ nomic Planning Secretary of Trade and Industry Chairman of Develop­ ment Bank of the Philip­ pines President of the Land Bank of the Philippines SEC. 2. The Task Force shall: a) Identify and allot foreign and local sources of funding for the establishment of family farm schools, rural development cen­ ters or other capability building centers, which will continuously provide the necessa­ ry values formation, managerial and tech­ nical training, cooperative development, savings promotion and other capability building programs; b) Contract with non-government organi­ zations (NGOs) and other private entities that will establish and operate the family farm schools and rural development centers. Funds for the operating expenses of these institutions .are to be generated by these NGOs from their agro-industrial enterprises and other income generating projects in the AIDA; and c) Monitor, coordinate and facilitate the development efforts of all AIDA participants to ensure full and proper implementation of the objectives of the AIDA program. SEC. 3. The Task Force may provide di­ rect and indirect grants to NGOs for the establishment and operation of family farm schools and rural development centers from whichever funds that it can generate from local and foreign sources. It may also enter into such agreements or contracts, which it may deem appropriate to effect the herein given mandate as may be warranted by cir­ cumstances relating to the source and use of funds, land ownership, corporate char­ acter of the contracting parties and other relevant matters. SEC. 4. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to sign and execute, fur and in behalf of the Task Force, agreements or contracts extending grants or other forms of assistance entered into by the Task Force. SEC. 5. A Task Force Secretariat to be jointly formed by the CCPAP and Depart 2114 OFFICIAL GAZETTE VOL. 88, No. 16 ment of Agriculture shall assist the Task ForceIn the performance of its duties and functions. SEC. 6. The Task Force shall facilitate and coordinate with the private sector for the establishment of agro-industrial facilities. SEC. 7. The Task Force shall be author­ ized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or any instrumentally of gov­ ernment for material and manpower assist­ ance as may be. necessary in implementing the AIDA program. SEC. 8. All rights, duties, obligations, powers and functions of the Task Force shall be transferred to the Department of Agri­ culture, effective June 30, 1992, or soon thereafter at the discretion of the President. SEC. 9. If any provisions of this Order is declared unconstitutional or illegal, the other provisions hereof shall remain effective. SEC. 10. All administrative issuances, orders, circulars, and memoranda inconsist­ ent with this Order are hereby modified amended or repealed accordingly. SEC. 11. This Order shall take effect im­ mediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two. (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO [SEAL] President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON Executive Secretary