MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 210

HARNESSING GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY AND SECTORAL GROUPS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PROCUREMENT REFORMS

I, GLORIA M. ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

1. The Pro-Performance System (PPS) and the Procurement Transparency Group (PTG) shall review road projects covered by the suspended World Bank loan, for report to the President;

2. The PPS and the National Economic and Development Authority shall undertake regular consultations with foreign funding agencies to minimize, uncover and address anomalies in foreign-funded projects;

3. The PTG shall submit a detailed plan for the deployment civil society observers in bids and awards committees handling projects worth One Hundred Million Pesos (P100,000,000.00) or more;

4. The Presidential Anti-Graft Commission shall report on the suspended road projects, and consult the World Bank and other funding agencies on other anomalies to investigate;

5. The Government Procurement Policy Board shall review regulations, systems and procedures for Official Development Assistance and government-to-government projects, and recommend integrity and transparency reforms;

6. The DBM shall source funds for the investigation of irregularities in foreign-funded infrastructure projects.

DONE in the City of Manila on this 22nd day of November, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary

Source: Malacañang Records Office

Office of the President of the Philippines. (2007). [Administrative Order Nos. : 111 – 288]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.