MALACAÃANG
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6
ESTABLISHING THE AKLAN PROVINCIAL TOURISM SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the government to promote a balanced development of each region of the country and to harness the vast potential of the countryside.
WHEREAS, there is a need for an effective mechanism to plan, conceptualize, draft, coordinate and manage the implementation of the Aklan Province Tourism Plan, within the framework of the government’s decentralization and regionalization policy.
NOW THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. To ensure that an effective mechanism and linkage is instituted for the planning, conceptualization, drafting and implementation of the Aklan Provincial Tourism Master Plan (APTMP), there is hereby created under the Office of the President, a Task Force to be called the Aklan Provincial Tourism Special Development Project Task Force which shall be responsible for the overall coordination and supervision of the implementation of the APTMP. It shall be composed of the following:
Governor of the Province of Aklan
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Chairman
DENR Undersecretary for Environment and Programme Development
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Vice Chairman
DPWH Undersecretary for Visayas and Mindanao Operations
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Member
General Manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority
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Member
General Manager of the Philippine Ports Authority
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Member
Head of the Air Transportation Office
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Member
President of the Municipal Mayors’ League
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Member
Two (2) representatives of the private sector
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Members
The Secretaries of the member-Departments shall designate their Undersecretary and/or Assistant Secretary who shall represent the Department as regular members of the Task Force.
The Philippine Tourism Authority shall provide secretariat services to the Task Force pending the organization of the Project Management Office.
SEC. 2. The Task Force shall be an advisory body to the President and shall exercise the following functions and responsibilities:
a. Plan, conceptualize and draft the Aklan Province Tourism Master Plan in context of ensuring the sustainable development of the Province of Aklan and the Island of Boracay;
b. Articulate the development goals, objectives, programs and projects of the Aklan Province Tourism Master Plan;
c. Cause the update and refinement of the Boracay Tourism Master Plan, within the context of the Aklan Province Tourism Master Plan, the Regional Development Plan and the Local Development Plans of the local government units;
d. Cause the conduct of feasibility study, evaluation, and financing of the project components of the APTMP;
e. Cause the inclusion in their Department’s annual appropriations, the programs and projects and projects identified by the Task Force;
f. Provide overall direction, coordination, and supervision in the planning and implementation of the APTMP;
g. Enlist the support and assistance from government and non-government institutions in planning and implementing the APTMP;
h. Enter into contracts as may be necessary in the implementation of the APTMP, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;
i. Organize, under the Office of the President, a Project Management Office, define its organizational set-up, establish its staffing pattern and appoint its Project Director and staff, subject to approval of the Department of Budget and Management.
j. Formulate implementing rules and regulations pertaining to the internal operations of the Project Management Office; and
k. Submit to the President quarterly progress reports on the Projects and such other reports as may be required.
SEC. 3. The Task Force may call upon any government agency, office or bureau for assistance in the discharge of, and form committees to facilitate the performance of its functions and responsibilities.
SEC. 4. The amount of Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00) to be drawn from funds of the Office of the President, shall be released for the operations of the Task Force for 1998. Appropriations for the succeeding years shall be incorporated in the budget proposals under the Office of the President.
SEC. 5. All executive issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts, thereof, inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
SEC. 6. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 7th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight.
(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary
Source: Presidential Management Staff
Office of the President of the Philippines. (1998). [Executive Order Nos. : 1-338]. Manila : Presidential Management Staff.
