TO: The Director General Gerardo P. Sicat
National Economic and Development Authority
You are hereby directed to form a Cabinet Coordinating Committee for the purpose of coordinating all Integrated Rural Development Projects. The Committee shall be composed of the following cabinet members or their authorized representatives:

	Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources ............................	Chairman
	Secretary, Department of Public Works and Communications ............................	Member
	Secretary, Department of Finance ............................................................	Member
	Secretary Department of Local Government .............................................	Member
	Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform ..............................................	Member

The Committee shall be empowered to create a single inter-agency staff to which technical personnel from the different departments will be detailed, headed by an Executive Director.

Moreover, the Committee shall also be empowered to select rural areas for integrated development, prepare project studies, arrange and/or negotiate for funding from local and foreign financial institutions, and supervise the projects' implementation.

This Order shall take effect immediately.