WHEREAS, there has been significant delay in the implementation of many foreign assisted projects;

WHEREAS, the Presidential Committee on Flagship Programs and Project was created under Administrative Order No. 109, s. of 1994 to orchestrate the identification, prioritization and implementation of flagship programs and projects;

WHEREAS, there is need to achieve efficient and effective coordination in the monitoring and implementation of various foreign assisted projects by placing it under the control and supervision of one office.

WHEREAS, there is need to strengthen the over-all project facilitation function of the Flagship Committee by expanding its area of coverage to include all foreign assisted projects;

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. Section 2 of Administrative Order No. 109, s. of 1994 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œSECTION 2. Composition. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs	- Chairman
Secretary, Department of Budget & Management	- Member
Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways	- Member
Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications	- Member
Secretary, Department of Agriculture	- Member
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry	- Member
Secretary, Department of Tourism	- Member
Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority	- Member
Secretary, Department of Energy	- Member
Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government 	- Member

Section 2. Section 3 of Administrative Order No. 109, s. of 1994 is hereby amended as follows:

œSECTION 3. Mandate. The Committee is hereby mandated to orchestrate the identification, prioritization and implementation of flagship programs and projects. For this purpose, flagship shall refer to highly strategic infrastructure programs and projects approved by the President, including all foreign assisted programs and projects. 

Section 3. Section 5 of Administrative Order No. 109, s. of 1999 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œSECTION 5. Technical Secretariat. The Committee shall have a Secretariat, which shall provide technical and administrative support to the Committee. It shall also have the power to engage the services of consultants as may be necessary, to support its project facilitation functions. The Flagship Committee shall be exempt from the provisions of Administrative Order No. 70 and 100 dated June 17, 1999 and December 1, 1999, respectively. The Committee shall undertake close coordination and collaboration with the National Economic and Development Authority in the performance of its functions. 

Section 4. All issuance and provisions thereof not inconsistent with this Administrative Order shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 5. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 6^th day of January, in the Year of Our Lord, twenty hundred.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary