WHEREAS, there is a need to have a dedicated inter-agency executive group which can expedite the implementation of programs in converged and unified manner of those programs which are already on the ground and those being planned;

WHEREAS, there is a necessity to urgently respond to the more immediate and urgent needs of the displaced population affected by armed conflicts in evacuation centers and in other places;

WHEREAS, there is a need to plan and implement the more immediate actions needed in the rehabilitation of communities since families who have started going back to their homes;

WHEREAS, there is a need to realign current department budgets as well as to ensure the rational inclusion of Central Mindanao relief and rehabilitation requirements in agency budget proposals for year 2001;

WHEREAS, there is a need to coordinate the existing civil society, private sector inputs, and international assistance in evacuation centers;

WHEREAS, there is a need to advocate for the participation of the private sector, civil society, and international donors in the rehabilitation of Central Mindanao;

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 the creation of the Presidential Executive Task Force for Relief and Rehabilitation of Central Mindanao.

SECTION 1. Composition. The Presidential Executive Task Force for Relief and Rehabilitation of Central Mindanao shall be composed of a Chairperson, two (2) Vice Chairpersons, the initially constituted Sub-Task Force Chairpersons, and members of the Sub Task Forces. Other Sub-Task Forces may be constituted subsequently as required. Constituted Sub-Task Forces may be disbanded by the Chairperson in consultation with the Chairpersons and Sub-Task Force Chairpersons, when need no longer exists.

The Presidential Executive Task Force and Sub-Task Forces shall be composed of the following:

1.1.	Edicio de la Torre Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)	Chairperson
1.2.	Ma. Felicida L. Villareal Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)	Vice Chairperson
1.3.	James Lucman Department of Agrarian (DAR)	Vice Chairperson
1.4.	Domingo F. Panganiban Department of Agriculture	Sub-Task Force Chair
1.5.	Angelo F. Leynes National Housing Authority (NHA)	Sub-Task Force Chair
1.6.	Mario Relampagos Department of Budget and Management (DBM)	Sub-Task Force Chair
1.7.	Alexander Padilla Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)	Sub-Task Force Chair
1.8.	Joel Paredes Philippine Information Agency (PIA)	Sub-Task Force Chair

Sub-Task Force 1: Streamlining Evacuation Center Operations

Chairperson: Felicidad L. Villareal, Undersecretary, DSWD

Primary Task: In coordination with local chief executives, establish coordinating bodies at various levels, at least at municipal level. To coordinate efforts; facilitate and coordinate the provision of basic services, such as food, water, sanitation facilities, social services; ensure that primary schools are operating as well as courses in informal education for adults; ensure that basic infrastructure are humanely adequate; and ensure that basic health services are provided;

Members: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), National Food Authority (NFA), Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Department of National Defense (OCD-DND).

Sub-Task Force 2: Meeting Minimum Basic Needs in Rehabilitation

Chairperson: Felicidad L. Villareal, Undersecretary, DSWD

Primary Task: In coordination with local chief executives, facilitate the development of an operational action plan to meet the immediate and urgent basic physical infrastructure needs of targeted communities; coordinate the efforts of agencies, NGOs, private sector in the provision of minimum basic needs of families and communities; facilitate the establishment/maintenance of needed social systems.

Members: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Housing Authority (NHA), National Food Authority (NFA), Local Water and Utilities Administration (LWUA), National Electrification Administration (NEA).

Sub-Task Force 3: Production and Marketing

Chairperson: Domingo F. Panganiban, Undersecretary, DA

Primary Task: In coordination with local executives, facilitate the provision of basic production inputs such as seeds, livestock, draught animals, appropriate basic machineries, postharvest facilities, farm-to-market roads, etc.; provide technical assistance for production and marketing.

Member: Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

Sub-Task Force 4: Housing and Infrastructure Rehabilitation

Chairperson: Angelo F. Leynes, General Manager, NHA

Primary Task: In coordination with local executives, facilitate the immediate development of a settlement plan, with priority construction of two types of housing, namely core shelters which are immediately needed by displaced returnees and socialized housing scheme; coordinate with other agencies to facilitate the construction of other needed infrastructure, such as sewerage, etc.

Members: National Housing Authority (NHA), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Information Agency (PIA).

Sub-Task Force 5: Community-based Livelihood and Enterprise Development

Chairperson: Edicio dela Torre, Director General, TESDA

Primary Task: In coordination with local chief executives, facilitate the assessment and development of an action plan which will focus on providing communities with the necessary technological and/or business management skills to engage in business, the scale of which are suited to their capacities and gradually growing in scale as they move along in skills acquisition.

Members: Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Livelihood Corporation (LIVECOR), Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation (QUDANCOR), Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).

Sub-Task Force 6: Financing Support

Chairperson: Mario Relampagos, Undersecretary, DBM

Primary Task: Ensure that programs which are already funded through the GAA or as realigned in various departments are given priority in releases from DBM; ensure that the year 2001 budget proposals of Central Mindanao are incorporated in the year 2001 budget proposals of agencies; ensure that these are specifically targeted according to approved plans in the Presidential Executive Task Force; provide technical assistance in financing of programs, particularly those related to low-cost housing and other such programs which may require multi-source of funds, and generate funds or help identify sources of funds both locally as well as from ODA sources.

Member: Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Peoples Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC), ERAP Trust Fund (ETF).

Sub-Task Force 7: Restoration and/or Strengthening Governance Systems

Chairperson: Alexander Padilla, Assistant Secretary for Local Government, DILG

Primary Task: Coordinate efforts at national and local government levels to ensure that peace and order is maintained in and around the areas of operation of relief and rehabilitation; strengthen the primacy of civilian rule; ensure the participation of the civilian population in matters related to establishment of governance systems in general.

Members: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of National Defense (DND).

Sub-Task Force 8: Information, Communication and Education

Chairperson: Joel C. Paredes, Director-General, PIA

Primary Task: Develop and implement communications plan, ensuring that the population, the agencies and other stakeholders are appropriately informed of developments related to the relief and rehabilitation efforts in Central Mindanao.

Members: Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Designated Information Officers of all Departments of the Sub-Task Forces.

SEC. 2. Functions. The Task Force shall have the following functions:

2.1.	Coordinate with various government implementing agencies and other instrumentalities to expedite the implementation of short to medium term programs and projects;
2.2.	coordinate all concerns/requirements with various government agencies and non-government sectors to facilitate and ensure effective recovery and rehabilitation of families displaced by the armed conflict in Central Mindanao;
2.3.	Within two weeks after the issuance of this Order, prepare a master plan of operations defining the specific target areas and families, integrated programs and services to be delivered in two (2) phases. Such master plan should contain plans for streamlining operations in evacuation centers and initial stages of rehabilitation;
2.4.	Constitute and ensure functionality of various committees as provided for in Section 1;
2.5.	Constitute a Technical and Operations Actions Team composed of staff of the member-agencies to be seconded for purposes of ensuring implementation of the approved master plan of operations;
2.6.	Formulate a monitoring and evaluation system;
2.7.	Ensure the availability of resources required for purposes of implementing the master plan of operations;
2.8.	Mobilize or generate resources from the private sector as it may deem necessary and appropriate;
2.9.	Ensure the integration of the sustainability of the response programs through their integration in the national and local government plans;
2.10.	Ensure proper and appropriate dissemination of information regarding the conditions of effected families;
2.11.	Submit regular accomplishment reports to the President; and,
2.12.	Perform such other functions as may be assigned from time to time by the President.

SEC. 3. Institutional Relationships. Functioning as a special staff to the President, the President Executive Task Force for Relief and Rehabilitation in Central Mindanao reports directly to the President. It coordinates with related bodies of government concerning relief and rehabilitation of Central Mindanao.

SEC. 4. Secretariat and Administrative Support. Sub-Task Force Chairpersons are hereby authorized to detail the necessary staff from their respective Departments to provide secretariat and administrative support for their respective Sub-Task Forces.

The National Secretariat will be constituted to serve the secretarial and administrative needs to the Task Force as a whole.

The member-agencies shall ensure the provision of secretariat complement at their respective offices whose funds shall be drawn from the budget of the respective agencies.

SEC. 5. Funding. To augment the operational requirements of the Task Force as whole, funds will be provided through the Office of the President.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon approval.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 17th day of July in the year of our Lord, two thousand.


By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary