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(b) Recommend to the President the proper allocation

of expenditures for each development activity between

current operating expenditures and capital outlay; and

(c) Recommend to the President the amount set to be

allocated for capital outlay under each development

activity for the various capital or infrastructure projects.

(2) Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) — The

ICC to be composed of the Director-General of the

National Economic Development Authority Secretariat,

the

Executive

Secretary,

the

Secretaries

of

Finance,

Agriculture,

Trade

and Industry and of Budget and

Management and the Governor of the Central Bank shall

have the following functions:

(a)

Evaluate

the

fiscal, monetary and balance of

payments implications of major national projects and

recommend

to

the

President the timetable for the

implementation of these projects on a regular basis; and

(b) Recommend to the President a domestic and

foreign

borrowing

program updated each year; and

subsequently submit to the President a status of the

fiscal, monetary and balance of payments implications of

major national projects.

(3) Committee on Social Development (SDC) — The

SDC to be composed of the Director-General of the

National Economic Development Authority Secretariat,

the Executive Secretary, and the Secretaries of Education,

Culture and Sports, Labor and Employment, Health, Local

Government, Agrarian Reform, Agriculture and Social

Welfare

and

Development

shall

have

the

following

functions:

(a) Advise the President and the NEDA Board on

matters

concerning

social

development,

including

education, manpower, health and nutrition, population

and family planning, housing, human settlements and

the delivery of other social services;

(b) Coordinate the activities of government agencies

concerned with social development; and

(c) Recommend to the President government policies,

programs and projects on social development consistent

with national development objectives and priorities.

(4) Committee on Infrastructure (INFRACOM) — the

INFRACOM to be composed of the Director-General of

the

National

Economic

Development

Authority

Secretariat, the Executive Secretary, and the Secretaries

of

Public

Works

and

Highways,

Transportation

and

Communications, Finance, and Budget and Management

shall have the following functions:

(a) Advise the President and the NEDA Board on

matters

concerning

infrastructure

development

including

highways,

airports,

seaports

and

shore

protection; railways; power generation, transmission and

distribution; telecommunications; irrigation, flood control

and

drainage;

water

supply;

national

buildings

for

government

offices;

hospitals,

sanitation and related

buildings; state colleges and universities, elementary and

secondary school buildings; and other public works;

(b) Coordinate the activities of agencies, including

government-owned or controlled corporations concerned

with infrastructure development; and

(c) Recommend to the President government policies,

programs

and

projects

concerning

infrastructure

development

consistent

with

national

development

objectives and priorities.

(5) Committee on Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) —

The TRM to be composed of the Director-General of the

National Economic Development Authority Secretariat,

the Executive Secretary, the Secretaries of Trade and

Industry, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment and

Natural Resources and Budget and Management, the

Governor of the Central Bank and the Chairman of the

Tariff Commission shall have the following functions:

(a) Advise the President and the NEDA Board on Tariff

and related matters, and on the effects on the country of

various international developments;

(b)

Coordinate

agency

positions

and

recommend

national

positions

for

international

economic

negotiations; and

(c)

Recommend

to

the

President

a

continuous

rationalization program for the country's tariff structure.

CHAPTER 3 NEDA Secretariat

SECTION 8. The NEDA Secretariat . — The Secretariat

of NEDA shall have the following functions:

(1) Serve as the research and technical support arm of

the NEDA Board;

(2) Provide through its various organizational units,

technical staff support and assistance, including the

conduct of studies and development of policy measures

and other recommendations, on the various aspects of

the substantive functions of development planning and

policy

formulation,

and

coordination,

evaluation and

monitoring of plan implementation;

(3) Serve as the Secretariat of the NEDA Board; and

(4) Perform such other functions as may be assigned

to

it by the NEDA Board to achieve its goals and

objectives.

SECTION 9. Structural Organization . — The NEDA

Secretariat shall be composed of the Director-General,

three

(3)

Deputy Directors-General, five (5) Assistant

Directors-General, the National Development Office, the

Regional Development Office, the Central Support Office

and the Regional Offices.

SECTION 10. Director-General . — The Director-General

shall head the Secretariat and shall likewise serve as

Vice-Chairman of the NEDA Board. He shall be appointed

by the President and shall carry the rank and title of

Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and shall be a

member of the Cabinet.

As Chief Executive Officer, he shall exercise general

supervision

and

control

over

its

technical

and

administrative personnel.

SECTION

11.

Deputy

Directors-General .

—

The

Director-General shall be assisted by three (3) Deputy

Directors-General to be appointed by the President, one

to be responsible for the National Development Office,

one, for the Regional Development Office and one, for the

Central Support Office.

SECTION

12.

Assistant

Directors-General .

—

The

Director-General shall also be assisted by five (5) Assistant

Directors-General to be appointed by the President, who

shall be assigned to assist the Deputy Directors-General

in

their

tasks

of coordinating and supervising their

respective Offices.

SECTION 13. National Development Office . — The

National Development Office shall provide technical staff

support as may be required by the NEDA Board in

coordinating the formulation of national and sectoral

policies, plans and programs; monitor macro-economic

and

sectoral

performances;

prepare

the

necessary

economic reports; conduct economic and development

studies on macro-level plans and policies; and perform

such

other

appropriate

planning

tasks

as

may

be

assigned by the Director-General.

It shall be composed of the following:

(1) National Planning and Policy Staff;

(2) Agriculture Staff;

(3) Trade, Industry and Utilities Staff;

(4) Infrastructure Staff;

(5) Social Development Staff; and

(6) Public Investment Staff.

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