APPROPRIATING COUNTERPART FUNDS FOR THE PHILIPPINE POPULATION PROJECT AND CREATING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT STAFF THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 568
• Sections: 8

Preamble

WHEREAS, in order to make more effective the population

program of the country, there is a need to augment the resources

available to agencies involved in the said program:

WHEREAS, the International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (IBRD) has granted the Philippine Government a loan for the

Philippine Population Project, hereinafter referred to as the Project;

WHEREAS, funds must be appropriated to finance the

counterpart peso funding of the aforesaid loan agreement;

WHEREAS, there is a need to create a Project Management

Staff for effective implementation and execution of the said Project;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the

Constitution, do hereby decree the following measures as part

of the law of the land.

Section 1 Appropriations.

SECTION 1. Appropriations. — There is hereby

appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise

appropriated the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Million (P166 million) to

finance the local currency costs of the Project which shall be

programmed and released to the Project Management Staff hereinafter

created, in the following manner: Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand

Pesos (P7.5 million) for the Fiscal Year 1974-75; Twenty Four Million

Pesos (P24 million) for Fiscal Year 1975-76; Eighty-Five Million Pesos

(P85 million) for Fiscal Year 1976-77; Forty-Three Million Pesos (P43

million) for Fiscal Year 1977-78; and Six Million Five Hundred Thousand

Pesos (P6.5 million) for Fiscal Year 1978-79; Provided, That,

notwithstanding the said schedule, releases in a given year shall be

adjusted in accordance with the actual requirements of the project being

implemented during said Fiscal Year.

Section 2 Project Management Staff.

SEC. 2. Project Management Staff. — For the effective

implementation of the Project, a Project Management Staff is hereby

established as a special unit under the Office of the Secretary of

Health, which shall perform the following functions:

Undertake and supervise the implementation of

Projects under the IBRD Loan;

Prepare and implement such other development projects in

connection with the loan that may be assigned by the Secretary of

Health; and

Perform such other functions and duties related to the

execution of the Project that may be assigned to it by the

Secretary of Health.

The existence of the Project Management Staff shall be co-terminus

with that of the Project; Provided, however, That upon

completion of the Project, such personnel as may be necessary who meet

the qualification standards set by the Department of Health may be

absorbed by the Department.

Section 3 Organizational Structure of the Project Management Staff.

SEC. 3. Organizational Structure of the Project

Management Staff. — The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to

determine the organizational structure of the Project pursuant to the

IBRD Loan Agreement. It shall be headed by an Executive Director and

such assistance as may be required by the Project, to be appointed by

the Secretary of Health. It shall likewise have its technical,

administrative and support staff as well as consultants as may be

necessary. Such consultants may be drawn from the private sector on

consultancy or contractual basis or as regular employees, or from

government offices agencies and instrumentalities on consultancy,

part-time or detail basis who shall be granted additional salary,

overtime pay, honoraria or allowances at such amounts as may be fixed by

the Secretary of Health, any provisions of law, rule or regulation to

the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 4 Work Coordination.

SEC. 4. Work Coordination. — The Department of

Health and the Population Commission shall coordinate together in the

implementation and execution of the Project.

Section 5 Nature of Positions of the Project Management Staff.

SEC. 5. Nature of Positions of the Project Management

Staff. — In view of the urgent nature of the Project, all positions

in the Project Management Staff, are hereby declared exempt from the

examination requirements of R.A. No. 2260, as amended, and pending the

new general standardization of the salaries of personnel in the national

government shall be exempt from the rules and regulations of the WAPCO.

The Secretary of Health may delegate to the Executive Director the

authority to appoint or contract the personnel of the Project Management

Staff.

Section 6 Contracts and Expenditures.

SEC. 6. Contracts and Expenditures. — Any

provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of

Health may contract the implementation of the Project herein authorized

or negotiated on administration basis whenever deemed necessary: Provided,

however, That the amount involved does not exceed Four Hundred

Thousand Pesos (P400,000) per contract: Provided, further, That

this procedure shall be limited to projects which are fully or partly

supported by foreign loans or those which are tied-up or connected with

the foreign assisted projects: Provided, finally, That advances,

expenditures and disbursements made by the Project Management Staff in

the conduct of its affair shall not be subject to the procurement

requirements and/or restrictions imposed by law, rules and regulations

upon government agencies, instrumentalities and government-owned or

controlled corporations.

Section 7 Effectivity.

SEC. 7. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take

effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of October, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary