LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 99, July 10, 1973

[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 99, July 10, 1973 ]

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.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines