July 10, 1973
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 99
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
Governments Member
Secretary, Department of Agrarian
Reform Member
The Committee shall be composed of the following cabinet members or their authorized representatives: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.
Approved: July 10, 1973