medium term philippine development plan

MEDIUM TERM MEDIUM TERM PHILIPPINE PHILIPPINE

DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2004-20102004-2010

National Economic and Development AuthorityJanuary 24, 2005

THE BASIC TASKSTHE BASIC TASKS

“The basic task of our Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan for 2004-2010 is to fight poverty and build prosperity for the greatest number of Filipino people. We must open up economic opportunities, maintain socio-political stability, and promote good stewardship --- all to ensure a better quality of life for all our citizens. We will focus on strategic measures and activities that will spur economic growth and create jobs. This can only be done with a common purpose to put our economic house back in working order.”

-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Economic Growth & Job Creation

EnergySocial Justice &

Basic NeedsEducation & Youth

OpportunityAnti-Corruption &Good Governance

Fight poverty and build prosperityfor the greatest number

Trade & Investment

Agribusiness

Environment & Natural Resources

Housing Construction

TourismInfrastructure

Fiscal Strength

The Financial Sector

Labor

Energy Independence

Power Sector Reforms

Responding to BasicNeeds of the Poor

National Harmony:Automated Elections

National Harmony:The Peace Process

National Harmony:Healing the Wounds of EDSA

Basic Needs:Peace and Order

Rule of Law

Education

Science &Technology

Anti-Corruption

Bureaucratic Reforms

Culture

Responsive Foreign Policy

Constitutional Reforms

Defense AgainstThreats to National Security

THE BASIC TASKSTHE BASIC TASKS

(10-Point Agenda)(10-Point Agenda)

1. Creation of ten million jobs (including support for 3 million entrepreneurs and development of 2 million new agribusiness land)

2. Education for all of school age (including putting a computer in every high school)

3. Budget Balance4. Decentralization of development through

network of transport and digital infrastructure5. Power and water supply throughout the country6. Decongestion of Metro Manila7. Development of Clark and Subic as the most

competitive service and logistics center in Southeast Asian region

8. Automated elections9. Peace to Mindanao and all insurgency areas 10. Just closure of divisive issues from EDSA 1,2 and

3

1/ Emerging forecast is 6.2 % for 2004. The inflation target for 2 005 has also been revised upwards to 5-6 percent.2/ Preliminary

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

GDP Growth (%) 4.9-5.8 1/ 5.3-6.3 6.3-7.3 6.5-7.5 6.8-7.8 7.0-8.0 7.0-8.0

Investment-to-GDP/ 20.1 20.3 21.4 22.5 24.1 25.8 27.7

Exports of goods and services ($Bn)

43.1 47.4 52.3 58.2 65.4 74.3 84.3

NG Deficit/GDP (4.2) (3.6) (2.9) (2.0) (1.1) (0.2) 0.0

CPSD/GDP 2/ 6.7 6.0 5.3 4.6 3.9 3.0 1.0

Inflation (%) 1/ 4.0-5.0 4.0-5.0 4.0-5.0 3.0-4.0 3.0-4.0 3.0-4.0 3.0-4.0

THE MACROECONOMYTHE MACROECONOMYMACROECONOMIC TARGETSMACROECONOMIC TARGETS

1/ Average of January, April, July 2004 surveys2/ Fighting target is to reduce poverty incidence by half from 28.41% in 2000 (34% based

on population). Poverty incidence targets are based on population growth forecast of 1.93% in 2005-2010and 2.11 in 2000-2005 from 2.34 % in 2000-2005

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Net Job Creation

(in thousand) 1/1240 1029-1256 1263-1527 1380-1669 1502-1821 1594-1945 1695-2081

Agriculture203 290-331 298-340 297-342 309-355 321-370 320-371

Industry 234 174-212 249- 291 265-312 299-351 333-391 366-431

Services803 565-713 717- 896 818-1016 894-1114 941-1184 1009-1279

Unemployment Rate (%) 1/

12.1 11.9 11.6 11.1 10.4 9.7 8.9

Poverty Incidence

(% of Families) 2/25.69 24.35 22.93 21.61 20.31 19.04 17.88

Subsistence Incidence14.95 14.10 13.42 12.87 12.31 11.76 11.30

THE MACROECONOMYTHE MACROECONOMYMACROECONOMIC TARGETSMACROECONOMIC TARGETS

MDGs are also likely to be achieved with the successful implementation of the Plan.

PART 1:

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION

Chapter 1: Trade and InvestmentChapter 2: AgribusinessChapter 3: Environment and Natural ResourcesChapter 4: Housing ConstructionChapter 5: TourismChapter 6: Infrastructure

I. Transport InfrastructureII. Digital InfrastructureIII. Clark-Subic

Chapter 7: Fiscal StrengthChapter 8: The Financial SectorChapter 9: Labor

High Skill: software, business processing outsourcing or BPO, contact centers, fashion garments, jewelry, medical services, automotive, electronics, health care

Medium Skill: agribusiness, mining, tourism, hotels and restaurants, entertainment

Simple Skill: construction, SMEs, micro-enterprise

TRADE AND INVESTMENTTRADE AND INVESTMENTJOB GENERATION THRUSTSJOB GENERATION THRUSTS

1. Make food plentiful at competitive prices

2. Reduce cost of electricity 3. Modernize infrastructure and logistics 4. Mobilize and disseminate knowledge5. Reduce red tape

TRADE AND INVESTMENTTRADE AND INVESTMENTGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

TRADE AND INVESTMENTTRADE AND INVESTMENT

P43.5 At least 0.9 M

0.80 M

4.3 M

Additional Jobs

Increase from Base of P214 B (O.B. Sept. 2003)

P283.0 B*

P43.5 B

Triple SME

Lending

Micro-finance Initiatives

SULONG GFI Contribution

Private Financial Institutions

Projected Loan

Releases

* Assumes co-opting by GSIS and SSS

Promote trade and investments:Conclude JPEPA, ASEAN PIP, ASEAN ChinaMaximize exports and investment opportunities offered by trade agreementsPursue a market-driven strategy that will link our supply capacity closer to the high-impact markets, e.g. US, Japan, EU, etc.Simplify export procedures and facilitation


Focus Incentives Package on priority areas:

1. IT and IT-enabled Services (Section VII) 2. Automotive 3. Electronics 4. Mining (Chapter IV)5. Healthcare and wellness6. Tourism (Chapter VI)7. Shipbuilding8. Fashion Garments9. Jewelry10. Agribusiness


1. Develop 2 million hectares of new lands for agribusiness; this will generate 2 million jobs

Multicropping; cultivation of idle and marginal lands; expansion of fishery in offshore and inland waters; expansion of product mix2 million lands to be identified by June 2005

AGRIBUSINESSAGRIBUSINESSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

AGRIBUSINESSAGRIBUSINESSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

2. Make food plentiful at competitive prices and fight for self-sufficiency in rice

Productivity gains through production, credit support, and S&T applicationLogistics support to raise distribution efficiency and shorten supply chain to minimize marketing marginsGovernance and institutional reforms with DA, DAT, DENR, and regulatory agencies

1. Pursue sustainable and more productive utilization of natural resources

2. Promote responsible mining

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCESRESOURCES

GOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

3. Protection of vulnerable and ecologically fragile areas

4. Create healthier environment for the population

reforestation of 1 million hectares in 140 priority watersheds

provide drinking water to 200 “waterless” barangays in Metro Manila and 200 “waterless” municipalities outside Metro Manila

5. Mitigate the impact of natural disasters

Expand private sector participation in socialized housing finance and construction

Phase out interest rate subsidiesFast-track disposition of NPAs Develop joint venture schemes with private sector for HDMF, GSIS, SSS members

Address the housing needs of formal and informal sectors

Develop and piot-test public rental, 99-year lease, lease/purchase, and shared ownershuip

Strengthen the institutional capacity of housing agencies

Elevate HUDCC into a DHUDOperationalize the Social Housing Finance Corp to raise funds for housing constuction

HOUSINGHOUSINGMAJOR HOUSING STRATEGIESMAJOR HOUSING STRATEGIES

MAJOR DESTINATIONSCebu/Bohol/CamiguinManila-Tagaytay Palawan: Construct Coron Airport (to International Standards)

MINOR DESTINATIONSVigan/LaoagClark-Subic (Infra Chapter)

SPECIAL INTEREST DESTINATIONSBaguio/Banaue/CordilleraBoracay

POTENTIAL MAJOR DESTINATIONSDavao

DESTINATION FOCUSDESTINATION FOCUS

TOURISMTOURISM

1. Complete Nautical Highway System to reduce transport cost

2. Decongest Metro Manila and create new centers of government in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao

3. Provide access to major tourism destinations 4. Affirmative action for peace and development

in Mindanao and other highly impoverished areas

INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTUREGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

I. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREI. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Eastern Nautical Highway

Central Nautical HighwayWestern Nautical Highway

INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE

I. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREI. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURECompletion of the Nautical Highway System (Roll-on-roll-off (RORO) ports and the highways connecting them) to reduce transport cost

FINANCING INFRASTRUCTUREFINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE

• Review the BOT law to provide a framework for joint ventures

• Implement a users pay policy• Consider property tax/special levy to

capture part of windfall gains accruing to private owners from a public highway development

II. DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTUREII. DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Reducing the Cost of Interconnectivity

• Permit new entrants to promote competition

• Come up with clear policy on internet

telephony

2. Regulatory/Legal Framework

• Ensure independence of NTC

• Work for the passage of Convergence Bill to

spur development of cable technology

3. Human Resource Development• Improve teaching of English, Science, and

Math• Accelerate use of internet and e-learning in

schools

INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE

Fiscal Program, 2004-2010Fiscal Program, 2004-2010with Legislative and Administrative Measureswith Legislative and Administrative Measures

(Ratio to GDP)(Ratio to GDP)

1/ Preliminary targets; Public sector debt figures still include intra-sectoral debt

2003Actual

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Revenues 14.6 14.6 16.2 16.6 16.7 17.5 17.8 18.0Disbursements 19.2 18.8 19.8 19.5 18.7 18.6 18.0 18.0 of which:

Capital Outlay2.6 2.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.2

NG Balance -4.6 -4.2 -3.6 -2.9 -2.0 -1.1 -0.2 0.0CPSD 1/ 5.5 6.7 6.0 5.3 4.6 3.9 3.0 1.0NG Outstanding Debt (Baeline:w/o NPC debt absorption)

78.0 79.4 77.3 73.2 68.0 61.8 56.9 51.2

NG Outstanding Debt (w/ P200 billion NPC debt absorption)

78.0 79.4 81.2 76.7 71.2 64.7 59.5 53.5


78.0 79.4 87.1 82.0 76.0 69.0 63.4 57.0

Public Sector Debt 1/ 137.5 136 123 116 108 101 94 90

FISCAL SECTORFISCAL SECTOR

Fiscal Program, 2004-2010Fiscal Program, 2004-2010with Legislative and Administrative Measureswith Legislative and Administrative Measures

(In billion Pesos)(In billion Pesos)

1/ Preliminary targets; Public sector debt figures still include intra-sectoral debt

2003Actual

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Revenues 626.63 676.41 830.83 941.31 1043.36 1215.15 1373.28 1550.58Disbursements 826.50 874.23 1015.35 1103.08 1170.36 1294.18 1387.64 1550.58 of which:

Capital Outlay111.89 111.02 164.81 177.99 194.22 231.08 271.62 360.31

NG Balance -199.87 -197.82 -184.53 -161.77 -127.00 -79.03 -14.36 0.00CPSD 1/ 234.85 - - - - - - -NG Outstanding Debt (Baseline: w/o NPC debt absorption)

3355.11 3689.93 3960.48 4137.42 4257.25 4298.64 4398.89 4403.57


3355.11 3689.93 4160.48 4337.42 4457.25 4498.64 4598.89 4603.57


3355.11 3689.93 4460.48 4637.42 4757.25 4798.64 4898.89 4903.57

Public Sector Debt 1/ - - - - - - - -

FISCAL SECTORFISCAL SECTOR

- Not available

Generate at least P 80 billion from eight (8) new tax measures

Indexation of excise tax on cigarettes and alcohol productsTwo-step increase in VAT rateExcise tax on petroleumRationalization of Fiscal IncentivesFranchise tax on telecommunicationsGeneral Tax AmnestyLateral Attrition SystemGross Income Taxation

FISCAL STRENGTHFISCAL STRENGTHLEGISLATIVE TAX MEASURESLEGISLATIVE TAX MEASURES

1. Periodic adjustment of fees and charges at an average of 10 percent annually to ensure cost recovery

2. Tariff rate adjustment increasing duty on oil from 3% to 5%

3. Innovative Sources of Wealth Creation4. Mechanisms to encourage voluntary compliance

and strengthen tax enforcement at BIR

5. Reduce smuggling and speed up custom procedure processing at BOC

FISCAL STRENGTHFISCAL STRENGTHADMINISTRATIVE REVENUE MEASURESADMINISTRATIVE REVENUE MEASURES

Fiscal Responsibility BillOmnibus Reengineering BillRationalization of Government Retirement and Pension SchemeRationalization of Government Compensation SchemeRemoval of Automatic Guarantee Provision in certain GOCCs

FISCAL STRENGTHFISCAL STRENGTHLEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURE MEASURESLEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURE MEASURES

1. Austerity Program2. Rationalization of scope and functions of

government agencies3. Operationalization of the Medium Term Public

Investment Program4. Strengthen the ICC process5. Improvement of management of GOCCs6. Full implementation of devolution provision of

LGC7. Allocate and spend on right things, i.e., Plan

priorities8. Transfer to the General Fund all balances of

dormant accounts

FISCAL STRENGTHFISCAL STRENGTHADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE

MEASURESMEASURES

FINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTORGOALS, STRATEGIES, AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES, AND ACTION PLANS

1. Manage inflation through inflation targeting and supply side measures

2. Accelerate reduction of NPLs3. Prevent and minimize systemic risks by strengthening

regulatory framework and creating an environment of transparency and accountability in line with international standards

4. Improve liquidity by 5. Protect investor and creditor rights6. Tap savings through new products (e.g., PERA Bill)7. Remove double taxation of insurance products8. Rationalize government pension and retirement

schemes and designate pension fund regulator9. Increase SME access to financing

TARGET: Increase savings rate to 30 percent by 2010

Employment Generation

Employment PreservationEnhance worker-employer relationship Quick action on labor cases and quick response teams to assist workers.

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENTLABOR AND EMPLOYMENTGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

Employment EnhancementImprove workers’ competency, productivity and work values, work conditions, remuneration, protection and welfare (here or abroad)

Employment FacilitationFacilitate access of Filipino workers to employment opportunities in the local and overseas labor market

Government shall promote full, decent and productive employment for every Filipino worker.

PART TWOPART TWO

ENERGYENERGY

Chapter 10: Energy IndependenceChapter 11: Power Sector Reforms

ENERGY INDEPENDENCEENERGY INDEPENDENCEGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

1. Energy Independence• Increase Oil & Gas Exploration • Strengthen PNOC• Renewable Energy Development

• Expand use of Nat Gas and accelerate development of alternative fuels such as coconut bio-diesel and ethanol

• Forge strong strategic alliances to secure the supply of oil

ENERGY INDEPENDENCEENERGY INDEPENDENCEGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

2. Energy Efficiency and Conservation• Display fuel economy ratings

in car showrooms• 10 percent reduction in

consumption by government offices

• Energy labeling for appliances/equipment

• Set heat rate standards for power plants

POWER SECTOR REFORMSPOWER SECTOR REFORMSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

1. Address NPC Losses Privatization of Transco, NPC Debt absorption by NG of P 200 bn Tariff adjustments to reflect the

true cost of power2. Strive to Reduce Electricity Rates

Establish WESM for bulk electricity and open access for retail pruchase

Strengthen electric cooperatives Negotiate with IPPs to reduce

stranded costs Promote time of use electricity

pricing Remove intragrid, integrid, and

interclass cross subsidy by 2005

POWER SECTOR REFORMSPOWER SECTOR REFORMSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

1. Encourage Private Sector Participation WEM and retail competition with open

access Privatization of NPC-SPUG areas Allow Qualified Third Parties, instead

of distribution utilities to provide missionary electrification

Allow investment management contracts for ECs

2. Ensure Sufficient and Reliable Power and System Efficiency Improvement Prioritize Transco projects which

address transmission line constraints3. Total Barangay Electrification by 2008

PART THREEPART THREE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND BASIC NEEDSBASIC NEEDS

Chapter 12: Basic Needs: Anti-Poverty ProgramChapter 13: National Harmony: Automated ElectionsChapter 14: National Harmony: The Peace ProcessChapter 15: National Harmony: Healing The Wounds

of EDSAChapter 16: Basic Need: Peace and OrderChapter 17: Basic Need: Rule of Law

RESPONSDING TO BASIC NEEDSRESPONSDING TO BASIC NEEDSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

1. Livelihood Support 3 million entrepreneurs and triple loans

for self-employed and microenterprises and hard to reach areas

2. Asset reform: agrarian, urban land, ancestral areas Complete land reform by 2008

3. Essential services: clean water, power, education, health care/insurance, and protection of the vulnerable Potable water for the entire country,

electrification of all barangays, and closure of classroom gap by 2010

Reduction of price of medicine by half from 2004 levels

87 percent health insurance coverage by 2007 Responsible parenthood counseling

4. Empowerment of the poor BY 2008, KALAHI CIDSS to have assisted 10

million poor Filipinos

NATIONAL HARMONY: AUTOMATED NATIONAL HARMONY: AUTOMATED ELECTIONSELECTIONS

GOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSAutomate electionsStrengthen the party system and consider state financing of political parties Intensify voter education in coordination with civil society groups

1. Peacemaking and Peacekeeping• Continuation of peace talks and conclusion of

peace agreements (MILF,CPP-NPA-NDF, RPA, RPMM)

• Complementary measures to minimize violence arising from armed conflicts

• Full implementation of existing final peace agreements

• Implementation of enhanced reintegration, rehabilitation and amnesty program

NATIONAL HARMONY: THE PEACE NATIONAL HARMONY: THE PEACE PROCESSPROCESS

GOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

2. Peacebuiding and Conflict Prevention • Rehabilitation and development of conflict areas• Catch-up development program for ARMM• Conduct of healing and reconciliation programs

in conflict-affected areas

NATIONAL HARMONY: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF NATIONAL HARMONY: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF EDSAEDSA

GOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSAccelerate compensation to victims of human rights violationsConsult people nationwide regarding their views on how to pursue national reconciliation and national unity Provide safe venues for victims and perpetrators of oppression for sharing of experiences and addressing needs

Pursue reforms in military as provided in the Davide and Feliciano CommissionsDesign and implement creative approaches for handling conflicts involving leading figures deposed on Feb 1986 and Jan 2001 Formulate legislation on national security

Strategy 1: Effective credible law enforcement jointly executed by a trilateral partnership between the local executive, the police and the community

BASIC NEEDS: PEACE AND ORDERBASIC NEEDS: PEACE AND ORDER

Strategy 2: Pursue professionalization of the PNP

Strategy 3: Continuous and intensified operations to neutralize terrorism and other organized crime groups

1. COURTS AND ADJUDICATION PILLAR

2. LAW ENFORCEMENT (See Chapter: Peace and Order)

3. PROSECUTION PILLAR

4. CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION PILLAR

5. COMMUNITY PILLAR

BASIC NEEDS: RULE OF LAWBASIC NEEDS: RULE OF LAWGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

PART FOURPART FOUR

EDUCATION AND YOUTH EDUCATION AND YOUTH OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY

Chapter 18: EducationChapter 19: Science and

TechnologyChapter 20: Culture

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

A. EARLY CHILDHOOD and BASIC EDUCATION

• Pre-school as a prerequisite to Grade 1• Close the classroom gap• Install distance learning in conflict

areas• Upgrade Math, Science, English

learning and teaching• Institutionalize values formation• Optional high school bridge program• Strengthen Madrasah education


B. TECHINICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET)• Ladderized interface between TVI

and higher education• Scholarship and assistance

programs• Improving TVET curricula and skill

matching• Tapping private sector, LGUs. NGOs

in TVET education


C. HIGHER EDUCATION• Provide scholarships/financial

assistance to disadvantaged sectors• Distance learning• Introduce the pre-baccalaureate

program as a remedial scheme• Develop centers of excellence which

will have links with industry• Curriculum upgrading/faculty

development• Rationalize creation and funding of

SUCs

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Promote innovation through lower processing fees for inventions, patent protection, and more attractive royalty sharing

2. Improve competitiveness of S&T workers by setting and implementing accreditation and certification system and the Balik Scientist Program

3. Accelerate knowledge creation and transfer though community e-centers and extension/training

4. Promote technology-based entrepreneurship

1. Mainstreaming Culture and Development in plans, policies, programs and projects

2. Institutionalize culture in education and in good governance

3. Continue implementation of programs for the promotion of culture and artistic development

4. Promote sustainable heritage conservation approach e

5. Create special cultural programs in line with national peace and unification initiatives

6. Encourage the generation of jobs or livelihood from cultural industries

7. Expand cultural exchanges and agreements with other countries

CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENTCULTURE AND DEVELOPMENTGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

PART FIVEPART FIVE

ANTI-CORRUPTION ANDANTI-CORRUPTION ANDGOOD GOVERNANCEGOOD GOVERNANCE

Chapter 21: Anti-CorruptionChapter 22: Bureaucratic ReformsChapter 23: Defense ReformsChapter 24: Responsive Foreign PolicyChapter 25: Constitutional Reform

ANTI-CORRUPTIONANTI-CORRUPTIONGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

PUNITIVE ANTI-CORRUPTIONPUNITIVE ANTI-CORRUPTIONTargeted Lifestyle checks Make BIR and BOC as showcasesStrengthen investigative capacity of OmbudsmanPass law to make Ombudsman like HK-ICAC

PREVENTIVE ANTI-CORRUPTIONPREVENTIVE ANTI-CORRUPTIONStrengthen procurement reformsStrengthen National Government Accounting System (NGAS)Simplify and speed up frontline services Identify and Address Corruption Vulnerabilities Open up government projects to scrutiny by all sectorsEnact Whistle-blower Law


PROMOTE ZERO TOLERNACE FOR PROMOTE ZERO TOLERNACE FOR CORRUPTIONCORRUPTIONConduct Values Seminars in government and school (Council on Values Formation)Mobilization of the formal and non-formal educational system, the media and civic organization to deliver the message of societal reformsRevise the basic education curriculum to accommodate values formation


Government reengineering and salary upgrading for those who will remainPromote professionalism, meritocracy, and integrity Use ICT as a toll to improve access to and delivery of government service Rationalization of government agencies (e.g, ATO, PPA, MMDA, DOTC, NTC, NIA, NWRB, LLDA, ERC, TEZA, CDA, HUDCC, SHFC, LWUA)

BUREAUCRATIC REFORMBUREAUCRATIC REFORMGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

Strategy 1: Implement the Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) program through:

Strategy 2: Upgrade the capability of the AFP over a 6-year period

Strategy 3: Ensure observance of the ceasefireStrategy 4: Enhancing the ability to fight

terrorism

DEFENSE AGAINST THREATS TO DEFENSE AGAINST THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY REFORMSNATIONAL SECURITY REFORMS

RESPONSIVE FOREIGN POLICYRESPONSIVE FOREIGN POLICY

• The United States, China and Japan are the determining influence of East Asia.

• Philippine foreign policy decisions have to be made in the context of ASEAN.

• The international Islamic community will become more important to the Philippines

• The role of multilateral and inter-regional organizations in promoting common interests.

• The defense of the nation’s sovereignty and the protection of its rights over maritime territory.

• The country’s economic growth will continue to require direct foreign investment and trade promotion.

• The Philippines can benefit most quickly from international tourism.

• Overseas Filipinos will continue to play a critical role in the country’s economic and social stability

STRATEGY: Protecting the interest of the Philippines by responding to the eight realities in the global and regional environment

Shift to unicameral parliamentary form of governmentChange from centralized unitary system to decentralized federal systemStructural and functional reforms affecting the electoral and political party systems Defining political dynasty and make prohibition self-executoryReforms on national economy and patrimony to bring in investments

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMCONSTITUTIONAL REFORMGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANSGOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

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