Regional Development Council
Regional Development Councils (RDCs) are the highest policy-making body governing the administrative regions of the Philippines. They serve as the subnational counterpart of the National Economic and Development Authority.[1] All but two (Metro Manila and Bangsamoro) of the Philippines 17 regions has a Regional Development Council[2] although Metro Manila has a metropolitan body which serves the same function as an RDC. Bangsamoro, an autonomous region, also has its own equivalent to a RDC.
Metro Manila is recognized in law as a "special development and administrative region," and was thus given a metropolitan authority;[3] the Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the National Capital Region's RDC.[1] The defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's (ARMM) equivalent of an RDC was the Regional Economic and Development Planning Board.[4]
Under the Bangsamoro Organic Law, Bangsamoro is mandated to maintain the Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC) which serves as the autonomous region's equivalent of an RDC.[5]
List
Regional Development Councils (RDCs)
| Location | Region (regional designation) |
RDC | Official site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) |
Regional Development Council – CAR | Official website | |
| Ilocos Region (Region I) |
Regional Development Council – Region 1 | Official website | |
| Cagayan Valley (Region II) |
Regional Development Council – Region 2 | Official website | |
| Central Luzon (Region III) |
Regional Development Council – Region 3 | Official website | |
| Calabarzon (Region IV-A) |
Regional Development Council – Calabarzon | Official website | |
| Mimaropa (Southwestern Tagalog Region)[a] |
Regional Development Council – Mimaropa | Official website | |
| Bicol Region (Region V) |
Regional Development Council – Region 5 | Official website | |
| Western Visayas (Region VI) |
Regional Development Council – Region 6 | Official website | |
| Negros Island Region (NIR) |
Regional Development Council - NIR | N/A | |
| Central Visayas (Region VII) |
Regional Development Council – Region 7 | Official website | |
| Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
Regional Development Council – Region 8 | Official website | |
| Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) |
Regional Development Council – Region 9 | Official website | |
| Northern Mindanao (Region X) |
Regional Development Council – Region 10 | Official website | |
| Davao Region (Region XI) |
Regional Development Council – Region 11 | Official website | |
| Soccsksargen (Region XII) |
Regional Development Council – Region 12 | Official website | |
| Caraga (Region XIII) |
Regional Development Council – Region 13 | Official website |
- ^ Formerly designated as Region IV-B until 2016.
RDC-equivalent body in other regions
| Location | Region (regional designation) |
RDC-equivalent body | Official site |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Capital Region (NCR) |
Metro Manila Council (MMC) | Official website | |
| Bangsamoro (BARMM) |
Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC) | Official website |
References
- ^ a b "FAQs – The Regional Development Council" (PDF). National Economic and Development Authority. November 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ "RDC Officials/Directory". National Economic and Development Authority. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Congress of the Philippines (March 1, 1995). "Republic Act No. 7924 – An Act Creating Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Defining Its Powers And Function, Providing Funds Therefor And Other Purposes" (PDF). Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^ "BARMM to consult LGUs on regional development plan formulation". Philippine Informationa Agency. October 3, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- ^ "BARMM pushes creation of economic council". Sun Star Zamboanga. October 18, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.