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Regional development council

Regional development councils (RDCs) are the highest policy-making bodies in the administrative regions of the Philippines. They serve as the subnational counterparts of the Economy and Development Council. Regional development councils exist in all but two of the Philippines' 18 regions: Metro Manila and Bangsamoro. Metro Manila has a metropolitan body that performs the same functions as an RDC, while Bangsamoro, an autonomous region, has its own equivalent institution.

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Regional development councils (RDCs) are the highest policy-making bodies in the administrative regions of the Philippines. They serve as the subnational counterparts of the Economy and Development Council.1 Regional development councils exist in all but two of the Philippines' 18 regions: Metro Manila and Bangsamoro.2 Metro Manila has a metropolitan body that performs the same functions as an RDC, while Bangsamoro, an autonomous region, has its own equivalent institution.

Metro Manila is recognized by law as a "special development and administrative region" and was therefore assigned 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 (ARMM) had the Regional Economic and Development Planning Board as its counterpart to an RDC.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 counterpart to an RDC.5

List

Regional development councils

Location Region
(regional designation) 		Regional development council Official site
Map of the Philippines highlighting Cordillera Region Cordillera Administrative Region
(CAR) 		Regional Development Council – Cordillera Administrative Region Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Ilocos Region Ilocos Region
(Region I) 		Regional Development Council – Region 1 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley
(Region II) 		Regional Development Council – Region 2 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Central Luzon Central Luzon
(Region III) 		Regional Development Council – Region 3 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Calabarzon Calabarzon
(Region IV-A) 		Regional Development Council – Calabarzon Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Mimaropa Mimaropa
(Southwestern Tagalog Region)a 		Regional Development Council – Mimaropa Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Bicol Region Bicol Region
(Region V) 		Regional Development Council – Region 5 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Western Visayas Western Visayas
(Region VI) 		Regional Development Council – Region 6 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Negros Island Region Negros Island Region
(NIR) 		Regional Development Council – NIR Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Central Visayas Central Visayas
(Region VII) 		Regional Development Council – Region 7 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas
(Region VIII) 		Regional Development Council – Region 8 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Zamboanga Peninsula Zamboanga Peninsula
(Region IX) 		Regional Development Council – Region 9 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Northern Mindanao Northern Mindanao
(Region X) 		Regional Development Council – Region 10 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Davao Region Davao Region
(Region XI) 		Regional Development Council – Region 11 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Soccsksargen Soccsksargen
(Region XII) 		Regional Development Council – Region 12 Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting Caraga Caraga
(Region XIII) 		Regional Development Council – Region 13 Official website
  1. Formerly designated as Region IV-B until 2016.

RDC-equivalent body in other regions

Location Region
(regional designation) 		RDC-equivalent body Official site
Map of the Philippines highlighting the National Capital Region National Capital Region
(NCR) 		Metro Manila Council (MMC) Official website
Map of the Philippines highlighting the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bangsamoro
(BARMM) 		Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC) Official website
References

References

  1. "FAQs – The Regional Development Council" (PDF). National Economic and Development Authority. November 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  2. "RDC Officials/Directory". National Economic and Development Authority. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  4. "BARMM to consult LGUs on regional development plan formulation". Philippine Information Agency. October 3, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. "BARMM pushes creation of economic council". Sun Star Zamboanga. October 18, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.