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

1. 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

1. "FAQs – The Regional Development Council" (PDF). National Economic and Development Authority . November 2018. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2019.
4. "BARMM to consult LGUs on regional development plan formulation". Philippine Informationa 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.