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.
Metro Manila is recognized by law as a "special development and administrative region" and was therefore assigned a metropolitan authority. The Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the National Capital Region's RDC. The defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) had the Regional Economic and Development Planning Board as its counterpart to an RDC.
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.
List Regional development councils Location Region Regional development council Official site Cordillera Administrative Region Regional Development Council – Cordillera Administrative Region Ilocos Region Regional Development Council – Region 1 Cagayan Valley Regional Development Council – Region 2 Central Luzon Regional Development Council – Region 3 Calabarzon Regional Development Council – Calabarzon Mimaropa Regional Development Council – Mimaropa Bicol Region Regional Development Council – Region 5 Western Visayas Regional Development Council – Region 6 Negros Island Region Regional Development Council – NIR Central Visayas Regional Development Council – Region 7 Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council – Region 8 Zamboanga Peninsula Regional Development Council – Region 9 Northern Mindanao Regional Development Council – Region 10 Davao Region Regional Development Council – Region 11 Soccsksargen Regional Development Council – Region 12 Caraga Regional Development Council – Region 13
RDC-equivalent body in other regions Location Region RDC-equivalent body Official site National Capital Region Metro Manila Council (MMC) Bangsamoro Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC)
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