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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 257 - CREATING
A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (RDC) UNDER NEDA BOARD
WHEREAS,
regional development is a means to promote national growth and
countryside development;
WHEREAS, it is a priority of the government to continue addressing
disparities in regional development and promote equitable allocation of
resources among regions;
WHEREAS, to effectively address the critical regional and local
development needs, there is a need for a coordinated effort at the
national level that shall strengthen the linkages between national and
regional/local planning, programming, budgeting and implementation;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that spatial implications of policies are
adequately considered in national development policy formulation;
WHEREAS, there is a need for an inter-agency body at the national level
shall coordinate and integrate regional developments efforts of the
government to ensure harmony and effective implementation at the
regional and local levels;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 230, the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) is primarily responsible for the
formulation of continuing, coordinated and fully integrated social and
economic policies, plans and programs both at the national and regional
levels.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Chairman:
NEDA Director-General
Members: Secretary of Budget and Management
Secretary of Interior and Local Government
Three (3) RDC Chairs one each representing Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
Four (4) regional development experts from the private sector and
academe
Sec. 3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Chairman:
NEDA Deputy Director-General for Regional Development
Members: Three (3) NEDA Regional Directors one each from Luzon, Visayas
and Mindanao
Representatives
of the member agencies of the NB-RDC
Four (4) regional development experts from the private sector and
academe
Sec. 6.
Fund requirements for the succeeding years shall be provided in the
General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 7.
Sec. 8.
Sec. 9.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and
Three.
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