{{Short description|Philippine regional government agency}} '''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 Economy and Development Council.<ref name="neda">{{cite web|url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FAQs_Regional-Development-Council.pdf|title=FAQs – The Regional Development Council|date=November 2018|access-date=August 11, 2019|website=National Economic and Development Authority|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811133532/http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FAQs_Regional-Development-Council.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> All but two (Metro Manila and Bangsamoro) of the Philippines' 18 regions has a Regional Development Council<ref>{{cite web |title=RDC Officials/Directory |url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/rdc-officialsdirectory/ |publisher=National Economic and Development Authority |accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> 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;<ref name="ra7924">{{cite web|url=https://marina.gov.ph:1443/policies/RA/ra7924.pdf|title=Republic Act No. 7924 – An Act Creating Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Defining Its Powers And Function, Providing Funds Therefor And Other Purposes|date=March 1, 1995|access-date=August 9, 2019|author=Congress of the Philippines|archive-date=August 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810211616/https://marina.gov.ph:1443/policies/RA/ra7924.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the National Capital Region's RDC.<ref name="neda"/> The defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's (ARMM) equivalent of an RDC was the Regional Economic and Development Planning Board.<ref>{{cite news |title=BARMM to consult LGUs on regional development plan formulation |url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1028101 |agency=Philippine Informationa Agency |date=October 3, 2019|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=BARMM pushes creation of economic council |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1828149/Zamboanga/Local-News/BARMM-pushes-creation-of-economic-council |accessdate=June 12, 2020 |work=Sun Star Zamboanga |date=October 18, 2019}}</ref>
==List== ===Regional Development Councils (RDCs)=== {|class="wikitable sortable toptextcells" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" |- style="vertical-align:middle;" ! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | Location ! scope="col" | Region<br />{{small|(regional designation)}} ! scope="col" | RDC ! Official site |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="11" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Cordillera Region | style="font-weight:bold;" | Cordillera Administrative Region<br />{{small|(CAR)}} | Regional Development Council – CAR | {{Official website|https://car.neda.gov.ph/regional-development-council/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="10" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting the Ilocos Region | style="font-weight:bold;" | Ilocos Region<br />{{small|(Region I)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 1 | {{Official website|https://ilocos.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="13" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Cagayan Valley | style="font-weight:bold;" | Cagayan Valley<br />{{small|(Region II)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 2 | {{Official website|http://rdc.rdc2.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="14" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Central Luzon | style="font-weight:bold;" | Central Luzon<br />{{small|(Region III)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 3 | {{Official website|https://nro3.neda.gov.ph/rdc/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="16" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Calabarzon | style="font-weight:bold;" | Calabarzon<br />{{small|(Region IV-A)}} | Regional Development Council – Calabarzon | {{Official website|https://calabarzon.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="18" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Mimaropa | style="font-weight:bold;" | Mimaropa<br />{{small|(Southwestern Tagalog Region)}}{{efn|group=list|Formerly designated as ''Region IV-B'' until 2016.}} | Regional Development Council – Mimaropa | {{Official website|http://mimaropa.neda.gov.ph/regions-profile/#}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="17" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting the Bicol Region | style="font-weight:bold;" | Bicol Region<br />{{small|(Region V)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 5 | {{Official website|http://nro5.neda.gov.ph/historical-background/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="19" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Western Visayas | style="font-weight:bold;" | Western Visayas<br />{{small|(Region VI)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 6 | {{Official website|https://nro6.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting the Negros Island Region | style="font-weight:bold;" | Negros Island Region<br />{{small|(NIR)}} |Regional Development Council - NIR |N/A |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="21" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Central Visayas | style="font-weight:bold;" | Central Visayas<br />{{small|(Region VII)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 7 | {{Official website|https://nro7.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="22" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Eastern Visayas | style="font-weight:bold;" | Eastern Visayas<br />{{small|(Region VIII)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 8 | {{Official website|https://nro8.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="23" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Zamboanga Peninsula | style="font-weight:bold;" | Zamboanga Peninsula<br />{{small|(Region IX)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 9 | {{Official website|https://nro9.neda.gov.ph/legal-mandate/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="24" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Northern Mindanao | style="font-weight:bold;" | Northern Mindanao<br />{{small|(Region X)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 10 | {{Official website|https://nro10.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="27" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting the Davao Region | style="font-weight:bold;" | Davao Region<br />{{small|(Region XI)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 11 | {{Official website|https://nro11.neda.gov.ph/rdc-xi/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="26" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Soccsksargen | style="font-weight:bold;" | Soccsksargen<br />{{small|(Region XII)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 12 | {{Official website|http://rdc12.neda.gov.ph/}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="24" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting Caraga | style="font-weight:bold;" | Caraga<br />{{small|(Region XIII)}} | Regional Development Council – Region 13 | {{Official website|https://nro13.neda.gov.ph/}} |} {{notelist}}
===RDC-equivalent body in other regions=== {|class="wikitable sortable toptextcells" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" |- style="vertical-align:middle;" ! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | Location ! scope="col" | Region<br />{{small|(regional designation)}} ! scope="col" | RDC-equivalent body ! Official site |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="15" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting the National Capital Region | style="font-weight:bold;" | National Capital Region<br />{{small|(NCR)}} | Metro Manila Council (MMC) | {{Official website|https://mmda.gov.ph/mm-council.html}} |- ! scope="row" data-sort-value="25" | frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Map of the Philippines highlighting the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | style="font-weight:bold;" | Bangsamoro<br />{{small|(BARMM)}} | Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC) | {{Official website|https://bedc.bangsamoro.gov.ph/}} |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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