Rationale
Executive Order No. 257 issued on 15 December 2003, created the
Regional Development Committee (RDCom) under the NEDA Board.
Its basic function is to formulate and monitor the
implementation of policies that reduce regional growth
disparities and promote equitable allocation of resources among
regions.
The NEDA Board-RDCom is chaired by the NEDA Director General and
has the following as members: Secretaries of DBM and DILG,
three (3) RDC Chairs representing Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
and four (4) Regional Development Experts from the private
sector and academe.
For a meaningful participation of the RDCom representative to
Luzon, there has to be a solid groundwork at the island level.
The present set-up consists of individual Regional Development
Councils (RDCs) in the Luzon Regions discussing and acting upon
their respective concerns. Concerns, which are interregional in
nature or are faced by more than one region, do not have a venue
for discussion and resolution.
Objectives
The proposed Luzon Area Development Coordination Committee (LADCC)
shall serve as the clearinghouse for items to be discussed in
the RDCom by the representative from the Luzon Group. These
items should have been studied, discussed and organized at the
island level to ensure that diversities in the regional thrusts
and strategies as well as commonality in inter-regional concerns
are well considered.
Organizational Structure
A. The LADCC shall be composed of the following:
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RDC
Chairs and Co-chairs for Regions CAR, 1, 2, 3, 4-A, 4-B,
5: This ensures the participation of the government and
private sectors
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MMDA
Chairman
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Ex-officio members: NRO Directors and MMDA Executive
Director
The Chair of the LADCC shall be the Luzon representative to the
NEDA Board-RDCom.
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Vice
Chair shall be designated to assume the responsibilities
(i.e. preside over meetings) of the Chair and Co-Chair in
their absence or in the case of their temporary incapacity
to perform their duties.
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A LADCC
Technical Working Group shall provide technical support to
the Committee and will be composed of a core group composed
of the NRO Assistant Regional Directors. Involvement of the
technical division chiefs will be enjoined depending on the
nature of the concerns/issues to be tackled during TWG
meetings/activities.
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The
Secretariat of the LADCC would be the NRO from whom the
RDCom representative for Luzon comes from. The LADCC
Secretariat Head, the Regional Director of the concerned NRO,
shall lead the technical and manage the administrative and
financial operations of the LADCC and shall be accountable
for the funds and properties of the LADCC.
Functions of the LADCC
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Devise a
system of prioritizing Luzon concerns, programs/ projects in
the context of the NFPP, MTPDP and the MTRDPs, which will be
embodied in the Luzon Area Investment Program (LuzonAIP)
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Based on
the LuzonAIP, identify critical and priority
programs/projects to be lobbied at the NB-RDCom.
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Submit
to the RDCom Luzon representative periodic progress reports
and other reports as may be required on the implementation
of the LuzonAIP.
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Act on
concerns brought by the individual RDCs for LADCC action.
Actions may either be:
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Resolved
at the LADCC; or
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Brought
to the RDCom for further discussion and action.
Mechanics
Every RDC shall include in the agenda items in their regular
meetings Concerns for Luzon RDCom discussion. These concerns
should be interregional in nature, i.e. interregional transport
system, child trafficking, etc. The issue may categorically
occur in one region only but may have adverse implications on
other regions, i.e. heavy rains in one region may bring flood
and landslides in the adjacent region.
The
concerned RDC Secretariat prepares the necessary documents and
conducts complete staff work relative to the issue/concern and
submits it to the Luzon Area Development Coordinating Committee
(LADCC) Secretariat for integration with other RDCs’ inputs to
be calendared in the next LADCC meeting for further discussion.
Issues and
concerns for LADCC’s action should emanate from a complete staff
work of the NRO (the secretariat) of the proponent RDC.
The LADCC
takes action on the concern, i.e. resolution at the island level
or elevation to the NB-RDCom.
The
concerned agencies shall be invited to discuss and act as
resource persons on special concerns that will be discussed in
the LADCC.
Meetings
LADCC regular meetings shall be done on a quarterly basis,
preferably on the last month of each quarter in a venue that has
to be agreed by the members.
Proposed Schemes for Fund Support
Funding of activities of the LADCC could be of three (3)
schemes, namely:
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Hosting
of LADCC meetings shall be by rotation by member RDCs. For
supplies, materials and communication etc., each RDC will
contribute Php20,000 to Php30,000 per year;
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Each
member RDC shall give a yearly contribution of Php100,000
each for all the funding requirements of the LADCC;
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Request
from the Office of the President, through then LADCC, to
earmark at least one million pesos (PhP 1M) for its
operational fund.
The contributions shall be paid to and managed by the
Secretariat of the LADCC. A LADCC Trust Fund shall be
separately maintained.
Disbursements and expenditures of the pooled fund shall
be in accordance with an approved work and financial
plan.
A financial report shall be prepared and presented by the
Secretariat at the end of the year, for information of the LADCC
members. In the event that the LADCC Trust Fund becomes
depleted during the year it was collected, additional
contributions from the member-RDCs shall be sought to augment
LADCC’s operations.
In all
schemes, transportation and travel expenses of members in
attending LADCC meetings shall be borne by the respective RDCs.
Note: With inputs from NROs 1, 2,
4-A and 4-B
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