DAVAO
CITY, Sept. 18 – Regional Development Council (RDC-XI) Chair and
Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario has been
elected as chairperson of the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) Board-Regional Development Committee
(RDCom) – Mindanao Area.
Del
Rosario was voted unanimously by his counterparts
from the Regional Development Councils of Mindanao
and the Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao - Regional Economic and Development
Planning Board.
The
newly elected chair will serve RDCom Mindanao Area until June
2016.
The
RDCom Mindanao formulates and monitors policy implementation, promotes
equitable resource allocation; and serves as clearinghouse for Mindanao
development concerns to be elevated to the NEDA Board-RDCom.
Among
the Committee’s agenda for 2015-2016 are: improvement of health facilities
and services, Mindanao’s role in the ASEAN Economic Community; water
quality monitoring in Agusan River and Butuan Bay tributaries.
The other agenda include harmonizing local and
national mining policies; land conversion and power
issues; national physical framework plan/area spatial development frameworks; comprehensive
and integrated infrastructure program; scaling-up
of conflict sensitive resource
and asset management program; and challenges under the
Bangsamoro Basic Law. (NEDA-XI/PIA-XI, CLC)
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