Photo from: Regional Development Council – National Capital Region

Makati City – The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) represented by Mr. Roderic R. Rañeses – Local Treasury Operations Officer IV of the Local Treasury Operations Division (LTOD) and concurrent Acting City Treasurer of Malabon and Mr. Carlo G. Agovida – Planning Officer III  of the Policy, Planning, Programming, and Standards Division (PPPSD), participated in the Regional Development Council – National Capital Region (RDC – NCR) Consultation and Validation Workshop for the Formulation of the Regional Development Plan (RDP) NCR 2023-2028, on 16 May 2023, at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Building in Makati City.

The RDP is a 6-year plan prepared by the RDC with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) as the planning secretariat which is aligned with the AmBisyon Natin 2040 and the 8-point agenda of the Marcos Administration.

The regional consultation is pursuant to the President’s directive during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) for a whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach in formulating the Philippine Development Plan (PDP), which aims to gather information on the strategies, challenges, and indicators on finance, governance, justice, and peace and security.