With a budget of around Php 5.7 Million, the Work and Financial Plan (WFP) of the Regional Development Council (RDC) 2 for 2016 was recently approved and endorsed by the members of the Council themselves during the RDC’s joint meeting with the Regional Peace and Order Council (RDC) 2 on March 16, 2016.

The work program contains all the planned activities of the Council for this year, which includes the formulation of the draft successor Regional Development Plan (RDP) for 2016-2022, the revisioning exercise for the members of the RDC2, and the conduct of impact evaluation and project monitoring.

“Aside from these major activities, the fund will also cover expenses for the internal operations of the RDC2 which includes the conduct of quarterly meetings for both the full Council and its sectoral committees,” said RDC2 Interim Secretary and NEDA OIC-Assistant Regional Director Engr. Ferdinand P. Tumaliuan in his presentation during the meeting.

The 2016 work program also contains the RDC’s usual activities such as the preparation of various economic reports, advocacy and development studies, and research activities.

“This year, the term of our 12 Private Sector Representatives (PSRs) shall be ending and we will be selecting a new set of PSRs towards the end of the year,” added Engr. Tumaliuan.

During the meeting, the RDC2 and the RPOC2 also jointly approved the fixed annual contribution amounting to Php 7,500 to be collected from each RDC2 member-agency to support the activities of the Council. #