To reiterate and ensure implementation of the government’s development goals, members of the NEDA Board Regional Development Committee (RDCom) met recently for its first-ever organizational meeting to discuss policy reforms and issues to address disparities in regional development and promote equitable allocation of resources among regions. Held at the NEDA Board Room in Pasig City, the meeting was attended by RDCom members, such as the RDC Chairs for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and regional development experts from the private sector and academe. As NEDA Director General, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary ROMULO L. NERI chairs the RDCom. (inset, center). Sec. Neri is flanked by Secretary EMILIA BONCODIN of the Department of Budget and Management (inset, right), who is also a member of the committee, and NEDA Deputy Director General AUGUSTO B. SANTOS, who heads NEDA’s Regional Development Office (inset, left).