NEDA Board
The powers and functions of the NEDA reside in the NEDA Board. It is the Philippines' premier social and economic development planning and policy coordinating body. The Board is composed of the President as chairman, the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and NEDA Director-General as vice-chairman, and the following as members: the Executive Secretary and the Secretaries of Finance, Trade and Industry, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources, Public Works and Highways, Budget and Management, Labor and Employment, and Interior and Local Government.
The following have since been added as members to the Board: the Secretaries of Health, Foreign Affairs, and Agrarian Reform (per Memorandum Order No. 164, dated 21 March 1988); the Secretary of Science and Technology (per Memorandum Order No. 235, dated 19 May 1989); and the Secretary of Transportation and Communications (per Memorandum Order No. 321, dated 26 September 1990). In addition, the Secretary of Energy (per Republic Act No. 7638, approved December 9, 1992) and the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (per Section 124 of Republic Act No. 7653, approved June 14, 1993).
On April 22, 2006, the NEDA Board was reconstituted through Administrative Order No. 148, adding eight new members and replacing five original members.
The currently NEDA Board Members are (as of December 20, 2012):
- Benigno Aquino III, Chair, President of the Philippines
- Arsenio Balisacan, Vice-Chair, Director-General of National Economic and Development Authority
- Florencio Abad, Secretary of Department of Budget and Management
- Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Department of Finance
- Proceso Alcala, Secretary of Department of Agriculture
- Rogelio Singson, Secretary of Department of Public Works and Highways
- Ramon Paje, Secretary of Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Joseph Emilio Abaya, Secretary of Department of Transportation and Communications
- Carlos Jericho Petilla, Secretary of Department of Energy
- Jose Rene Almendras, Secretary of the Cabinet
- Mario Montejo, Secretary of Department of Science and Technology
- Amando Tetangco Jr., Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- Francis Tolentino, Chairman of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
- Ramon Jimenez, Secretary of Department of Tourism
- Gregory Domingo, Secretary of Department of Trade and Industry
- Jejomar Binay, Chairman of Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
- Mujiv Hataman (OIC), Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
- Julia Abad, Secretary of Presidential Management Staff
- Diwa Guinigundo, Deputy Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- Luwalhati Antonino, Chairwoman of Mindanao Development Authority
- Alfonso Umali Jr., President of Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
The Board is assisted by six Cabinet-level inter-agency committees:
- Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC)
- Infrastructure Committee (InfraCom)
- Investment Coordination Committee (ICC)
- Social Development Committee (SDC)
- Committee on Tariff and Related Matters (CTRM)
- Regional Development Committee (RDCom)
- National Land Use Committee (NLUC).
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