PMS undersecretary named adviser to RDC Eastern Visayas advisory committee

TACLOBAN CITY, March 27 (PNA) – Presidential Management Staff (PMS) Undersecretary Ferdinand Cui is the new adviser of the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) Advisory Committee (AdCom), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) confirmed on Monday.

NEDA regional director Bonifacio Uy, also RDC vice chairperson, said in a statement that the council unanimously approved Cui, a native of Catbalogan City in Samar, due to his active participation in the region’s highest policy-making body.

The selection was in response to Cui’s discussion on the “President’s Governance Agenda Towards Responsive Results Delivery for Juana and Juan de la Cruz” during the first quarter 2017 RDC full council meeting presided by the new chairperson, Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Gonzalez- Romualdez, last week. 

“Undersecretary Cui strongly advocated among the officers and members of the council to place the people at the center in all its strategies and challenged the council to transform from a coordinative body to a collaborative and integrative mechanism by adopting the "whole-of-government" approach,” Uy said

Cui urged RDC members to push for "integrated governance," which should lead to the delivery of result outcomes such as poverty alleviation and reduced inequality.

Inter-agency convergence and national governance and local governance convergence were identified as key factors in achieving integrated governance and can be achieved through the conduct of results-oriented planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. 

The RDC formed the AdCom to advise, assist and support it in discharging its functions. The composition of the committee includes the members of the executive committee and members of the House of Representatives, who have signified their intention to join the AdCom.

The committee is tasked to advise in the preparation of the Regional Development Plan, the Regional Physical Framework Plan and the Regional Development Investment Programs and support their implementation.

AdCom also guides regional offices of national government agencies, state universities and colleges, and special development authorities in the preparation of their annual budgets.

They are also expected to support policy recommendations that need legislation and action of the President or the Cabinet. (PNA)
SARWELL Q. MENIANO