MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) started yesterday its consultations with representatives of various regional agencies about the draft Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) for 2011-2016 to effectively outline its economic and development priorities for the next five years.
The NEDA’s session begun yesterday in Baguio, La Union and Pampanga where government agencies from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Region 1 and Region 3 participated, respectively.
The highlights of the draft MTPDP, such as the vision and emerging priorities, was presented to the participants.
The consultations are also aimed at ensuring that regional issues and concerns are considered in the policies, programs and strategies indicated in the MTPDP.
NEDA will have its next consultations on Jan. 5 in Regions 4B, 5, 9, 11 and 12; Jan. 6 in Regions 2, 4A, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 13; and Jan. 7 in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Aside from presenting the vision and emerging priorities of the MTPDP, a workshop will also be conducted by NEDA to generate comments and recommendations on all the chapters of the plan.
The MTPDP serves as the government’s economic blueprint which identifies growth sectors for the next six years.
Through Memorandum Circular No. 3, President Aquino directed the NEDA to coordinate the preparation of the MTPDP and the Medium Term Investment Program (MTPIP) for 2011-2016.
These will be jointly formulated by the executive and legislative branches of the government through a participatory process involving stakeholders from different sectors.