What Is NEDA?
What Is NEDA?
– NEDA was created in 1972 through Presidential Decree No. 107- The present form of
the NEDA was organized by President Corazon C. Aquino on July 22, 1987 through
Executive Order No. 230. It defined the composition of the NEDA Board and the
Secretariat and its powers and functions, the powers and functions of the Authority and
its committees.
– On July 26, 1994, President Fidel V. Ramos signed Memorandum Order No. 222
which reactivated the NEDA Board Executive Committee and mandating that the
decisions of the NEDA Board Executive Committee shall be final, executory and binding
upon the NEDA Board.
– On July 27, 1992, president Ramos signed Republic Act No. 7640, which constituted
the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Committee (LEDAC). The LEDAC
serves as a consultative and advisory body to the President as the head of the NEDA
and gives advice on certain programs and policies, which are essential to the realization
of the goals of national development.
– The powers and functions of the NEDA reside in the NEDA Board. It is the country’s
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.-
Pursuant to Sec. 4 of EO 230, empowering the President to modify the membership of
the Board whenever deemed ign Affairs, and Agrarian Reform (per Memorandum Order
No. 164, dated 21 Marchnecessary, the following members have been added:- The
Secretaries of Health, Fore 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 R.A. No. 7638, approved Dec. 9, 1992) and the
Deputy Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (per Section 124 of R.A. No. 7653,
approved June 14, 1993) have been added as members of the NEDA Board.- Assisting
the NEDA Board in the performance of its functions are seven cabinet-level interagency
committees.
These are as follows:
4. NEDA Structure
– The NEDA Secretariat serves as the research and technical support arm of the NEDA
Board. It also provides technical staff support and assistance, including the conduct of
studies and formulation of policy measures and other recommendations on the various
aspects of development planning and policy formulation, and coordination, evaluation
and monitoring of plan implementation. It is headed by a Director-General, with the title
of Secretary for Socio-Economic Planning. He is assisted by three deputy directors-
general each of whom is responsible for:
Moreover, the, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is attached to the
NEDA for policy and program coordination or integration.