Regional development council

Regional development councils (RDCs) are the highest policy-making bodies in the administrative regions of the Philippines. They serve as the subnational counterparts of the Economy and Development Council. Regional development councils exist in all but two of the Philippines' 18 regions: Metro Manila and Bangsamoro. Metro Manila has a metropolitan body that performs the same functions as an RDC, while Bangsamoro, an autonomous region, has its own equivalent institution.

Metro Manila is recognized by law as a "special development and administrative region" and was therefore assigned a metropolitan authority. The Metro Manila Council within the MMDA serves as the National Capital Region's RDC. The defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) had the Regional Economic and Development Planning Board as its counterpart to an RDC.

Under the Bangsamoro Organic Law, Bangsamoro is mandated to maintain the Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC), which serves as the autonomous region's counterpart to an RDC.