The Davao Regional Development Investment Program (RDIP), 2020–2022 was prepared pursuant to Executive Order No. 325, series of 1996, “Reorganization of the Regional Development Councils”, which mandates the RDC to review, prioritize, and endorse to National Government, the annual and multi-year sectoral investment programs of regional line agencies for funding and implementation; the Memorandum Circular No. 12, Series of 2016 “Directing the Formulation of the Philippine Development Plan and the Public Investment Program for the Period 2017–2022.”; and Item 1.3 of NBM No. 133, series of 2019, which aims to ensure that the national budgeting process works for the people across the different regions and provinces and that the vertical (between regional and national plans) and horizontal (between various national plans affecting a region) linkages are being strengthened. RDC XI issued the guidelines for the preparation of the Davao RDIP, 2020–2022 on August 23, 2019 through Resolution No. 76, to guide all national government agencies (NGAs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), and selected government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) in Davao Region on the revalidation and updating process to ensure that the updated RDIP is consistent with the development agenda at the national, regional, and local levels.