the mcdcb has been successful in developing and expressing a strong and coherent regional vision synthesised in the jica mega cebu roadmap study and as such has set the stage as a strong advocate to the national government in terms of capital funding policy implementation and lgu capacity building while it is still early days in terms of buyin and trust the mcdcb continues to actively demonstrate success in collaborative dialogue and advancing plans and projects in a way that coordinates but does not prejudice the autonomy of affected lgus the mcdcb model is also unique in its explicit engagement with and leadership from the private sector and civil society