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DILG R1 engages BuB Stakeholders

in Provincial Forum

he Department of the Interior and Local (DOT), Department of Agriculture (DA), DILG and
TGovernment Region 1 (DILG R1) conducted the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR),
Provincial Stakeholders’ Forum in the provinces of presented the status of project implementation in
Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur the cities and municipalities. The implementing
on February 15-16, February 17, February 22 and agencies gave their recommendations to facilitate
February 23-24, 2017 respectively. the completion of BuB projects.

The forum aimed to update all stakeholders on the The LPRATs were required to accomplish and submit
implementation of Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) their Catch-up Plans containing the interventions to
projects, and provide an avenue for them to better be undertaken.
understand the various programs of National
Government Agencies. The activity gave the Federalism and other regular programs were also
participants the opportunity to raise their issues advocated during the forum.
and concerns not only with the BuB program but (LGOO IV Nicolette May O. Amon with report from LGOO V
also with citizen engagement in general, and their Sheila Marie G. Andales)
role in policy-making, plan formulation, program
implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

The participants were composed of DILG R1 Field
Officers, National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)
Provincial Focal Persons, and representatives of the
Local Poverty Reduction Action Teams (LPRATs), and
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).

The member-agencies of the Regional Poverty
Reduction Action Team (RPRAT), particularly the
Department of Health (DOH), Department of
Education (DepEd), Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD), Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE), Department of Tourism