Bottom-up Budgeting

(BuB) Basics
Department of Budget and Management

What is BuB for?

To make the National

Budget more Responsive

To encourage Local
Governments to implement
Reforms

To deepen democracy
and empower Citizens

Who are the Oversight

Agencies?

Project Management Office

(PMO)

The DILG serves as the implementing arm of

the program operation. They handle the
coordinative activities among and across
various levels such as the NPRAT, RPRAT,
LPRAT and CSO/Basic Sectors.

Who are the agencies involved

in BuB implementation?

Who are the BuB Key Players?

NATIONAL

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Cab Secretaries)

NATIONAL

BUB PMO, TWG, M&E TEAM (Oversight Agencies)

NATIONAL

NPRAT (Agency Central Offices)

REGION

RPRAT (Agency Regional Offices)

LOCAL

LPRAT (LGUs and CSOs)

What are the guidelines used for

BuB implementation?
Fiscal Year

Planning Guidelines
(Budget Preparation)

Implementing Guidelines
(Budget Execution)

2013

JMC 1

JMC 2
NBM 121

2014

JMC 3

NBM 121

2015

JMC 4

JMC 6

2016

JMC 5

[Draft] JMC 7

2017 and beyond

[Draft] JMC 7

[Draft] JMC 7

Implementing agencies are issuing internal implementing guidelines every year

What are the bases for selecting

LGUs?
Year

Criteria for Selection

2013

High Poverty Incidence or High Poverty Magnitude

2014

Same as above, plus high economic potential and areas which are
vulnerable to disasters

2015

All LGUs were included

2016

All LGUs were included (Except ARMM)

Why are not all LGUs included in BuB?

Not all LGUs were immediately covered by BUB because national government would have great difficulty in the
rollout of the planning process given such its scale. But the coverage of the program has rapidly increased in the
past two years and we are now close to 100% of all cities and municipalities.

Some LGUs were not able to receive BUB projects, even if they were included in the coverage, because they did
not comply with the requirements of the BUB program.

How are BuB LPRAPs

formulated?
CSO Assembly

LPRAT Workshop

Submission of
Priority Projects

Integration to
Agency Budget

Submission of
proposals to
DBM (RIU)

Project Review
at the Regions

BuB Project Coverage at a

Glance
2013 Budget 2014 Budget 2015 Budget 2016 Budget
(Enacted)

(Enacted)

(Enacted)

(Proposed)

P8 B

P20 B

595

1,225

1,590

1,514

Cities &
Municipalities

Cities &
Municipalities

Cities &
Municipalities

Cities &
Municipalities

Budget Year

Amount of LocallyDeveloped Projects

Participating
Local Govts

P20.9 B P24.7 B

Qualifications for LGUs to

implement projects
Compliance with the
Good Financial Housekeeping (DILG)

Submission of the Public Financial

Management Improvement Plan (DBM)

How is project implementation

monitored?

Online reporting through

openbub.gov.ph