To summarize the impact of the Bottom-Up Budgeting program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), some notable Local Government Units (LGUs) who have exemplary best practices on its BUB implementation have shared their experiences and knowledge through a Mindanao-wide Knowledge Forum last February 8, 2017 at the N Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.

The event was attended by the different DILG regional offices; Regions IX, X, XII, XII, and XIII together with some LGUs in Mindanao. Present also in the event were the Regional Director Paisal O. Abutazil of Region IX, Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe of Region X, and Regional Director Lilibeth A. Famacion of the CARAGA Region.

Led by the Office of the Project Development Services of the DILG Central Office, the event discussed and highlighted the “best practices” of some LGUs who have successfully implemented the BUB program in their communities.

Among the LGUs from the Zambaonga Peninsula Region who presented their BUB program implementation were the following: Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay for their Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) projects; Labason, Zamboanga del Norte for their BUB projects on roads and bridges; President Manuel Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte for their BUB projects on Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM).

The program also discussed some of important learnings of the BUB implementation that would be carried on in the implementation of the Assistance to Municipalities program of the DILG this year.

Regional Director Paisal O. Abutazil said that the BUB is the best thing that happened to DILG since the program has paved the way for the LGUs to successfully carry out local infrastructure projects without sacrificing their some funds in their Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).