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Bottom-Up Budgeting 101
Bottom-Up Budgeting 101
Bottom-Up Budgeting 101
(BuB) Basics
Department of Budget and Management
To encourage Local
Governments to implement
Reforms
To deepen democracy
and empower Citizens
NATIONAL
NATIONAL
REGION
LOCAL
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
[Draft] JMC 7
[Draft] JMC 7
2013
2014
Same as above, plus high economic potential and areas which are
vulnerable to disasters
2015
2016
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.
LPRAT Workshop
Submission of
Priority Projects
Integration to
Agency Budget
Submission of
proposals to
DBM (RIU)
Project Review
at the Regions
(Enacted)
(Enacted)
(Proposed)
P8 B
P20 B
595
1,225
1,590
1,514
Cities &
Municipalities
Cities &
Municipalities
Cities &
Municipalities
Cities &
Municipalities
Budget Year
Participating
Local Govts
P20.9 B P24.7 B