DILG-NCR, as chair of the Regional Poverty Regional Poverty Reduction Action Team â National Capital Region (RPRAT-NCR) for the Bottom-Up Budgeting program led the conduct of the teamâs 3rd Quarterly meeting in Baguio City.
DILG-NCR Assistant Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero presided the meeting which was attended by representative from Department of Budget and Management â National Capital Region (DBM-NCR), Department of Social Welfare and Development â National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR), Department of Trade and Industry â National Capital Region (DTI-NCR), Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR â IV-A), and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC).
The teamâs visit in DILG-Cordillera Administrative Region (DILG-CAR) enabled the participants to learn about notable practices in CAR on the implementation of BuB projects. RPRAT-NCR met with Ms. Sesvir C. Lopez, BuB/Local Government Support Fund-Assistance to Municipalities Technical Staff of DILG-CAR, who shared to the group the monitoring and evaluation methods adopted by RPRAT-CAR for projects under the DILG and member agencies.
Apart from the sharing of practices, updates on the implementation status of BuB projects in NCR was also tackled in the meeting. It also became a venue for the team to welcome its four new members from the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), who shall serve as basic sector and civil society organization representatives in the RPRAT.
The RPRAT provides support and guidance to LGUs in the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) process.
PO Von Dorell R. Tingin