Budget Preparation
This starts with the Budget Call and ends with the Presidents submission of the
proposed budget to Congress.
Budget
Call
contains
budget
parameters
(including
the National Budget is enacted on time. Under the new Budget Preparation
Calendar, the Budget Call is issued in December (versus around April in the
past); and the submission of the Presidents budget a day after the State of the
Nation Address (in contrast to earlier practice where it is submitted during
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2. Stakeholder Engagement
A new feature in budget preparations which seeks to increase citizen
participation in the budget process, departments and agencies are
Department of Health
Department of Tourism
Department of Education
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Note: All other departments and agencies are highly encouraged to undertake the process.
Bottom-Up Budgeting
For the first time in history, the National Budget for 2013 will be
prepared using a breakthrough bottom-up approach. As opposed to the
conventional way of allocating resources from top to bottom, grassroots
communities will be engaged in designing the National Budget.
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poverty reduction and empowerment plans. This initial salvo of bottomup budgeting will focus on rural development programs and the
conditional cash transfer program, and will thus involve DA, DAR, DENR,
DSWD, DepEd and DoH. These agencies will then include the community
plans in their proposed budgets.
4. Executive Review
The recommendations are presented before an Executive
Review Board which is composed of the DBM Secretary and senior
officials. Deliberations here entail a careful prioritization of
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for
further
refinements
or
This is where the President explains the policy framework and priorities in the budget.
public sector context (including overviews of LGU and GOCC financial positions),
breakdown of the expenditures and funding sources for the fiscal year and the two
previous years.
This contains the details of spending for each department and agency by program,
activity or project, and is submitted in the form of a proposed General
Appropriations Act.
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This contains a more detailed disaggregation of key programs, projects and activities in
the NEP, especially those in line with the national governments development plan.
Staffing Summary
This contains a summary of the staffing complement of each department and agency,
including number of positions and amounts allocated for the same.
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