DOLE releases Php52.3 million for BUB projects
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=852026
- Friday, January 29, 2016
- (PNA), LDV/CD
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 29 (PNA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Northern Mindanao has released Php52.3 million for Bottoms Ups Budgeting (BUB) projects in the region, a labor official said Friday.
Raymundo Agravante, DOLE regional director in Northern Mindanao, said the funds were distributed to 49 local government units (LGUs) in the region.
He said the goal of the DOLE is to develop and capacitate all LGUs and civil service organizations in the implementation of BUB projects in order to respond to the different needs in the communities.
"We expect that the participation of DOLE in the BUB program would generate employment as the department’s primary mandate,” he added.
Agravante said the DOLE BUB projects have financially assisted 14,464 beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao in 2015, which translate to 49 livelihood programs in the various provinces, cities and municipalities in the region.
The local government units have identified the BUB livelihood projects in their areas through a participatory planning and budgeting exercise, he said.
Agravante added the BUB approach is the first in the world where the participatory budgeting is implemented at the national level.
He said the BUB is recognized for its outstanding efforts to deepen citizen engagement in the budget process in the identification of urgent programs that the community needs.