PLATFORM AND POLICY PRONOUNCEMENT ON BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT
OVERARCHING GOAL:
In line with the principle of zero-based budgeting, the DBM Organizational Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF) will be linked with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Performance Management system-Office Performance Evaluation System (PMS-OPES). The qualitative and quantitative measures of agency performance as well as compliance with findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) shall determine succeeding budget allocations.
1. Create a program plan for a zero-based budgeting for all national government agencies.
2. Determine the present state of the budget to see how much of the FY 2010 GAA is left.
3. Ensure that all employees and officials of the department will have their
Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) available and accessible to the public.
4. Ensure that government agencies and offices will be streamlined to have clear-cut and distinct mandates in order to spur greater efficiency and accountability.
5. Work with the CSC to ensure that performances of government agencies and civil servants will be evaluated rationally and systematically through an effective and measurable performance management system to be approved by the CSC.
6. Ensure that qualification standards will be strictly followed, and at least half of the positions of Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries will be filled with honest and competent career civil servants to ensure continuity and sustainability of effective policies and programs.
7. Work with government agencies to organize, package and disseminate all budgets to the media regularly and posted in the internet for public consumption.
8. Ensure transparency in budget processes through an open information system and formation flow by:
• Posting details of all lump sum disbursements in the DBM web site
• Immediately formulating a self-imposed set of conditions for the release
of appropriations charged against “unprogrammed” funds so as to
eliminate abuse
9. Create a Presidential Select Committee to provide oversight over all lump sum
disbursements (PDAF), contingency, calamity, AFMA, intelligence and
confidential funds). This Committee should be composed of bi-partisan
members of the legislature, the private sector and civil society members who
shall be bound by an Oath of Confidentiality.
10. Regularly package and disseminate information on agency budgets, bidding and
procurement documents and SLANs of senior government officials, to ensure
transparency and accountability.
11. Ensure that the Department of Budget and Management is streamlined and
rationalized to have clear-cut and distinct mandates and that qualification
standards, especially on eligibility, will be strictly followed.
12. Work with the CSC to ensure that performance of government agencies and
civil servants will be evaluated rationally and systematically through an
effective and measurable performance management system to be approved by
the CSC.
The Philippine Association for Government Budget Administration (PAGBA), Inc. will hold its 1st Quarterly Membership Conference cum Seminar-Workshop on August 11-14, 2010 at the L’ Fisher Hotel, Bacolod City.
The theme for this 4-day activity which reflects the new government’s resolve for change and reforms is “Better Governance, Better Life for Public Servants”. Registration fee is php 4,800 per participant. Copy of the invitation letter signed by Usec. Mario L. Relampagos as Acting President can be downloaded here.
Here’s an excerpt from Pres. Benigno C. Aquino III platform of government:
The Vision for the Philippines:
A country with…
1. A re-awakened sense of right and wrong, through the living examples of our highest leaders;
2. An organized and widely-shared rapid expansion of our economy through a government
dedicated to honing and mobilizing our people’s skills and energies as well as the
responsible harnessing of our natural resources;
3. A collective belief that doing the right thing does not only make sense morally, but translates
into economic value as well;
4. Public institutions rebuilt on the strong solidarity of our society and its communities.
Our Mission:
We will start to make these changes first in ourselves—by doing the right things, by giving value to excellence and integrity and rejecting mediocrity and dishonesty, and by giving priority to others over ourselves.
We will make these changes across many aspects of our national life.
For more details of the Platform, click here. View complete official version
