SARGEN
LPRAT ORIENTATION
16 January 2014
Role of
Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs)
in the
Grassroots Participatory
Budgeting Process
(Bottom-up Budgeting)
Prepared by: Maweng Reblando
Regional Consultant
CSO played different roles
 Fiscalizer,
 Co-opted
 Critical
vanguard,
by the government
participation & meaningful
engagement
Legal Basis: 1987 Constitution
ARTICLE XIII: Social Justice and Human Rights
Role and Rights of People’s Organization
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Section 15: The State shall respect the role of
independent people’s organizations to enable the
people to pursue and protect, within the democratic
framework, their legitimate and collective interest and
aspirations, through peaceful and lawful means.

People's organizations are bona fide associations of
citizens with demonstrated capacity to promote the
public interest and with identifiable leadership,
membership, and structure.
 Section
16: The right of the people and
their organizations to effective and
reasonable participation at all levels of
social, political and economic decisionmaking shall not be abridged. The state,
by law, facilitate the establishment of
adequate consultation mechanisms.
Enacted Participation Mechanisms
Local Government Code (7160)
CHAPTER IV
Relations With People's and
Non-Governmental Organizations
Sec. 34 – Local government units shall promote
the establishment and operation of people’s
and non-governmental organizations to
become active partners in the pursuit of local
autonomy.
Sec. 35 – LGUs may enter into joint ventures and such
other cooperative arrangements with POs and NGOs to
engage in the delivery of certain basic services,
capability building and livelihood projects and to develop
local enterprises designed to improve productivity and
income, diversify agriculture, spur rural industrialization,
promote ecological balance and enhance the economic
and social well-being of the people.
Sec. 36 – An LGU may through its Local Chief Executive
and with the concurrence of the Sanggunian concerned,
provide assistance, financial or otherwise, to such POs
and NGOs for economic, socially-oriented,
environmental or cultural projects to be implemented
within its jurisdiction.
RA 8425: Social Reform and
Poverty Alleviation Act
An Act Institutionalizing the Social Reform and Poverty
Alleviation Program, Creating for the Purpose the
National Anti-Poverty Commission, Defining its Powers
and Functions, and For Other Purposes
Enacted during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos
Effective on June 3, 1998
Social Reform: continued activities that addresses
social inequity/inequality [between the rich and poor]
Major Policy Declaration (RA 8425)
Adopt an area-based, sectoral and focused intervention to
poverty alleviation wherein every poor Filipino family shall
be empowered to meet its minimum basic needs;
Actively pursue asset reform or redistribution of
productive economic resources to the basic sectors
including the adoption of a system of public spending
which is targeted towards the poor;
Institutionalize and enhance the Social Reform Agenda,
hereinafter known as the SRA, which embodies the results
of the series of consultations and summits on poverty
alleviation;
Principles and Strategies (RA 8425)
Social reform shall be a continuing process that addresses the
basic inequities in Philippine society through a systematic
package of social interventions;
The SRA shall be enhanced by government in equal
partnership with the different basic sectors through
appropriate and meaningful consultations and
participation in governance;
Policy, programs and resource commitments from both
government and the basic sectors shall be clearly defined to
ensure accountability and transparency in the implementation
of the Social Reform Agenda;
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)
Under the Office of the President
Coordinating and Advisory Body for the
implementation of the Social Reform Agenda
Successor of:
Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty (PCFP)
Social Reform Council (SRC)
Presidential Council for Countryside Development
(PCCD)
NAPC Composition
Chairperson – President of the Philippines
Head of NAPC Secretariat – Lead Convenor
Vice Chairperson for Government (Designated by the
President)
Vice Chairperson for the Basic Sectors (Elected among
the basic sector representatives)
NAPC Composition
Basic Sector Representatives:
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Farmers and landless rural workers;
Artisanal fisherfolk;
Urban poor;
lndigenous cultural
communities/indigenous peoples;
Workers in the formal sector and migrant
workers;
Workers in the informal sector;
Women;
Youth and students;
Persons with disabilities;
Victims of disasters and calamities;
Senior citizens;
Non government organizations (NG0s);
Children; and
Cooperatives.
Heads of the following:
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR);
Department of Agriculture (DA);
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);
Department of Budget and Management (DBM);
Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD);
Department of Health (DOH);
Department of Education (DepEd);
Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG);
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources(DENR);
Department of Finance (DOF);
National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA);
People's Credit and Finance Corporation
(PCFC); and
Presidential Commission on Urban Poor
(PCUP).
Presidents of the Leagues of Local Government
Units:
League of Provinces;
League of Cities;
League of Municipalities;
Liga ng mga Barangay
NAPC: Coordination Mechanism
Basic Sectors:
Government Side:
Human
Development and
Poverty Reduction
Cabinet Cluster
Lead Covenor / Secretary
(Secretariat)
National Sectoral
Assembly (NSA)
Sectoral Councils (SC)
Sectoral
Representatives (SR)
DILG-MC 2013-730: Accreditation &
Selection of CSO Representatives to Local
Special Bodies
Definition of Terms:

Civil Society Organization (CSO)- a nonstate and non-profit organization that works
to improve society and human condition (ref.
Global Edge). Basic types CSOs include:
NGO, PO, civic, Cooperative, social
movements, professional group & business
group
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Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs)- a
non-stock, not for profit organization that
works with different sectors & communities,
promoting their general welfare &
development, provide a wide range of
services for peoples’ organization & tend to
operate with full time staff. Organization such
us social development organizations,
foundations, independent research
institutions
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Peoples’ Organization (POs)- an association
of residents in a barangay or barangays,
established to promote public interest & with
an identifiable leadership structures &
membership. POs are often formed among
the disadvantaged sectors of the society
such as the farmer-peasant, artisanal
fisherfolk, workers in the formal & informal
sector and migrant workers, indigenous
people & cultural communities, women,
PWDs, senior citizens, victims of calamities
& disasters, youth & students, children &
urban poor as defined RA 8425 (SRA-NAPC)
Indigenous Peoples’ Organization (POs)private, non-profit, voluntary organizations of
members of indigenous cultural communities
(ICCs) or Indigenous People (IPs) which are
accepted are representatives of ICCs or Ips
(reference: Rule II Sec.1 RA 8371 or Indigenous
People’s Rights Act)
 Cooperative- an autonomous & duly registered
association of persons with a common bond of
interests who have voluntarily joined together to
achieve their social, economic & cultural needs
& aspirations by making equitable contributions
to the capital required, patronizing products &
services, & accepting fair share of risks &
benefits
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Business Group- a non-stock corporation
composed of business in the same industry
established to pursue the interest of the
industry i.e. chambers of commerce &
industry
 Recognize Organization- an organization
allowed by the Sanggunian to participate, for
purposes of meeting the minimum
requirement for membership, in the local
special body provided it meets all the criteria
except for the registration
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Registered/Accredited Organization- an
organization that obtains registration from
SEC, CDA, DOLE or any national
government agency that is empowered by
law or policy to accredit or register such
organizations such as: DSWD, DA, DAR,
NHA, HLURB, DOH, NCIP, NAPC, Insurance
Commission & Phil. Regulatory Commission
 Accreditation- the process of granting
authorization, within 60 days from the
organization of the newly elected
Sanggunian, to an organization for purposes
of representation to a local special body
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Inventory- the process of gathering CSO
information from CSO networks, the local
government academy CSO map, the national
government agencies empowered to accredit
or register. The output of this process is the
Directory.
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Directory- a document which contain profile
of CSO in a local government
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Local Special Body- refer to the Local
Development Council, Local Health Board,
Local School Board, & Local Peace & Order
Council
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Local Development Council Women sector representative or at least 40% shall be
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composed of women
IP representative RA 8371 IPRA
Farmer/Fisher folk representative RA 8435 AFMA
CSO representation not less than ¼ of LDC
Business Group representative
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Local Health Board- the organization is involved
in health services
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Local School Board- representative organization
shall be limited to parents-teachers
associations, teachers’ organizations &
organizations of non-academic public schools &
other organizations involved in education
services
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Local Peace & Order Council- the 3
representatives shall come from the CSOs
upon acquiring appropriate security
clearances, & as defined in the DILG MC.
ACTIVITY
SCHEDULE
INVENTORY OF CSOs
2nd to 4th week July
CALL FOR ACCREDITATION
1st to 3rd week August
ACCREDITATION PROPER
3rd to 4th week August
SELECTION OF CSOs TO LSBs
1st to 2nd week Sept
RECONSTITUTION & CONVENING OF LSB 3rd week Sept
DBM-DILG-DSWD-NAPC
Joint Memo Circular (JMC) # 4
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Convening the CSO Assembly
 Election of CSO representatives to Local Poverty
Reduction Action Team (LPRAT) 50% CSO &
50% Gov’t.
 Election of 3 CSO signatories/endorser of the
Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP)
 Election of Co-Chairperson in the LPRAT
 Identification of Priority Poverty Reduction
Programs, Projects & Activities (PPAs)
Joint Memo Circular (JMC) # 4
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The CSO members of the LPRAT
 Actively participate in the formulation of LPRAP
and identification of the priority poverty reduction
projects;
 Active participation in the final preparation &
submission of LPRAP;
 Through their elected representatives, endorse
the LPRAP for approval of the Sangguniang
Bayan/Panlungsod
Joint Memo Circular (JMC) # 4
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The CSO members of the LPRAT
 Advocate for the local sanggunian’s adoption of
the list of the priority poverty reduction projects,
when necessary;
 Remind & demand that the LCE convene the
quarterly meeting to report on the status of the
implementation of the priority poverty reduction
projects; and
 To monitor the implementation of the projects
jointly or undertake monitoring activities
independent of the the LGU
MUNICIPAL
LPRAP
• Crafting & Finalization of the GPB
Process
Government Budgeting Process
BUDGET PROCESS
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
BUDGET
FORMULATION
PARTICIPATO
RY POVERTY EVALUATION /
REDUCTION ACCOUNTABILITY
PLANNING
LEGISLATIVE
APPROVAL
BUDGET
IMPLEMENTATION
COMMUNITY /
CIVIL SOCIETY
ORGANIZATIONS
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