BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Aug. 16 (PIA)– The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Regional Office No. VIII through Regional Director Imelda C. Laceras in coordination with the Eastern Samar Association of Local Budget Officer (ESALBO) conducted a two-day Training Workshop on the Budget Operations Manual for Barangays (BOMB) in one city and 18 municipalities in Eastern Samar.
The 18 municipalities are: Guiuan, Mercedes, Salcedo, Lawaan, Balangiga, Giporlos, Quinapondan, Gen. Mac-Arthur, Hernani, Llorente, San-Julian, Sulat, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, Jipapad, San-Policarpo and Arteche and Borongan City.
The training-workshop started on June 27 to August 16, 2011.
This training workshop is pursuant to Local Budget Circular No. 82 dated October 18, 2006.
The Training Workshop focused on the procedures in connecting the plan to the budget and introduces to the barangay officials the concept of a policy driven and output or performance-based Barangay budget.
A workshop followed after the lecture-discussion on the Annual Investment Plan (AIP) preparation to appreciate the value of connecting the plan to the budget and the forms in the Barangay Budget Process.
The topics discussed were: Overview of Budget Operations, Manual for Barangays, Connecting Plans to Budget, AIP preparation, Budget preparation, AIP and Budget Operations, Budget Authorization, Budget Review, Budget Execution and Budget Accountability.
In an interview with PIA, Mrs. Eleanor D. Lombendencio, Supervising Administrative Officer of the Provincial Budget Office, said that there were at least three participants for every barangay in a municipality except for the City of Borongan with five participants.
The participants are Brgy. Chairman, Brgy. Treasurer, Brgy. Secretary, Sangguniang Barangay – Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriations and SK Chairman.
Mrs. Lombendencio further said, that the training is in response to the need for capability enhancement to the new set of Barangay officials who assumed office last December 2010.
Meanwhile, there are still four municipalities that will conduct the said training workshop.
According to Mrs. Luz Labro, Asst. Provincial Budget Officer, the municipalities of Taft and Can-avid will be held at the Ritz Tower Hotel in Tacloban City on August 25-27, 2011 and the municipalities of Maydolong and Balangkayan will be held in Maydolong on August 31 to September 01, 2011. (SCandido/ PIA 8-E Samar)
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