Integrating Disaster Plans in the Local Government Unit (LGU) Budget
As part of CODE-NGO’s goal to facilitate continuous learning exchange among civil society organizations and their partners, regular communities of practice (CoP) are being conducted at https://www.facebook.com/caucusofdevelopmentngonetworks.
On June 18, 2014, a real-time online discussion titled, “Integrating Disaster Plans in the Local Government Unit (LGU) Budget”, was held. Mr. Benedict Balderrama, National Coordinator of the Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies (PHILSSA), served as the resource person to answer questions such as:
- What priority DRRM assessments must CSOs do in order to be able to generate basic but meaningful/important proposals to its LGU?; and
- What are the fastest and most strategic ways (tips) for CSOs to engage the LGU for the integration of DRRM plan in the AIP?
This is in the context that the participation of civil society in government’s planning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) is key to resiliency. Since the Annual Investment Planning (AIP) process in the LGUs is ongoing, it would be meaningful for civil society organizations (CSOs) to discuss how their DRRM plans can be integrated in the AIP.
You may download the complete synthesis of this CoP discussion from the following link:
https://code-ngo.org/home/reports-a-resource-materials/item/integrating-disaster-plans-in-the-local-government-unit-lgu-budget.html
The forum was hosted by CODE-NGO’s CML (Citizens’ Participation in Monitoring of LGU Performance) and ACED (Advancing CSO Engagement in DRRM-CCA (ACED) Projects, which are supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines and Christian Aid, respectively.