The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has launched a dashboard designed to monitor and analyze the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) releases, as part of the government’s digitalization and transparency efforts.
In a statement on Tuesday, the DBM said the dashboard displays key information, including the funding year, total and average support funds, total number of funded projects, and a geographical map of the Philippines.
The DBM said the dashboard contains data on LGSF releases from Fiscal Year 2021 to the present for the Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Support and Assistance Fund to Participatory Budgeting (SAFPB), Growth Equity Fund (GEF), and the Green, Green, Green Program.
“Users can also utilize a filter panel to refine results by region, province, and city/municipality. The geographical map dynamically highlights the location of the selected region, province, or city/municipality,” it said.
“Additionally, a bar graph illustrates each region’s share in the total released support funds, providing a clear visual breakdown by percentage.”
The LGSF is a fund allocation aimed at empowering local government units (LGUs) nationwide by supporting the implementation of their priority programs and projects within their respective jurisdictions under the General Appropriations Act (GAA).
This year’s allocation for the LGSF-SBDP of the NTF-ELCAC amounts to PHP2.16 billion, the DBM said, adding that the fund has been fully released.
The LGSF-SBDP supports 885 projects and programs across 15 regions for the cleared villages certified by the NTF-ELCAC.
The department also noted that the allocated PHP1 billion for the LGSF-SAFPB this year has been fully released to various LGUs to support 80 projects in 13 regions.
The LGSF-SAFPB aims to provide assistance to lagging municipalities for the construction, expansion, and upgrading of water supply system projects identified through a local participatory budgeting process, anchored on the objectives of the Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP).
Under the 2023 GAA, the LGSF-GEF, amounting to PHP1 billion, has been fully released to 170 LGUs for the implementation of Level II or Level III water supply system projects of beneficiary municipalities, and priority programs and projects included in the respective Devolution Transition Plans of beneficiary barangays.
A total of PHP1.05 billion has also been allocated this year for the Green, Green, Green Program with 80 beneficiaries nationwide, composed of 38 LGUs in Luzon, 21 in the Visayas, and 21 in Mindanao.
The LGSF – Green, Green, Green Program seeks to develop greener, more vibrant, and well-connected public open spaces, fostering an active lifestyle and enhancing the overall wellness of the community.
The DBM said the LGSF dashboard would be updated every 15th day of every month, covering released funds in the preceding month.
The dashboard can be accessed through https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/local-government-support-fund.
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the dashboard would allow the public to monitor the fund releases under LGSF “anytime, anywhere, and with ease.”
“It’s one of our initiatives to further promote transparency, informed decision-making, as well as effective budget oversight,” Pangandaman said. (PNA)
