Acknowledging the critical role of public financial management practitioners in local setting, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) welcomed 36 newly recognized Resource Persons (RPs) on Internal Control and Internal Audit from various DBM Regional Offices (ROs).

 

DBM Secretary Amenah "Mina" F. Pangandaman led the Recognition Ceremony at the DBM Central Office on 31 July 2024.

 

"Today, we celebrate another significant milestone toward ensuring stronger accountability, efficiency, and good governance throughout the bureaucracy as we welcome a new batch of Resource Persons or RPs who will form part of our growing roster of recognized RPs on internal control and internal audit," Secretary Mina said in her opening message.

 

The Recognition Program intends to develop a roster of RPs to be engaged in various learning and development interventions on public sector internal control and internal audit. It seeks to ensure that the RPs to be tapped during the conduct of various learning and development activities have undergone proper training, coaching, and mentoring, thus, are deemed qualified and competent to carry out their responsibilities.

 

The program likewise standardizes the minimum requirements and methodology on the selection and recognition of the subject RPs.

 

For the latest Recognition Ceremony, the new RPs who completed the first four (4) phases of the Program have been conferred recognition and will formally become members of the roster of recognized RPs on National Guidelines on Internal Control Systems (NGICS) and Revised Philippine Government Internal Audit Manual (RPGIAM).

 

Prior to the latest Recognition Ceremony, the DBM’s roster of recognized RPs on the NGICS and RPGIAM comprised 38 RPs from different national government agencies. The conferment of recognition to the new additional 36 RPs brings the total number of recognized RPs from 38 to 74, marking a substantial increase of about 95%.

 

The newly recognized RPs were representatives from DBM ROs in NCR, Regions I, II, III, IV-A, MIMAROPA, ROs VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII.

 

They may be tapped for the roll-out of the IAM for local government units (LGUs) to handle specific topics on internal control and internal audit, which may include the principles and concepts thereon, and the establishment of internal audit units in the LGUs, including other learning and development activities to be conducted to and/or requested by LGUs.

 

"As stewards of public resources, we are tasked to maintain the achievement of these objectives. The pursuit of operational excellence is not merely a goal, but a necessity in a time marked by unprecedented changes and heightened public expectations," Sec. Mina expressed.

 

 

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