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 Pangandaman led the recognition ceremony at the DBM Central Office on July 31, 2024.

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.

For the latest recognition ceremony, the new RPs who completed the first four 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 percent.