Empowerment Opportunities
The Bottom-up Budgeting approach is guided by three (3) principles: convergence, participation, and empowerment. Civil society organizations take active roles in the community by articulating their needs to the government and determining what projects are urgent and responsive to their needs.
CSO Collaborations
Civil society organizations organized the "Cagayan de Oro Peoples Council" and came up with agenda in five areas of engagement: food security, health, environment, peace, and good governance.
Capacity Building
BUB continues to serve as a platform for engagements between the civil society organizations representing the voices of marginalized sectors and the government in a participatory planning process and implementation.