National Youth Commission

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# National Youth Commission
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.subtitle[
## A comprehensive look at the budget, 2018-2026
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.date[
### August 2026
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# Section 1 of 3: The Scale of the Budget

### A small commission, a very large constituency

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## Executive summary

- **NYC is one of the smallest agencies in the national budget** -- the government's sole policy-making and coordinating body for Filipino youth. Its enacted budget has mostly sat between **PHP 120M and PHP 315M**, reaching PHP 315M in 2026.
- **Against the country's youth, that is tiny.** With **31.4 million Filipinos aged 15-30** (2020 census), the 2026 budget is about **PHP 10 per young person per year**.
- **FY 2025 was extraordinary.** Congress enacted **PHP 632M against a PHP 242M proposal** -- a **+PHP 391M (+162%)** jump that nearly tripled the agency for one year, then reverted to PHP 315M in 2026.
- **The surge outran the agency's capacity to spend.** In 2025 NYC obligated only **69%** of its allotment and disbursed just **58%** -- its weakest execution on record.
- **Almost everything is one program.** Youth-development policy and coordination is about **92% of the 2026 budget**, and the agency is **MOOE-heavy** (program spending) rather than personnel-heavy.
- **One organizational move.** NYC shifted from the Office of the President's cluster to the **DILG (EO 67, 2018)**, alongside NCMF and PCW.

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## A few notes on the data

- **Period:** FY 2018-2026 for the proposed (NEP) and enacted (GAA) budget; execution data (Allotments, Obligations, Disbursements) covers FY 2011-2025.
- **Two bases, not comparable.** NEP/GAA figures are **current-year new appropriations only**. The execution figures are DBM's **published agency aggregates, which lump together all available funds** -- new, automatic, and continuing appropriations. Do not read them one-to-one.
- **No P/A/P-level execution.** Usable FAR No. 1 records were unavailable for NYC, so absorption is shown only at the **agency level**.
- **One reorganization.** NYC's mother agency moved from the **Other Executive Offices to the DILG** around 2019-2020; its two-program structure is otherwise stable.
- **Population figures.** Per-person comparisons use the **2020 Census of Population and Housing**, which counted **31.40 million Filipinos aged 15-30** -- the definition of "youth" under RA 8044.
- **Expense classes:** PS, MOOE, CO. **Units:** PHP millions unless noted.

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## One move to DILG, one core program

**With one operating program throughout, NYC's budget is unusually easy to read** -- almost all of it flows through youth-development policy and coordination.

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## Big picture: small, and highly volatile

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## FY 2025: a one-year tripling

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The FY 2025 enacted budget (PHP 632M) carried a **PHP 464M** core youth-development program (up from PHP 152M) and a new, one-year-only **"Assistance to Youth Individuals and Organizations"** line (PHP 50M). FY 2025 was a national election year; both additions disappeared from the FY 2026 enacted budget.
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## Where Congress adjusts the budget

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## Which P/A/Ps does Congress augment?

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# Section 2 of 3: Where the Money Goes

### Programs, expense classes, and concentration

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## Composition by program

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## Composition by expense class

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## The largest P/A/Ps (FY 2026 GAA)

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# Section 3 of 3: Does NYC Spend What It Receives?

### Budget execution, FY 2011-2025 (agency aggregate, all funds)

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## Execution over time

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## Absorptive capacity

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## Execution at a glance

<table class="table table-condensed table-striped" style="font-size: 14px; color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th style="text-align:left;"> Year </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> Allotments </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> Obligations </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> Disbursements </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> O/A </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> D/O </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> D/A </th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2016 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 101 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 86 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 81 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 85.0% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 93.8% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 79.8% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2017 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 161 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 151 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 116 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 94.2% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 76.7% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 72.3% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2018 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 180 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 138 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 134 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 76.5% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 97.1% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 74.3% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2019 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 215 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 162 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 152 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 75.4% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 93.7% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 70.7% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2020 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 130 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 101 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 98 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 77.4% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 97.5% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 75.4% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2021 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 173 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 127 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 119 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 73.6% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 93.6% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 68.9% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2022 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 185 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 170 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 156 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 91.9% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 92.0% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 84.5% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2023 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 178 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 161 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 141 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 90.1% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 87.6% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 78.9% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2024 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 199 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 183 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 171 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 92.1% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 93.6% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 86.3% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> 2025 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 323 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 224 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 188 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 69.4% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 83.9% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 58.2% </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

.small[
PHP millions, all-funds basis. **O/A** = obligations to allotment; **D/O** = disbursements to obligations; **D/A** = disbursements to allotment. NYC routinely leaves roughly a quarter of its allotment unobligated -- a persistent absorptive-capacity gap, at its widest in the FY 2025 surge year.
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## For discussion

- **1. Is the envelope enough?** At about **PHP 10 per young Filipino per year**, is NYC funded to be a credible national policy and coordinating body for a third of the population -- or only to exist?

- **2. Can NYC absorb sudden windfalls?** The FY 2025 surge tripled the budget but only **58% was disbursed**. Was that money well-targeted, and does the agency have the staffing and systems to spend a large increase well?

- **3. The one-year Assistance line.** A PHP 50M "Assistance to Youth Individuals and Organizations" line appeared for FY 2025 only. What did it fund, who decided the recipients, and why did it not continue?

- **4. Reaching youth everywhere.** With ~92% of the budget in one policy/coordination line, can young people -- especially outside Metro Manila -- see which programs reach them?

- **5. What is missing?** Which youth needs -- employment, education, mental health, meaningful participation -- does this budget not reach at all?

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# Thank you

### National Youth Commission
#### A comprehensive look at the budget, 2018-2026

.footnote[Underlying data: DBM NEP & GAA documents (current-year new appropriations, P/A/P level), FY 2018-2026; DBM-published execution aggregates (all available funds, agency level), FY 2011-2025. Youth population: PSA 2020 Census of Population and Housing. No FAR No. 1 (P/A/P-level execution) was available for NYC.]