Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

GAA department code 12 · All departments

FY2026 GAA

₱28,907,031,000.00

5,833 line items

FY2027 NEP (proposed)

₱35,173,093,000.00

+21.7% vs FY2026 GAA (₱6.27B)

Where the money goes (FY2026)

Personnel Services₱12.05B

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses₱13.72B

Financial Expenses₱0

Capital Outlays₱3.13B

Appropriations per year

Agencies (5)

Agency	Code	FY2025	FY2026	Share of department
Office of the Secretary	12-001	₱27.61B	₱28.59B	98.9%
Foreign Service Institute	12-002	₱156.8M	₱178.5M	0.6%
UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines	12-004	₱40.6M	₱52.5M	0.2%
Presidential Commission on Visiting Forces	12-005	₱43.5M	₱51.6M	0.2%
Technical Cooperation Council of the Philippines	12-003	₱5.1M	₱31.7M	0.1%

Programs, activities & projects (18)

Program / activity / project	FY2025	FY2026	Change
Conduct of bilateral and multilateral relations in accordance with foreign policy directives12-001	₱8.76B	₱9.97B	+14%
General management and supervision12-001	₱4.86B	₱7.01B	+44%
Provision of consular services including issuance of passports, visas and other consular documents12-001	₱8.71B	₱6.29B	-28%
Formulation, coordination and supervision of foreign policy12-001	₱3.58B	₱3.65B	+2%
Protection of the rights and promotion of welfare of overseas Filipinos12-001	₱1.26B	₱1.26B	+0%
Administration of Personnel Benefits12-001	₱325.4M	₱278.8M	-14%
General management and supervision12-002	₱83.1M	₱86.4M	+4%
Formulation, development, conduct of personnel development, and technical research, publication and dissemination of studies on Philippine foreign policy12-002	₱72.5M	₱83.8M	+16%
Legal services12-001	₱71.0M	₱66.3M	-7%
Coordination, integration, planning and monitoring of foreign policy12-001	₱39.4M	₱59.0M	+50%
Engagement, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and assessment of visiting forces agreements12-005	₱43.5M	₱51.6M	+19%
General management and supervision12-004	₱17.1M	₱28.6M	+67%
Coordination and Conduct of Economic and Technical Skills Training Programs and Services for Developing and Least Developed Countries12-003	₱2.5M	₱27.6M	+1026%
Participation in the support for UNESCO programs12-004	₱22.8M	₱23.2M	+2%
Administration of Personnel Benefits12-002	₱1.2M	₱8.2M	+601%
General management and supervision12-003	₱2.5M	₱4.0M	+57%
Operation of the Southeast Asian Center for Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development12-004	₱716.0K	₱737.0K	+3%
Administration of Personnel Benefits12-003	₱140.0K	₱140.0K	0%

Programs present in the FY2026 GAA, with their earlier years where the same line existed.

Source: Philippine Budget Data API (BetterGov.ph), https://budget.bettergov.ph/api/v1 (CC BY 4.0), snapshot Nov 10, 2026.