Q&A: When can a government personnel claim honoraria?

Question

When can a government personnel who served as either Resource Speaker, Lecturer, Coordinator or Facilitator to a seminar claim honoraria?

Answer

An honorarium is a form of compensation given as a token of appreciation or reward for gratuitous services on account of one’s broad and superior knowledge or expertise in a specific field for which, giving by custom, tradition or propriety, no fixed price is set.

According to Item 4.1 of Budget Circular No. 2007-1, government personnel who act as lecturers, resource persons, coordinator or facilitator in other government agencies which are outside of their mother agencies, may be paid honoraria at such rates as may be determined by the agency authorities concerned in accordance with the guidelines setforth in the subject Budget Circular.

This means to say that if the event was conducted by the agency for its personnel, and one of its personnel was assigned to become either a lecturer, resource person, coordinator or facilitator to such event, they cannot claim honoraria.

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