CEDAW/C/PHI/4 English Page 16 (5) Cabinet Cluster, Series of 1994, formalizing NCRFW representation in observer status in the Cabinet Cluster C (Human Resource Development Cluster) regular meetings. Cabinet Cluster C is one of the seven clusters of executive agencies that meet once a week to discuss priority issues concerning the sector and which feeds recommendations for the action of the Cabinet. (6) Department of Budget and Management, Series of 1994, prescribing the guidelines for the inclusion of a budget for women/gender and development programmes, projects and activities in the 1996 budget call. (7) Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Series of 1994, prescribing concrete action planning and implementation for the enhancement of the image of women in the media. (8) Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Series of 1994, calling for the enhancement of women's participation in environmental management and ecology programmes and projects of government. (9) Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Series of 1994, enjoining the Department to adopt gender-responsive policies and to implement programmes considering the emerging typologies of families, particularly single-parent and women-headed families. (10) Livelihood Implementing Agencies, Series of 1993, enhancing access of small and medium-scale women entrepreneurs to livelihood programmes. (11) Department of Labor and Employment, Series of 1993, protecting women overseas contract workers by prioritizing the assignment of women attached to countries where the majority of such workers are women. (12) Philippine National Police and NCRFW, Series of 1993, establishing women's desks in police stations in priority areas. There are currently 300 trained policemen staffing women's desks all over the country. Presidential memoranda, circulars and resolutions 5. While the above policy pronouncements can be taken to be indicative of the strong political will to address particular concerns of women in various sectors, much remains to be done in terms of concrete implementation and followthrough. A current challenge for NCRFW as the national machinery for women is to evolve a comprehensive monitoring scheme coupled with appropriate technical assistance to agencies so that implementation of these policies is institutionalized. (a) Memorandum Order No. 282, Series of 1995, directs various government training institutions to incorporate in their respective curricula gender and development concerns and programmes. /...