CEDAW/C/PHI/5-6 agency for gender mainstreaming. As of 2002, some 100 agencies had operational GAD focal points. Meanwhile, the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development (PPGD), 19951925, was deliberately long-term in perspective and was envisioned to inform medium-term plans, such as the Framework Plan for Women (FPW), whose objectives, programs and projects are set for a shorter period. 141. The Philippine GAD Budget Policy, enshrined in the annual budget law, requires the use of five (5) percent of every agency’s budget to implement its plans under the PPGD and FPW. NCRFW, with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), are tasked to monitor the implementation of the FPW and the budget policy. From 1999 to 2003, an average of 130 out of 335 national GAD plan submissions from departments and their attached agencies were received by NCRFW. 142. The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women was strengthened in 1997. It was reorganized in line with its role in gender mainstreaming. Some 17 additional positions were created. At about the same time, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) approved Phase 2 of the NCRFW Institutional Strengthening Project. This injected five million Canadian dollars, over five to nine years, into the very limited program budget of NCRFW. The additional staff and budget allowed NCRFW to pursue its program to build its capacity as well as those of key government oversight and implementing agencies and pilot local government units in specific areas: a. NCRFW, as technical resource base for gender responsive policy analysis and development, project development and implementation, monitoring and evaluation. b. The oversight agencies (NEDA, DBM, Department of Interior and Local Government [DILG], Civil Service Commission [CSC]) and the House of Representatives, to create an enabling environment for gender-responsive policy making, planning, human resource development and management in government. c. Statistical agencies (National Statistics Office [NSO], National Statistical Coordination Board [NSCB] and Statistical Research and Training Center [SRTC]), for genderresponsive statistics. d. Pilot agencies for specialized elements of an enabling environment for gender-responsive policies and programs: Department of Agriculture (DA), policy analysis and implementation down to the field level; Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), institutional capacity building for GAD; Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), program-level gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), field-level people’s participation. 143. Among the important outputs of each agency’s project component are handbooks, tools and manuals to guide the agency and the rest of the bureaucracy in their gender mainstreaming work: a. Manual on Handling Sexual Harassment Cases in Government (CSC); Manual on Formulating Gender Responsive Development Plans (NEDA); Technical Assistance Package for GAD Planning and Budgeting for Local Government Units and Handling and 50