CEDAW/C/PHI/4 English Page 23 Programme/project developments 30. In support of the policies that give more chances for women's advancement and their protection, the Government and non-governmental organizations have undertaken various programmes and projects. Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Gender-responsive Programmes and Projects 31. A technical working group composed of NEDA and NCRFW staff formulated generic Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Gender-responsive Programmes and Projects which aim to integrate the gender perspective into all aspects of the project development cycle, from identification to post-project evaluation. The guidelines were supposed to be a vehicle to ensure the implementation of gender-responsive development programmes and projects in government. 32. At the regional level, NEDA Region X has developed a region-specific set of guidelines for integrating gender concerns into the development process. NCRFW-GTZ project groups 33. A series of consultations between NCRFW and women's groups in 1994 identified the most pressing issues of women. With funding assistance from the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) NCRFW embarked on a project to create project groups for each of these concerns: ecology, family, the media, peace, prostitution, and violence against women. They were tasked to come up with recommendations towards the institutionalization of policy and programme interventions in government agencies. This project resulted in presidential directives directed to concerned line agencies. However, no adequate followthrough was done so that only one of the project groups had seen through the concrete translation of their recommendations into action. This was the Violence Against Women (VAW) group, which became instrumental in evolving a tieup between the WCC (a non-governmental organization), the Department of Health and NCRFW for the pilot operation of a hospital-based crisis centre in one of the government hospitals. Training and advocacy 34. One of the nationwide programmes undertaken was consciousness-raising on gender issues and dynamics and gender-responsive development for the bureaucracy (department secretaries, under-secretaries, planners, trainers, and other decision makers, government officials assigned abroad, etc.); and training focused on violence against women for law enforcement officers, and on sexual harassment for male managers/directors in the bureaucracy. Information campaign 35. NCRFW, with funding assistance from CIDA, developed and disseminated primers and other information materials for mass dissemination and for training use. Primers were on the following subjects: women and population, sexual harassment, domestic violence, politics, environment and migration. Posters on /...