ANNEX A: GUIDE IN COMPLETING THE GAD PLAN AND BUDGET TEMPLATE Note: The template at the end of this section guides the agency in preparing its GAD plan and budget. Specific examples are provided as each column is discussed. Column 1: Gender Issue and/or GAD Mandate The priority gender issues identified through the agency’s review of its flagship or regular programs, analysis of sex disaggregated data or relevant information that surface the unequal situation of women and men will be listed in this column. The gender issue could be client-or organizationfocused. A client-focused gender issue refers to concerns arising from the unequal status of women and men stakeholders of a particular agency including the extent of their disparity over benefits from and contribution to a policy/program and/or project of the agency. This arises from not taking into account women’s special needs during the formulation of the agency’s policies, planning and implementation of its program, projects and services, putting women in a disadvantaged position. On the other hand, an organization-focused gender issue points to the gap/s in the capacity of the organization to integrate a gender dimension in its programs, systems or structure. Examples include lack of knowledge and skills of the management and/or employees on GAD, low participation of women or men employees in human resource development undertakings, decision-making structures and processes within the agency, sexual harassment and multiple burdens of women employees, among others. Aside from the priority gender issues, the agency may directly cite specific provisions from GAD-related laws or plans (e.g. relevant provisions of the R.A. 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women) that it needs to implement. The GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) shall prioritize in the agency’s succeeding GAD plan and budget (GPB) recurring gender issues, results of the assessment of existing flagship programs using the HGDG and those that have not been addressed in the previous years’ GPB. 17