4.1 Creation and/or Strengthening of the GAD Focal Point System: As
required by the MCW and following the PCW Memorandum Circular
2011-01 (Guidelines for the Creation, Strengthening and
Institutionalization of the Gender and Development [GAD] Focal Point
System), all agencies should have an institutionalized and functional
GAD Focal Point System (GFPS).
4.2 Capability Building on Gender and Development: A clear
understanding and appreciation of gender and development is a
pre-requisite for a successful GPB. Agencies are required to
regularly undertake orientations and capacity development on GAD
including GAD-related laws and commitments for their employees.
Trainings should include gender mainstreaming, gender analysis
and gender-responsive planning and budgeting.
4.3 Conduct of Gender Audit: Gender audit is an examination of the
agency’s level of gender mainstreaming or extent of the genderresponsiveness of its policies, programs and projects, the level of
gender awareness and competence of its personnel and the
presence or absence of enabling mechanisms that support gender
mainstreaming. The result of the gender audit could be a basis of
capacity development programs that must be implemented and in
enhancing the gender-responsiveness of agency policies and PAPs.
4.4 Institutionalizing GAD Database/Sex-disaggregated Data: The
agency shall develop or integrate in its existing database GAD
information to include gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data
that have been systematically produced or gathered as inputs or
bases for planning, budgeting, programming, and policy formulation.
5.0 STEPS IN FORMULATING THE GAD PLAN
5.1 Set the GAD agenda or identify priority gender-issues and/or
pecific GAD mandates and targets to be addressed over a oneyear or three-year term by the central office in consultation with
regional offices, bureaus and attached agencies. This GAD agenda
shall be the basis for the annual formulation of PAPs to be included
in the GPB of the department and its attached agencies, bureaus,
regional offices and units.
Priority gender issues or the GAD agenda may be derived from:
5.1.1 A review of national GAD-related policies and plans such as
those mentioned in Sec. 2.1 and 3.1 of these Guidelines;
4