Republic of the Philippines

Province of Leyte
Municipality of Palompon
Brgy. San Isidro
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Office of the Punong Barangay

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 15
SERIES OF 2020

“AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ORGANIZING THE BARANGAY GENDER AND

DEVELOPMENT FOCAL POINT SYSTEM (BGFPS) OF BARANGAY SAN ISIDRO,
PALOMPON, LEYTE”

WHEREAS, Section 36 of Republic Act No. 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta
of Women (MCW), provides that all government departments, including their attached agencies,
offices, bureaus, state universities and colleges, government owned and controlled corporations,
local government units and all other government instrumentalities shall adopt gender
mainstreaming as a strategy to promote women’s human rights and eliminate gender
discrimination in their systems, structures, policies, programs , processes, and procedures;
WHEREAS, Section 37-C of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the
MCW provides that all concerned government agencies and instrumentalities mentioned above
shall establish or strengthen their GFPS or a similar GAD mechanism to catalyze and accelerate
gender mainstreaming within the agency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I IAN JAY L. AREVALO, Punong Barangay of Barangay

SAN ISIDRO, City/Municipality of PALOMPON, LEYTE, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by law do hereby organize the Barangay Gender and Development Focal Point
System (BGFPS) as follows:

Section 1. Composition. The Barangay Gender and Development Focal Point System
(BGFPS) is hereby organized to be constituted as follows:

Chairperson :
Punong Barangay

Co-Chairperson :
Chairperson of the Sangguniang
Barangay Committee on Women,
Children, and Family

Secretariat Support :
Barangay Secretary

Members
Barangay Health Worker :

Barangay Human Rights Action Officer :

Barangay Nutrition Scholar :

Barangay Treasurer :

Day Care Worker :

Lupong Tagapamayapa Member :

SB Committee on Appropriations :
SK Chairperson :

Tanod Executive Officer :

Violence Against Women Desk Officer :

Representative from Women’s Organization:

Existing at the barangay level

Section 2. Functions. The Barangay Gender and Development Focal Point System
(BGFPS) shall exercise the following functions:
1. Facilitate the gender mainstreaming efforts of the LGU through the GAD planning and
budgeting process;

2. Formulate the Barangay GAD Plan and Budget in response to the gender gaps and issues
faced by their constituents including their women and men employees;

3. Assist in the capacity and competency development of and provide technical assistance to
elected Barangay officials and appointed officials;

4. Coordinate with the various units/offices of the Barangay and ensure their meaningful
participation in strategic and annual planning exercises on GAD including the
preparation, consolidation, and submission of GPBs;

5. Lead the conduct of advocacy activities and the development of information, education
and communication (IEC) materials to ensure critical support of local elected officials,
barangay staff, and relevant stakeholders to the GFPS and to gender mainstreaming;

6. Monitor the implementation of GAD-related PPAs and suggest corrective measures to

improve their implementation;

7. Prepare and consolidate Barangay GAD ARs and other GAD-related reports; and

8. Provide regular updates and recommendations to the Punong Barangay regarding GFPS’
activities and the progress of the Barangay in gender mainstreaming based on the
feedback and reports of concerned Barangay offices/units, stakeholders and constituents.

Section 3. Funding Support. AT least five percent (5%) of the total Barangay budget
appropriations authorized under the Annual Budget shall correspond to activities supporting
GAD PPAs. The Gad budget shall be drawn from the LGU’s maintenance and other operating
expenses (MOOE), capital outlay (CO), and personal services (PS). The GAD budget shall not
constitute ad additional budget over an LGUs total budget appropriations.

SECTION 3. Effectivity- This order shall take effect immediately.

DONE, this 11th day of August 2020 at Barangay San Isidro, Palompon, Leyte.
IAN JAY L. AREVALO
Punong Barangay