REVIEWING THE

BARANGAY GAD PLAN AND

BUDGET
Barangay POBLACION 5, Catubig, Northern Samar
November 30, 2022

SHERYL ARCALES-RAPATAN
MLGOO
Re LEARNING and
APPRECIATING
WHAT IS GAD?
GAD is a major advance in development theory and practice.
It has grown out of attempts to understand both the ongoing inequality
between women and men and the failure of countless development and
women’s projects.

GAD is about recognizing

that gender biases impede development
GAD is a development perspective that recognizes the different
roles, interests and needs of women and men.

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AND DELIBERATELY ADDRESSES THEM…
In the processes of developing, budgeting,
implementing, monitoring and evaluating
programs, projects and services, particularly in
government agencies.

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LEGAL BASIS

1987 Constitution

• “the State recognizes the role of women in

nation building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the law of
women and men.”
 LEGAL BASIS ---- RA 9710: Magna Carta of Women
• At least five percent (5%) of the total agency or LGU budget appropriations
shall correspond to activities supporting GAD Plans and Programs

• The head of agency or LCE shall ensure that GAD Plans, Programs, and
activities are provided with adequate resources
 GENERAL GUIDELINES
• Barangays shall prepare and submit their GPBs to the
City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) as stated
in the GAD JMC No. 2016-01 dated January 12, 2016
(PCW, DILG, DBM, NEDA).

• MPDO – reviews the GPB to ensure alignment to City

priorities and mandates, correctness and alignment of
the entries in each column of the GPB form.
MPDO submit the same to the DILG for review and
endorsement (ensure gender responsiveness of their content)
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NO: Return to Barangay with comments and

Recommendations

YES! : Issue Certificate of Review and Endorsement

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What are Gender Issues?
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Personal from beliefs, attitudes, values, roles and

characteristics attributed by society to women and
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Physical abuse
2. Preference of Company to Male employees
(Hiring, Promotion)
3. High illiteracy rate of women
4. Prevalent cases of sexual harrassment
Legal Mandates
• 1987 Constitution
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW)
• Beijing Platform for Action
• Millennium Development Goals
• Republic Act 7192 (Women in Development and Nation-building Act)
 Guiding Principles
 LGUs should prioritize client-focused gender issues;
 gender issue must reflect the differences in situation
and needs of women and men constituents;
 Gender Issues must be valid and relevant based on
statistics/situation; to be supported by evidence such
as sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis
results.
 Guiding Principles
 Supporting data or information should be cited or
reflected in the statement of the gender issue
(e.g. increase in the reported cases of violence against
women reflected in the number of Barangay Protection
Orders issued or based on Women and Children Police
Desk report)
provide specific data/statistics
 Guiding Principles
For GAD mandate
 LG Code provisions
 CEDAW
 MCW provision
 Beijing Platform; and
 Other National GAD related laws
Guiding Principles
 GAD activities should be able to respond to the gender issues
being addressed by the LGU;
 GAD activities should contribute to the attainment of the GAD
objective;
 GAD activities may be repeated over several planning periods
until GAD objectives are achieved or gender issues are
addressed;
 Be familiar with the list of GAD activities that can and cannot be
charged/attributed to the GAD budget;
 Guiding Principles
 Indicators should show clear measure or evidence of progress made
based on the identified GAD activity and must be expressed in qualitative
and quantitative measurement such as presence of, absence of, % of, no. of,
and ratio;
 target clearly indicate the intended beneficiaries (who and how many), date
of implementation, and outputs of the GAD activity; must be attainable
within the implementation period; realistic and should be set against a baseline
data;
 Monitoring and evaluating the GPB will largely be based on attainment of targets
and performance indicators.
 
 EXAMPLES OF EXPENSES THAT CAN
BE CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET
1. (PPAs) that address GAD issues and GAD Mandates including relevant
expenses such as supplies, travel, food, board and lodging, professional fees,
among others;
2. Capacity development on GAD
3. Activities related to the establishment and/strengthening of enabling
mechanisms that support the GAD efforts of LGUs (e.g. GAD Focal Point
System, VAW desks, among others);
 EXAMPLES OF EXPENSES THAT CAN BE
CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET (cont..)
4. Salaries of LGU personnel assigned to plan, implement and monitor
GAD PPAs on a full-time basis, following government rules in hiring
and creating positions;
5. Time spent by LGU GAD Focal Point System members or LGU
employees doing GAD related work. Overtime work rendered in
doing GAD related PPAs may be compensated through a
compensatory time off (CTO), following government accounting and
auditing rules and regulations;
6. Salaries of personnel hired to manage/operate the GAD Office, if
established;
EXAMPLES OF EXPENSES THAT CAN BE
CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET (cont..)
8. LGU programs that address women’s practical and strategic needs
(e.g. day care center, breastfeeding rooms, crisis or counseling rooms
for abused women and children, halfway houses for trafficked women
and children, gender-responsive family planning program, among
others);
9. Construction expenses for the following :
a) Day care center , b) VAWC Center, c) Halfway Houses for trafficked
women and girls, d) Women crisis center
10. Consultations conducted by LGUs to gather inputs for and/or to
disseminate the GAD plan and budget;
EXAMPLES OF EXPENSES THAT CAN BE
CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET (cont..)
11. Payment of professional fees, honoraria and other services for
gender experts or gender specialists engaged by LGUs for GAD-
related trainings and activities; and

12. IEC activities (development, printing and dissemination) that

support the GAD PPAs and objectives of the LGUs.
The expenditures although allowed, must still follow government
accounting rules and regulations.
EXAMPLES OF EXPENSES THAT CAN
NOT BE CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET
1. Personal services of women employees unless they are working full
time or part time on GAD PPAs;
2. Honoraria for LGU’s GFPS members or other employees working on
their LGU GAD programs;
3. Salaries of casual or emergency employees UNLESS they are hired
to assist in GAD-related PPAs;
4. Provision of contingency funds or “other services” of PPAs; and
5. Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and vehicles for the
general use of the LGU.
EXAMPLES OF EXPENSES THAT CAN NOT
BE CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET (cont..)
7. The following expenses CAN NOT be charged to the GAD budget UNLESS
they are justified as clearly addressing a specific gender issue:

a. Physical, mental and health fitness including purchase of supplies,

materials, equipment and information dissemination materials;
b. Social, rest and recreation activities; and
c. Religious activities and implementation of cultural projects;
Guiding Principle

 The functions of the Responsible Units/Office must be

relevant or related to PPAs identified in the plan;
 Must be responsible to the provision of status report on
the GAD activities’ implementation
FOR ATTRIBUTION OF LGU’S
REGULAR PROGRAM TO GAD Budget:

 If the LGU intends to attribute a portion or the total budget of

mainstreamed PPAs to the GAD budget the LGU should administer
HGDG Project design Checklist
The application of the tool will determine the score and the
corresponding percentage of budget for the year of the regular
/mainstreamed projects that could be attributed to the GAD
budget.
FOR ATTRIBUTION OF LGU’S REGULAR
PROGRAM TO GAD Budget: (cont..)
 The administration of the HGDG will yield a maximum score of 20
points for each program or project.
 Associated with each rating is a percentage of the LGU’s
program/project that may be attributed to the GAD budget.
 In estimating the LGU’s cost of attribution to GAD Budget, the
attribution of GAD PPAs is guided by the following scores as
follows:
FOR ATTRIBUTION OF LGU’S REGULAR
PROGRAM TO GAD Budget: (cont..)
HGDG DESCRIPTION Corresponding Budget for the Year of the Program that may be Attributed to the LGU
SCORE GAD Budget
 
Below 4.0 GAD is invisible 0% or no amount of the program/project budget for the year may be attributed to the GAD
budget
4.0 – 7.9 Promising GAD 25% of the budget for the year of the program/project may be attributed to the GAD budget
prospects (conditional
pass)
8.0 – 14.9 Gender Sensitive 50% of the budget for the year of the program/project, may be attributed to the GAD
budget
15.0-19.9 Gender-responsive 75% of the budget for the year of the program/project may be attributed to the GAD budget

20.0 Fully gender- 100% of the budget for the year of the program may be attributed to the GAD budget
responsive
FOR ATTRIBUTION OF LGU’S REGULAR
PROGRAM TO GAD Budget: (cont..)
 If the LGU attributed mainstreamed budget to GPB using the
HGDG, copies of the results of the HGDG assessment together with
the supporting documents (e.g., project proposal/brief) shall be
attached to the GPB for submission.
Thank you for Listening
May the BARANGAY
lead the way to happy
community to live in!