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MAINSTREAMING GAD BUDGET IN THE CDP

MAINSTREAMING GAD BUDGET IN THE CDP. Legal Basis of the 5% GAD Budget. RA 71 92 (Women in Development and Nation Building Act) requires all government agencies to review and revise all their policies and procedures to remove gender biases; promotes

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MAINSTREAMING GAD BUDGET IN THE CDP

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  1. MAINSTREAMING GAD BUDGET IN THE CDP

  2. Legal Basis of the 5% GAD Budget • RA 71 92 (Women in Development and • Nation Building Act) requires all • government agencies to review and • revise all their policies and procedures • to remove gender biases; promotes • gender – responsive planning;

  3. provides that external and domestic resources Shall be mobilized by nationaland local government agencies to support programs/projects for women; and provides for the allocation of 5-30% of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds for programs and projects for women.

  4. EO 273 which operationalizes the • Philippine Plan for Gender-responsive • Development (PPGD) directs all national • and local government agencies to • incorporate and reflect GAD concerns • in the annual budget proposals in the • and work and financial plans.

  5. The annual General Appropriations Act • (GAA) mandates all government agen- • cies including LGUs to formulate a • GAD Plan designed to empower women • and address gender issues. The cost • of implementing the GAD Plan shall at • least 5% of the agency/ LGUs total • budget appropriation.

  6. Local Budget Memorandum on IRA • provides that the annual budget of LGUs • shall mainstream GAP plan in their • programs, activities and projects that • specify women’s needs and GAD • concerns.

  7. What is a GAD Plan? • It is a systematically designed set of • services, programs, activities and • projects carried out by agencies/LGUs • over a period of time to address gender • issues and concerns of their respective • staff, sectors and constituents.

  8. In the case of LGU, it shall be anchored • on the mandate of LGUs international • commitments, gender issues taken from • the gender analysis, CDP or ELA and • GAD Code.

  9. What is a GAD Budget? • It is a portion of the agency/LGUs • yearly budget (appropriation) that is • intended for gender-responsive programs • and projects. It is the cost of implemen- • ting the agency/LGU’s annual GAD plan. • It is not an additional amount over and • above of the regular budget.

  10. The 5% GAD budget shall endeavor • to directly influence the 95% of the • agency/LGU budget toward gender- • responsiveness.

  11. What can be Funded by the 5% GAD Buget at the LGU level? • Setting up/strengthening of a GAD Focal • Point • Gender sensitivity trainings (GST), trai- • nings on gender analysis, gender main- • streaming, & laws on women • Advocacy activities on GAD, VAWC- • related laws & reproductive health

  12. Organizational assessment (Gerl-Ka Ba) • Capacity Building for GAD trainers, • staff of Women’s Desk & women in • non-traditional occupations • Establishment of LGU gender-respon- • sive database • GAD Planning activities

  13. Salaries of workers directly engaged in • gender-responsive programs & projects • (e.g. VAWC Center) • Construction, cost of managing, and • providing equipment for women’s • shelter, women health project/training • centers.

  14. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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