E.O. Barangay GAD Focal Point System

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Republic of the Philippines

Province of Misamis Occidental


Municipality of Concepcion
Barangay ______________

OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. _____


Series OF 20______

AN ORDER ESTABLISHING AND ORGANIZING THE GENDER AND


DEVELOPMENT (GAD) FOCAL POINT SYSTEM OF BARANGAY
_________ CONCEPCION, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL AND DEFINING ITS
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS

WHEREAS, Section 14, Article II of the Constitution provides that the State
recognizes the role of women in nation building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the law of women and men;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36 of RA 9710, otherwise known as the


Magna Carta of Women (MCW) all government departments, including their
attached agencies, offices, bureaus, state universities and colleges,
government institution 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 for the creation or strengthening or GAD Focal Point
System or a similar GAD mechanism in LGUs and other instrumentalities of
the government to catalyse and accelerate gender mainstreaming within the
agency or LGU;

WHEREAS; PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA JMC 2013-01 sets the Guidelines on the


Localization of the Magna Carta of Women;

WHEREAS; There a need to Institutionalize and organize the GAD Focal


Point and define its functions and responsibilities.

NOW THEREFORE, I, HON. ______________________, Punong Barangay


of Barangay ____________________, Concepcion, Misamis Occidental, by
virtue of the power vested upon me by law, do hereby order the following;

SECTION 1. Organization of GAD Focal Point System. The GAD Focal


Point System (GFPS) of Barangay ____________________, Concepcion,
Misamis Occidental, is hereby organized:

SECTION 2. Composition of the Barangay GAD Focal Point System.


The Barangay GPP System of Barangay ____________________,
Concepcion, Misamis Occidental shall be composed of the following.

Chairman : __________________
Punong Barangay

Co-Chair :

Hon. ____________________
Chair of the SB Comm. On Women, Children and Family
Members:

____________________
Barangay Health Worker

____________________
Barangay Treasurer

____________________
Barangay Human Rights Action

____________________
Barangay Nutrition Scholar

____________________
Day Care Worker

____________________
Lupong Tagapamayapa Member

____________________
SB Committee on Appropriation

____________________
Tanod Executive Officer
____________________
SK Chairperson

____________________
VAW Desk Officer

____________________
Representative from Women’s Organization

Secretariat Support:

____________________
Barangay Secretary

SECTION 3. General Functions of the GAD Focal Points. – The GAD


Focal Points System shall perform the following:

1. Ensure and sustain the Barangay’s critical consciousness in


supporting gender and development, women’s empowerment and
responding to gender issues; and
2. Take the lead role in direction-setting, advocacy, planning,
monitoring and evaluation, and technical advisory in mainstreaming GAD
perfectives in the Barangay Programs, projects, activities and processes;

SECTION 4. Special Functions of the GAD Focal Points. – The GAD


Focal Points System shall perform the following:

1. Lead in mainstreaming GAD perspective in Barangay policies, plans


and programs. In the process, they shall ensure the assessment of the
gender responsiveness of systems, structures, policies, programs, processes
and procedures of the LGU based on the priority needs and concerns of each
constituencies and employees, and the formulation of recommendations
including their implementation:
2. Assist in the formulation of new policies such as the GAD code in
advancing Women’s Empowerment and gender equality;
3. Lead in setting up appropriate systems and mechanisms to ensure
the generation, processing, review, and updating of sex-disaggregated data
or barangay GAD data base to serve as basis in performance-based and
gender-responsive planning and budgeting;
4. Coordinate efforts of different divisions/offices/units of the agency
or LGU and advocate for the integration of GAD perspectives in all their
systems and processes:
5. Spearhead the preparation of the Annual and Performance-based
GAD plan and budget (GPB) in response to the gender issues and or
concerns of their locality and in the context of their LGU mandate;
6. Lead in monitoring the effective implementation of the GAD-related
policies and the annual GAD Plans, programs and Budget of the Barangay;
7. Lead the preparation and on-time submission of the annual
Barangay GAD accomplishment report (GAD AR) and other GAD reports, that
may be required under the MCW and the JMC to the Municipality Planning
and Development Office to ensure the alignment of the Barangay GAD PPAs
with the priorities of the municipality and thereafter to the DILG CLGOO for
review and approval.
8. Strengthen the linkages with other LGUs concerned agencies or
organizations working on Women’s Rights and gender and development to
harmonize and synchronize GAD efforts at various levels of governance;
9. Promote and actively pursue the participation of Women and gender
advocates, other civil society groups and private organizations in the various
stages of development planning cycle ; giving special attention to the
marginalized sectors ; and
10. Ensure that all personnel of the Barangay (e.g. treasurer,
secretary) are capacitated on GAD. Along this line, the Barangay GFPS will
recommend and plan an appropriate capacity development program on
gender and development for its employees as part of and implemented
under its regular human resource development program.

SECTION 5. Meeting. The GFPS shall meet quarterly or as often as may be


necessary.

SECTION 5. Funding. All programs, projects and activities related to the


implementation of GFPS shall be charged against the 5% GAD allocation
subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules, regulations and
procedures.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause- All related issuances in conflict herewith


are
superseded by this Order, and/or modified accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity – This Executive Order shall take effect


immediately and shall remain in force and effect unless otherwise revoked
by the undersigned.

Issued this ____ day of ___________, 20__ at Barangay


____________________, Concepcion, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.

Hon. __________________
Punong Barangay

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