Barangay Gender and

Development (GAD)
Planning and
Budgeting
Policy Imperatives for GAD
Planning and Budgeting
• R.A. 7192 Women in
Development and Nation-Building
Act of 1992
Magna Carta of Women of 2009
• GAA
Approving and Adopting the PPGD
(1995-2025)
• E.O. 273
General Appropriations Act
Policy Imperatives for GAD
Planning and Budgeting
• R.A. 9710
Women in Development and Nation
Building
• JC 2013-01
PCW- DILG-DBM-NEDA Joint
Memorandum Circular 2013-01
Guidelines on the Localization of the
MCW
• JCM 2016-01
PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Circular No. 2012-01
- Guidelines in Preparing GAD Plans and
Budgets and GAD ARs to implement the
Policy Imperatives for GAD
Planning and Budgeting
• JCM 2016-01
PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Circular No.
2012-01 - Guidelines in Preparing
GAD Plans and Budgets and GAD
ARs to implement the MCW
Policy Imperatives for GAD
Planning and Budgeting

JC
GAA 2013-01

R.A. 7192 E.O. R.A. JmC

Women in 273 9710 2016-01
Development
and Nation-
Building Act of
1992
How to go about GAD planning
and budgeting?
 What is Gender-
Responsive Planning?
It is the process of incorporating
GAD concerns in the planning
process :
• Generating sex-disaggregated
data and making available GAD-
related information
•Analyzing the situation with
gender lens
•Specifically identifying the gender
issues
•Addressing the gender issues in
the plan
 What is a GAD Plan?
• A systematically designed set of
programs, projects and activities to be
implemented by an agency over a given
period of time.
• It addresses gender issues and concerns
of the agency clients and of its
personnel.
• It should be an integral part of
the agency plan.
 General Guidelines in GAD
Planning and Budgeting
4. Adopt gender mainstreaming
strategy to attain desired outcomes
(use of Harmonized GAD Guidelines
in conduct of gender analysis)

5. The GAD budget (which is the cost

of implementing the GAD plan)
forms part of and is not in
addition to the LGUs/Barangay’
Annual Budget.
The following are essential elements in
GAD planning and budgeting as they
enable agencies to more effectively plan
and implement their sectoral programs on
GAD. If these are not present or need to
be strengthened, agencies shall include
them in their GPBs.
The Barangay GAD
Focal Point System
The Punong Barangay
- Chair
Chair of the Sangguniang Barangay
Committee on Women, Children and
Family
- Co-Chair
The Barangay GAD
Focal Point System
Members:
• Sangguniang Barangay Committee on
Appropriations
• SK Chairperson
• Barangay Health Worker
• Barangay Treasurer
• Violence Against Women (VAW) Desk
Officer
The Barangay GAD
Focal Point System
• Barangay Nutrition Scholar
• Tanod Executive Officer
• Day Care Worker

Other Members:
• Lupong Tagapamayapa member
• Women’s organizations existing at the
barangay level
The Barangay GAD
Focal Point System
• Barangay Human Rights Action
Officer, where existent
• Members of the private sector and
academe, as appropriate

The Barangay Secretary shall

provide secretariat support to the
Barangay GFPS.
Costing and Allocation
of the GAD Budget
1. At least 5% of total barangay
budget shall be used to fund GAD
PPAs.
GAD budget is not an additional
budget over agency’s total budget
GAD budget may be drawn from
MOOE, PS and CO.
Costing and Allocation
of the GAD Budget
2. Attributing the cost or a
portion of the cost of
implementing major programs
to the GAD budget.

Expenses that
• CANNOT be Charged/
• Attributed to the GAD Budget
Expenses that CANNOT be charged
to the GAD budget
PPAs that are not in the
barangay-endorsed GAD
plan;
Personal services of women
employees UNLESS they are
working full time or part time
on GAD PPAs;
Honoraria for agency GAD Focal
Point System members or other
employees working on their agency
GAD-programs;
Salaries of casual or
emergency employees
UNLESS they are hired to
assist in GAD related PAPs;
Expenses that CANNOT be charged
to the GAD budget
Provision for
contingency funds or
"other services" of
PPAs;
Car-pooling, gas masks
for traffic/ environment
enforcers, among
others;
Purchase of supplies,
materials, equipment and
vehicles for the general
use of the agency.
Expenses that CANNOT be charged
to the GAD budget

The following expenses may NOT be charged

to the GAD budget UNLESS they are justified
as clearly addressing a specific gender issue:

- Physical, mental and health

fitness including purchase of
equipment and information
dissemination materials;
- Social, rest and recreation
activities;
- Religious activities and
implementation of cultural
projects; and
- Construction expenses
THE GAD PLAN AND
BUDGET FORM
The GFPS TWG for barangay level could
be the Barangay Secretary….
REMEMBER:

GAD-AR
• Submitted together with
GAD Plan and Budget
• Requirement for the
endorsement of GPB of
LGUs and LGAs
END OF LESSON 13