Republic of the Philippines

Province of Misamis Occidental

City of Tangub
Barangay ______________

OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. _____

Series OF 2020

AN ORDER EXTABLISHING AND ORGANIZING THE GENDER AND

DEVELOPMENT (GAD) FOCAL POINT SYSTEM OF BARANGAY
_________ TANGUB CITY, 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 ____________________, Tangub City, 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 ____________________, Tangub City,
Misamis Occidental, is hereby organized:

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

Barangay GPP System of of Barangay ____________________, Tangub City,
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. Functions of the GAD Focal Points. – The GAD Focal Points
System shall have the following functions:

SECTION 3.1. General Functions of the GAD Focal Points. – The GAD
Focal Points System shall perform the following:

Lead in mainstreaming gender perspective in agency/department 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 agency based on the priority
needs and concerns of constituencies and employees and the formulation of recommendations
including their implementation;
b) Assist in the formulation of new policies such as the GAD Code in advancing women’s status,
such as in the case of LGUs;

c) Lead in setting up appropriate systems and mechanisms to ensure the generation, processing,
review and updating of sex-disaggregated data or GAD database to serve as basis in
performance-based gender responsive planning;
d) Coordinate efforts of different divisions, offices, units of the agency and advocate for the
integration of GAD perspectives in all their systems and processes;
 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 3.2. 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; and consolidate the
same following the form and procedures prescribed by the PCW, DBM and
NEDA in Joint Circular 2011-1. The GFPS shall likewise be responsible for
submitting the consolidated GPBs of the LGU;
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 City/Municipality Planning and
Development Office to ensure the alignment of the Barangay GAD PPAs with
the priorities of the City 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.
Technical Working Group (TWG) or Secretariat shall:
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i. Facilitate the implementation of the gender mainstreaming efforts of the
agency through the GAD planning and budgeting process;
ii. Formulate agency GAD Plans, Programs and Budget in response to the
gender gaps and issues faced by their clients and constituencies, women and
men employees, following the conduct of a gender audit, gender analysis,
and/or review of sex disaggregated data;
iii. Assist in the capacity development of and provide technical assistance to
the agency, and as needed, to officers in the other offices or units. In this
regard, the TWG shall work with the human resource development office on
the development and implementation of an appropriate capacity development
program on gender equality and women’s empowerment for its employees,
and as requested or deemed necessary, for other offices under the
Department or Agency, as the case may be;
iv. Coordinate with the various units of the agency including its regional and
attached agencies and ensure their meaningful participation in GAD strategic
and annual planning exercises. The TWG of the GFPS of the central agency
shall coordinate with the GFPS of its attached agencies, bureaus and regional
offices especially on the preparation, consolidation and submission of GAD
Plans and Budgets;
v. Lead the conduct of advocacy activities and the development of IEC
materials to ensure critical support of agency officials, staff and relevant
stakeholders to the activities of the GAD Focal Point System and GAD
mainstreaming activities;
vi. Monitor the implementation of GAD-related programs, activities and
projects in their respective offices and suggest corrective measures to improve
implementation of GAD PAPs and GFPS activities;
vii. Prepare and consolidate agency GAD accomplishment reports; and
viii. Provide regular updates and recommendations to the head of agency or
ExeCom on the activities of the GFPS and the progress of agency GAD
mainstream

SECTION 4. Meeting. The GFPS shall meet quarterly or as often as may be

necessary.

SECTION 5. Repealing Clause- All related issuances in conflict herewith are

superseded by this Order, and/or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. Effectively – This Executive Order shall take effect immediately

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

Issued this ____ day of January 2020 at Barangay ____________________,

Tangub City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.

Hon. __________________
Punong Barangay

Structure and Composition of the GFPS

i. The GFPS shall be composed of the Agency Head and Executive Committee (ExeCom),
and a Technical Working Group (TWG). (Refer to Figure 1). The head of agency may
designate an Undersecretary or its equivalent to head the GFPS Executive Committee.

The existing executive committee or its equivalent highest policy making body may
concurrently serve as the GFPS executive committee. In this case, the head of agency
may designate an alternate Chair.

The Technical Working Group (TWG) may be chaired by a member of the ExeCom; or
the head of the agency may designate a Chair outside of the ExeCom. The TWG shall
be composed of representatives from various divisions or offices from both operations
and support units within the agency, such as but not limited to planning, finance,
 human resource, senior technical officer from each bureau/division/office and where
feasible, the statistics and management information office and/or whichever is
applicable in the organization.

The Technical Working Group may designate a secretariat.

ii. The structure and composition of the GAD Focal Point System may be modified based
on the organizational structure of the agency or office. When necessary, the
membership may be reconstituted in accordance with item (a) above.

iii. Regional Offices, bureaus and attached agencies may follow the structure of their
mother agency or have a modified structure, which may, at a minimum, be composed
of a TWG headed by a director or its equivalent.

iv. For SUCs, the GFPS shall create a TWG composed of the heads or deans of the
different colleges or other campuses, policy and planning, budget, finance, human
resource, research and extension offices and representatives from the students and
the faculty. The GFPS shall be chaired by the highest official or her/his designate.