DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF FILIPINO WOMEN

JOINT CIRCULAR NO. 2001-01
December 19, 2001

TO           :	All Government, City and Municipal Mayors and Punong Barangays, All Sanggunian Members, All Chairpersons of Committee on Women and Family, All Regional Directors, All Others Concerned
SUBJECT :	Guidelines for Integrating Gender and Development and Development (GAD) in the Local Planning and Budgeting System Through the Formulation of GAD Plans

The Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development (PPGD), 1995-2025 which was adopted through Executive Order No. 273, provided specific services that should be implemented for women in relation to the services stipulated in Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991. Specific provisions are Sections 16 and 17, mandating LGUs to promote the general welfare and provide basic services and facilities to their constituents, including the discharge of devolved responsibilities pursuant to the Code. Cognizant of such policies, all concerned are hereby enjoined to integrate GAD in the Local Planning and Budgeting through the following:

1. OBJECTIVES

General: To assist LGUs in responding to gender issues of their locality through the formulation of their GAD Plan and
integrating the same in their Local Development Plans

Specific: To serve as an enabling guideline for the Guidebook on Gender-Responsive Local Planning and Budgeting

2. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN

1. All provinces, cities, muncipalities and barangays shall prepare a GAD Plan addressing the gender issues of the locality following sections 16 and 17 of the LGC of 1991 and other related provisions.
2. All LGUs shall integrate gender concerns in the formulation of the CDP/CLUP/AIP using the attached guidebook as their reference.
3. The formulation of GAD Plan shall follow the regular planning and budget calendar/schedule of LGUs and shall be anchored on the existing Comprehensive Land Use Plan/Comprehensive Development Plan/Annual Investment Plan preparation.
4. It is the responsibility of the Provincial City and Municipal Planning Development Coordinators to ensure that GAD PPAs are integrated in the local planning process: background profile, physical study, sectoral reports and local investment program of the CLUP. PPAs can be consolidated to represent the LGU GAD Plan.

3. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS/PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. All LGUs must ensure that GAD PPAs implemented at their level are responsive to and supportive of the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, particularly Section 16 on General Welfare and Section 17 on Basic Services and Facilities, and other related provisions.
2. In the identification of improved access condition for women and children (i.e., health, water, education, transportation, road construction, market etc.), LGUs must ensure that interventions for improved access conditions generated from the Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) procedure are primarily considered.

4. APPROPRIATIONS FOR GAD

1. LGUs shall ensure that appropriate funds are allocated for implementation of GAD PPAs.
2. The provinces, Cities, Muncipalities and Barangays shall allocate funds for the implementation of the GAD Plan coming from the internal/local sources, foreign donors and other external funding agencies and as mandated by the FY 2002 General Appropriations Act and other budget guidelines.

5. MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GAD PLANS

1. The Local Government Units shall submit to DILG Provincial/City and Municipal Offices their GAD accomplishment reports not later than end of January of the ensuing year.
2. The DILG Provincial/City Offices shall submit to DILG Regional
   Office a consolidated LGU GAD annual accomplishment report following the prescribed local planning and budgeting systems and procedures. Sample format of Implementation Report is also reflected in the Guidebook on Gender Responsive Local Planning and Budgeting.
3. The DILG Regional Office shall analyze the consolidated regional
   Report based on specific Performance Indicators indicating the highlights of accomplishments vis-à-vis funds allocated and actual expenditures, major concerns/constraints encountered and possible areas for improvement. The consolidated accomplishment reports shall be forwarded to the DILG-BLGD within the first quarter of the ensuing year.

It is the responsibility of DILG-BLGD to review the consolidated reports on implementation of concerns and provide comments/resolutions, when necessary and submit them to Congress, copy furnished to the NCRFW.

For compliance.

JOSE D. LINA JR. (sgd.) Secretary Department of the Interior and Local Government	EMILIA T. BONCODIN (sgd.) Secretary Department of Budget and Management
AURORA JAVATE - DE DIOS (sgd.) Chairperson National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women