PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA JMC No. 2016-01 : AMENDMENTS TO PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA JMC NO. 2013- 01 - GUIDELINES ON THE LOCALIZATION OF THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN Background MCW was signed into law on August 14, 2009 and its IRR was approved and adopted on March 30, 2010) The Philippine “Bill of Rights” for Filipino Women Comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting the rights of Filipino women, especially those in the marginalized sectors; GUIDELINES ON THE LOCALIZATION OF THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN Comprehensive guideline to localize the provisions of RA 9710 (MCW law); Roles of LGUs and Concerned Agencies; COA- for GAD Fund Audit DBM, DILG, PCW and NEDA as oversight Agencies Mainstreaming as the MCW strategy to implement GUIDELINES ON THE LOCALIZATION OF THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN Institutional Mechanism to implement the MCW; GAD Focal Point System GAD Data Base; GAD Code Planning and Budgeting; Attribution of GAD Budget Schedule to be observed in GAD planning and Budgeting M and E System JMC No. 2016-01 Clarify the process of costing, allocation and attribution of the GAD budget; Explain the Role of DILG as the lead agency in the review, endorsement and monitoring of submission of the GAD Plan and Budget (GPB) and GAD Accomplishment Report (GAD AR) of local government units (LGUs); Simplify /Revise the template of LGUs GPB and GAD AR Flowchart on the Submission, Review & Endorsement of GAD Plans & Budget (Barangay Level) Prepares GAD Plan and Budget Reviews GPB to ensure alignment to municipal/City priorities and correctness of the template/form used and completeness of the entries of GPB form BARANGAY City/Mun. Planning Development Office (C/MPDO) Aligned? No Yes Reviews GPB to ensure gender responsiveness of the contents and alignment of the entries in each column of the GPB form Incorporates the endorsed GPB in the Brgy. AIP and Annual Budget Return to Barangay with comments and recommendations Endorse to DILG DILG OfficeCLGOO/MLGOO Aligned and Gender Responsive? Yes BARANGAY No DILG to return GPB to concerned Barangay with comments and recommendations DILG to issue Certificate of Review and Endorsement to concerned Barangay Revised GAD Plan & Budget for PCM and Barangay GAD Accomplishment Report Form for PCM and Barangay Implementation and Monitoring of the LGU GAD Plan and Budget (C.7 of JMC 2013) Implementation and Monitoring of the LGU GAD Plan and Budget • The implementation of the GPB shall commence upon the enactment of the LGU budget. • The LCE shall issue an appropriate policy directive, copy furnished the DILG Office that conducted the review of the LGU GPB, to disseminate and implement the GPB. Implementation and Monitoring of the LGU GAD Plan and Budget • The directive shall also mandate the LGU GFPS to: a) provide technical assistance in the implementation of the GPB; b) monitor its implementation; c) ensure the preparation and submission of GAD AR; and d) consolidate reports on the implementation of the GPB. – Implementation and Monitoring of the LGU GAD Plan and Budget • All LGUs shall establish, enhance, strengthen and/or maintain a gender responsive monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system. • The LCE shall issue an Executive Order or Administrative Order creating the M&E Team. – composed of the GFPS TWG Chair, P/C/M Planning and Development Coordinator, HRM Officer, Budget Officer, DILG LGOO, representative/s of the LCE, CSO representative/s specifically from women’s organizations and the academe. Implementation and Monitoring of the LGU GAD Plan and Budget • The LGU GFPS thru the M & E Team created shall monitor the implementation of the annual GPB and assess the status of the LGU’s institutional mechanisms on gender mainstreaming annually: Implementation and Monitoring of the LGU GAD Plan and Budget • The GAD M&E Team shall evaluate the outcomes of the LGU GAD policies, programs and projects and submit a GAD Evaluation Report to the DILG Regional Office at the end of the LCE’s three-year term. • The submission shall be done not later than June of the next term (Refer to Annex H: LGU GAD Evaluation Report of the JMC 2013-01 Annex H Role of DILG on the Localization of MCW 1.Review and endorse LGU’s GAD Plan and Budget for inclusion in the LGU’s Annual Investment Program (AIP) and funding; 2.Review and consolidate LGUs’ GAD Accomplishment Reports (GAD ARs); 3.Provide technical assistance to LGUs Role of DILG on the Localization of MCW 4. Monitor and evaluate LGU compliance in the following institutional mechanisms: Formulation, submission and implementation of LGU GPBs Submission of GAD ARs Utilization of the 5% GAD Budget Formulation of the GAD Code Creation/re-organization and functionality of GFPS or similar GAD mechanisms Establishment of the LGU GAD Database Organization and functionality of Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPCs) Functionality of VAWC Office/Desk and Women’s Shelter Functionality of the GAD Office/Unit and Encoding thru URL • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tT4fm iqYy8mmkJPxYDfr9DCGSg4jq_rWGyX7SR MEMX4. INFORMATION NEEDED Reporting Schedule FREQUENCY 1) LGUs with organized GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) per (P/C/M) November or every once organization/or every reorganization of LCE the LGUs’ GFPS 2) LGUs with GAD office per P/C/M Note: Establishment of Office is optional to the LGU 3) LGUs with organized Local Council of Women per Province/City/Municipali Once there is an Once LGU that established a GAD Office November or every once organization/or every reorganization LCE on each term of the on each term of the INFORMATION NEEDED Reporting Schedule FREQUENCY LGUs with Annual February GAD Accomplishment Report per PCM reviewed by DILG Annually LGUs with GAD Plan & June-July Budget per PCM reviewed and endorsed by DILG Annually LGUs with submitted February Status Report on Institutional Mechanism for Gender Mainstreaming (Annex Annually INFORMATION NEEDED LGUs with GAD Evaluation Report (termbased) Annex H of JMC 2013-01 LGUs GAD Code formulated/updated LGUs Database established Reporting Schedule FREQUENCY Before the end Every 3 years of every term Once an LGU Once or every had formulated updating their GAD Code GAD Once an LGU 1 time established GAD data base INFORMATION NEEDED LGUs with M&E Team established (Term based or as need arises) Reporting Schedule FREQUENCY Once the 1 time LGU established their M and E Team EXPENSES THAT CAN BE CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET 1) Programs, projects, activities (PPAs) thst address GAD issues and GAD Mandates, including relevant expenses such as supplies, travel, food, board and lodging, professional fees, among others; 2) Capacity development on GAD (e.g. Gender Sensitivity Training; Gender Analysis, Gender-responsive Planning and Budgeting, among others.); 3) Activities related to the establishment and/strengthening of enabling mechanisms that support the GAD efforts of LGUs (e.g. GAD Focal Point System, VAW desks, among others); 4) Salaries of LGU personnel assigned to plan, implement and monitor GAD PPAs on a full-time basis, following government rules in hiring and creating positions; 5) Time spent by LGU GAD Focal Point System members or LGU employees doing GAD related work. Overtime work rendered in doing GAD related PPAs may be compensated through a compensatory time off (CTO), following government accounting and auditing rules and regulations; EXPENSES THAT CAN BE CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET 6) Salaries of personnel hired to manage/operate the GAD Office, if established; 7) Barangay programs that address women’s practical and strategic needs (e.g. day care center, breastfeeding rooms, crisis or counseling rooms for abused women and children, halfway houses for trafficked women and children, gender-responsive family planning program, among others); 8) Construction expenses for gender-responsive or GAD mandated facilities which include but are not limited to, the following : a) Day care center; b) VAWC Center; c) Halfway Houses for trafficked women and girls; and d) Women crisis center 9) Consultations conducted by LGUs to gather inputs for and/or to disseminate the GAD plan and budget; 10) Payment of professional fees, honoraria and other services for gender experts or gender specialists engaged by LGUs for GAD-related trainings and activities; and 11) IEC activities (development, printing and dissemination) that support the GAD PPAs and objectives of the LGUs. The expenditures although allowed, must still follow government accounting rules and regulations. EXPENSES THAT CANNOT BE CHARGED TO THE GAD BUDGET • • • • • • • Programs, projects, activities (PPAs) that are not in the LGU’s DILG– approved GAD plan; Personal services of women employees UNLESS they are working full time or part time on GAD PPAs; Honoraria for LGU’s GFPS members or other employees working on their LGU GAD programs; Salaries of casual or emergency employees UNLESS they are hired to assist in GAD-related PPAs; Provision of contingency funds or “other services” of PPAs; and Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and vehicles for the general use of the barangay. The following expenses CAN 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 supplies, materials, equipment and information dissemination materials; – Social, rest and recreation activities; and – Religious activities and implementation of cultural projects; ATTRIBUTION TO THE GAD BUDGET HGDG Score Description Corresponding Budget for the Year of the Program that may be Attributed to the LGU GAD Budget Below 4.0 GAD is invisible 0% or no amount of the program/project budget for the year may be attributed to the GAD budget 4.0 – 7.9 Promising GAD prospects (conditional pass) 25% of the budget for the year of the program/project may be attributed to the GAD budget 8.0 – 14.9 Gender sensitive 50% of the budget for the year of the program/project, may be attributed to the GAD budget 15.0 – 19.9 Gender-responsive 75% of the budget for the year of the program/project may be attributed to the GAD budget 20.0 Fully gender- responsive 100% of the budget for the year of the program may be attributed to the GAD budget