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SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY
GUIDELINES ON GAD
ATTRIBUTION
An adoption to the Harmonized Gender and
Development Guidelines
JANUARY 2021
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I. BACKGROUND
In 1993, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the National
Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, now known as the Philippine Commission on
Women (PCW), in conjunction with various Philippine government agencies, produced the
Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Gender-Responsive Programs and Projects. The
document sought to assist line or implementing agencies in (1) complying with Republic Act No.
7192, known as the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations; (2) integrating a gender and development (GAD) perspective in
development planning processes and various stages of the project cycle; and (3) addressing the
issues of inadequate sex-disaggregated data and statistics for development planning and
programming.
Since the mid-1990s, most official development assistance (ODA) donors have also crafted their
own GAD guidelines to assist their officers, contractors, and local partners in incorporating GAD
concerns in the design and implementation of their programs and projects. By early 2003, or
ten years after the Philippine government issued its GAD guidelines, Philippine government
agencies had been contending with often overlapping GAD checklist.
In mid-2003, NEDA and the Official Development Assistance Gender and Development Network
(ODA-GAD Network) agreed to harmonize GAD requirements after reviewing the existing
checklist for project development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). This
initiative aimed to produce a common set of guidelines for the Philippine government agencies
and donors while allowing variations in priorities among them.
The new GAD Guidelines reflect the evolution of assistance framework from Women in
Development to GAD and the current focus on women’s rights. The current version of the
guidelines also incorporates the suggestions of many groups in the Philippine government that
have tried the original set of guidelines.
II. OBJECTIVES AND CONTEXT
The Guidelines on GAD Attribution seek to promote the twin goals of gender equality and
women’s empowerment. Specifically, these aim to:
1. Provide the Engineering Department, Maintenance and Transportation Department,
Seaport Department, Airport Department and other departments responsible for the
implementation of infrastructure projects of the Agency with a common set of analytical
concepts and tools for integrating gender concerns into development programs and
projects; and
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2. Help achieve gender equality in, and empower women through, projects and programs.
III. FOCUS
The guidelines focus on (1) the PROCESS, (2) STRATEGIES, and (3) the DEVELOPMENT and
MANAGEMENT results of integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment concerns in
various stages of the project cycle, including (a) project identification and design and
assessment of projects for funding; (b) project implementation; and (c) monitoring and
evaluation.
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are conceived to occur progressively at
different levels. Thus, gender equality and women’s empowerment outputs and outcomes may
be viewed and measured in terms of the following indicators:
Improved physical welfare of women and girls.
Equal access of women and men to development opportunities (including employment
generated by the project), resources, and benefits, which implies the removal of
constraints, barriers, and various forms of gender-based discrimination with respect to
women’s access;
Greater understanding of women’s rights among women and men; commitment of the
State to recognizing, protecting, and fulfilling human rights, particularly of women and
girls; and or changes in attitudes and beliefs concerning gender relations, as indicated by
a reduction in the incidence of violence against women and a more equal gender
division of labor;
Equal participation of women in bodies or organizations created by development
programs or projects; and higher representation of women in various decision-making
bodies and leadership positions; and
Equal control of women and men over resources and processes and outcomes of
development.
Principles
This set of GAD guidelines subscribe to the idea that development involves the
expansion of freedoms and strengthening of capabilities. In this connection, it recognizes that:
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Equality between genders is key to gender rights;
Participation in development is crucial to the empowerment of all genders;
Gender equality means promoting the equal participation of women and men as agents
of economic, social, and political change; and
Achieving equality between women and men may involve the introduction of specific
measures designed to eliminate prevailing gender inequalities and inequities.
Users
The GAD guidelines are designed for the use of those involved in developing,
implementing, managing, and monitoring and evaluating development programs and projects
in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. These are supposed to help the Engineering Department,
Maintenance and Transportation Department, Seaport Department, Airport Department and
other departments evaluate or assess projects for funding.
Applications
The guidelines apply to all types of programs and projects, supporting to:
The identification and design of projects and programs;
Implementation and management; and
Monitoring and evaluation
IV. PROGRAM AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SCORECARD
The GAD Guideline for Attribution for the identification and design of development projects
and programs require project proponents and evaluators to consider ten core elements of a
gender-responsive project or program:
A. Participation of women and men in the identification of the development problem;
B. Collection and use of sex-disaggregated data in the analysis of the development
problem;
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C. Conduct of gender analysis to identify the gender issues that the proposed project must
address;
D. Goals, objectives, outcomes and outputs that include GAD elements that will address
the gender issues;
E. Activities that respond to the identified gender issues, including constraints to women’s
participation;
F. Conduct of gender analysis of the planned project to anticipate gender-related issues
arising from the implementation of the designed project;
G. Monitoring indicators and targets which include the reduction of gender gaps or
improvement of women’s participation;
H. Project monitoring and evaluation system that includes a sex-disaggregated database;
I. Resources and budgets for the activities in; and
J. Planned coordination with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) or the Agency’s
GAD plans.
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
The initial phase of the project cycle involves generating information that reflects a high
priority in the use of the Agency’s resources to achieve an important development objective. It
is the process of searching viable development initiatives aimed at responding to specific issues
and problems.
GAD Requirements
The GAD focus areas at this stage of the project or program cycle are:
1. Participation of women and men. Since development programs and projects address the
needs of specific constituencies, the proposed female and male beneficiaries must be
involved at the earliest stage of the project. This will help ensure that their concerns and
interests are taken into account in all phases in project cycle.
2. Collection of sex-disaggregated data and gender-related information, and gender
analysis of the development problem and the target population or organization.
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Documenting the involvement of men and women in project preparatory activities
(identification and design) requires classifying participation data by sex of the
participants.
3. Identification of gender issues and women’s special needs that must be addressed.
Gender analysis helps proponents identify gender issues and women’s special needs
that programs or projects must address.
PROJECT DESIGN AND FORMULATION
A gender-responsive design addresses gender equality issues that have been identified
in a gender analysis of the development problem and issues related to the project
management, process, and outcomes:
GAD Requirements
In the design phase, the GAD areas of concern are as follows:
1. Articulation of a woman’s human right or a gender equality goal, purpose or objective . A
gender equality objective may be incorporated as part of the project objectives or
organizational goals to ensure that the project will address gender issues and the
constraints that have been identified.
2. Inclusion of gender equality and women’s rights outputs and outcomes. The outputs and
outcomes may be institutional or organizational changes, particularly in programs or
projects that seek to mainstream GAD. Outputs may also relate to improvements in the
situation or status of women and men.
3. Support for gender-responsive activities and interventions. Gender-responsive projects
and programs address relevant gender issues and achieve their equality goals,
objectives, or purposes by:
a. Supporting activities or interventions that directly reduce gender gaps and
inequalities;
b. Building capacities, particularly for vulnerable or marginalized women, and fully
utilizing the skills and knowledge of both women and men;
c. Including strategies that addresses constraints to women’s participation or the
attainment of the project’s gender goals, purposes, and objectives;
d. Ensuring that activities and strategies do not create a negative impact on women’s
status and welfare; and
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e. Creating a project management environment that is committed to and competent in
pursuing gender equality in the project.
4. Review of the final project design using a gender analysis. After the project design has
been completed, a gender analysis must be conducted to ensure that the activities and
strategies are congruent with the gender equality goals and the results that the project
is supposed to attain, and that the project will not create gender inequalities or
adversely affect women and girls.
5. Inclusion of monitoring targets and indicators. The inclusion of GAD activities, outputs,
and outcomes calls for commitment of project resources to eradicate gender
discrimination or improve women’s situation and status.
6. Commitment of resources to activities and interventions that will enable the project to
promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. The effectiveness of project
activities is often hampered by the amount of resources (financial and human) that a
project is willing to commit to achieving GAD goals.
7. Congruence of the agenda of the project with that of the Philippine government. After
the project design has been completed, a gender analysis must be conducted to ensure
that the activities and strategies are congruent with the gender equality goals and the
results that the project is supposed to attain, and that the project will not create gender
inequalities are adversely affect women and girls.
GUIDE FOR ACCOMPLISHING GAD CHECKLIST FOR ATTRIBUTION
* Put a check (√) in the appropriate column under "DONE?" to signify the degree to which a project
proponent has complied with the GAD element.
A. Involvement of Women and Men
"Partly Yes" means consultation and involvement with male officials and only a few women who also
happen to be officials in the proponent or partner agency or organization; or with male and female
officials and some male beneficiaries.
B. Project Design
"Partly Yes" means having gender equality statement incorporated in any of the following levels but
no stated gender issues that will match the activities.
C. Resources
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"Partly Yes" means there is a budget for GAD-related activities but not sufficient to ensure that the
project will address relevant gender issues, or to build GAD capacities among the project staff or the
project agency or to tap external GAD expertise.
D. Relationship with Agency's GAD efforts
"Partly Yes" means there is a mention of the Agency's GAD plan but not direct connection is made to
incorporate the project's GAD efforts into the plan.
GAD CHECKLIST FOR ATTRIBUTION
DONE? SCORE FOR AN
ELEMENT AND PROOF / RESULT/
N ITEM/ELEMEN
ITEM/QUESTION PARTLY YES REFERENCE COMMENT
O T
A. Involvement of Women and Men
1. Are both women and
men in beneficiary groups
involved/consulted in
problem identification?
(possible scores: 0, 1.0,
2.0)
2. Are both women and
men in beneficiary groups
involved/consulted in
project design? (possible
scores: 0, 1.0, 2.0)
B. Project Design
3. Does the project have
clearly stated gender
equality goals, objectives,
outcomes or outputs?
(possible scores: 0, 1.0,
2.0)
4. Are women and girl
children among the direct
or indirect beneficiaries?
(possible scores: 0, 1.0,
2.0)
5. Has the project
considered its long-term
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impact on women's
socioeconomic status and
empowerment? (possible
scores: 0, 1.0, 2.0)
6. Does the project include
gender equality targets
and indicators to measure
gender equality outputs
and outcomes? (possible
scores: 0, 1.0, 2.0)
C. Resources
7. Is the project's budget
allotment sufficient in
promoting gender equality
promotion or integration?
(possible scores: 0, 1.0,
2.0)
8. Does the project have
the expertise in promoting
gender equality and
women's empowerment?
OR, does the project
commit itself to investing
project staff time to
building capacities within
the project to integrate
GAD or promote gender
equality? (possible scores:
0, 1.0, 2.0)
D. Relationship with Agency's GAD efforts
9. Will the project build on
or strengthen the Agency's
commitment to the
empowerment of women?
(possible scores: 0, 1.0,
2.0)
10. Will the project build
on the initiatives or
actions of other
organizations in the area?
(possible scores: 0, 1.0,
2.0)
TOTAL GAD SCORE
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INTERPRETATION OF GAD SCORE
0 - 3.9 GAD is invisible in the project (proposal is returned)
Proposed project has promising GAD prospects (proposal earns a
"conditional pass" pending identification of gender issues and the
4.0 - 7.9
strategies of activities to address these, and inclusion of the collection of
sex-disaggregated data in the monitoring and evaluation plan).
8.0 - 14.9 Proposed project is gender-sensitive (proposal passes the GAD test)
15.0 - 20.0 Proposed project is gender-responsive (proponent is commended)
GAD ATTRIBUTIONS OF BUDGET ALLOCATION
Attributions to the GAD Budget of a portion or the whole of the budget of the Agency’s
major programs is a means toward gradually increasing the gender responsiveness of programs
and budgets.
If a department intends to attribute a portion or the whole budget of major programs
during the GAD planning and budgeting phase, it may subject the program to gender analysis
using the HGDG tool.
The use of the HGDG tool will yield a maximum score of 20 points for each program and
project. Depending on the score on the HGDG, a percentage of the budget of the Agency’s
existing and proposed major program may be attributed to the GAD budget as follows:
GAD Attribute Description Corresponding Budget for the year of the
Score program that may be attributed to the GAD
Budget
Below 4.0 0% or no amount of the program’s budget may
GAD is invisible be attributed to the GAD Budget
4.0 – 7.9 25% of the budget for the year of the program’s
Promising GAD prospects budget may be attributed to the GAD Budget
(conditional pass)
8.0 – 14.9 50% of the budget for the year of the program’s
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Gender Sensitive budget may be attributed to the GAD Budget
15.9 – 19.9 75% of the budget for the year of the program’s
Gender-responsive budget may be attributed to the GAD Budget
20.0 100% of the budget for the year of the program’s
Fully Gender-responsive budget may be attributed to the GAD Budget
After arriving at the score, the department will now set a target score in HGDG. For
example, if the rating of a program in the HGDG is 4.0 and the agency would like to achieve a
score of 6 at the end of the year, the department should plan and subsequently plan and
estimate cost interventions (or cost of gender mainstreaming) to achieve its target and include
these in the Agency’s GAD plan. It could contribute 25% of the budget program that it wants to
make gender responsive to its targets.
V. GAD REVIEW COMMITTEE
The GAD Review Committee shall compose of the following:
Chairperson : Head, GAD FPS Technical Working Group
Vice-Chairperson : Planning and Development Office
Members : Representative from the Engineering Department
Representative from the Financial Planning and Budget Department
Representative from the Procurement and Property Management
Department
The Committee shall have the following functions:
1. Review and assess all proposed projects (CAPEX, Infrastructure) for attribution to the Agency’s
Gender and Development.
2. Assist departments in ensuring proposed projects are GAD-sensitive and GAD-responsive.
3. Submit recommendations to the CAPEX Committee of all GAD-attributed projects.
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