UPCWGS organizes Special Technical Meeting and Feedback Seminar on the Initial Submission of the 2018 GAD Plan and Budget

To further provide technical assistance and feedback on the initial submission of the 2018 Gender and Development (GAD) Plan and Budget of the University of the Philippines (UP), the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) organized a special technical meeting and feedback seminar for the inter-constituent university (CU) coordinating committee on 25 February 2017 at the UPCWGS Conference Room.

During the technical meeting and feedback seminar, which was attended by the directors and coordinators of the gender offices and programs of the CUs, Reina P. Olivar, GAD planning and budgeting expert, reviewed the UP System 2017-2018 GAD Plan and Budget and 2016 GAD Accomplishment Reports. She also discussed how to accomplish the GAD Plan and Budget and the GAD Accomplishment Report templates. The initial 2018 GAD Plan and Budget of the CUs were revised by the participants and will be submitted on or before the new 3 March 2017 deadline to the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).

Reina P. Olivar (fifth from right) with Dr. Odine Maria M. de Guzman (center) of the UPCWGS and the participants of the Special Technical Meeting and Feedback Seminar on the Initial Submission of the 2018 GAD Plan and Budget on February 25

The special technical meeting and feedback seminar is part of the Center’s capacity-building activities to further enhance the preparation and crafting skills of the UP personnel tasked to prepare the University’s GAD Plan and Budget.