As part of its continuing efforts to provide technical assistance on the preparation of the Gender and Development (GAD) Plan and Budget and the GAD Accomplishment Report of the University of the Philippines (UP), the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted a Seminar-Workshop on the Finalization of the 2017 GAD Accomplishment Report and Refinement of the 2018 and 2019 GAD Plan and Budget on 16-17 October 2017 at the UP Visayas Miag-ao Campus in Iloilo. Coordinators of the gender offices and the staff of the accounting and budget offices of the UP constituent universities (CUs) attended the event. Reina P. Olivar, GAD consultant, served as resource person.

The specific aims of the seminar-workshop are:

1. To further enhance the skills of the participants in crafting the GAD Plan and Budget and the GAD Accomplishment Report, in particular, the use of the Harmonized GAD Guidelines (HGDG) tool for attribution;
2. To finalize the 2017 GAD Accomplishment Report and the 2018 and 2019 GAD Plan and Budget, in compliance with the requirements of the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).

The day after the seminar-workshop, 18 October 2017, the 2nd GAD Coordinating Committee Meeting for FY 2017 was held where the directors and coordinators of the gender offices reported on specific campus issues and discussed possible solutions and activities to address these gender-related campus concerns.

[With a report from Gina Rose L. Chan]