Authorizing the Conduct of the Orientation-Workshop on the Harmonized Gender and Development (GAD) Guidelines for Project Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation for the Committee on Gender Responsiveness in the Judiciary (CGRJ) and the Program Management Office (PMO), and the Attendance of Concerned Personnel Therein

April 5, 2004

SUPREME COURT MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 20-04

AUTHORIZING THE CONDUCT OF THE ORIENTATION-WORKSHOP ON THE HARMONIZED GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT (GAD) GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON GENDER RESPONSIVENESS IN THE JUDICIARY (CGRJ) AND THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO), AND THE ATTENDANCE OF CONCERNED PERSONNEL THEREIN

WHEREAS, the Official Development Assistance-Gender and Development (ODA-GAD) Network composed of donor organizations, together with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), recently undertook an initiative to review existing Gender and Development (GAD) guidelines for project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation to ensure that GAD principles are mainstreamed in their respective aid/lending programs;

WHEREAS, as a result of this initiative, a consultant was contracted by the Network to develop a simplified and harmonized GAD guidelines to provide donor organizations, NEDA, and proponent/implementing agencies with a common tool for mainstreaming GAD principles in project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

WHEREAS, these guidelines are valuable in the implementation of the Strategic GAD Mainstreaming Plan for the Philippine Judicial System by the Committee on Gender Responsiveness in the Judiciary (CGRJ) and in the project development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation by the Program Management Office (PMO); SAEHaC

NOW, THEREFORE, the Court hereby authorizes the conduct of an Orientation-Workshop on the Harmonized GAD Guidelines for project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation for the CGRJ and the PMO.

The Orientation-Workshop will be held on 22 April 2004, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; at the Justices' Lounge, Supreme Court.

The following Justices, officials and staff are hereby authorized to attend and participate in the Orientation-Workshop:

Committee on Gender Responsiveness in the Judiciary
	1.	Hon. Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez	Chairperson
	2.	Hon. Adolfo S. Azcuna	Co-chairperson
	3.	DCA Zenaida Elepa単o	Member
	4.	Atty. Eden T. Candelaria	Member
	5.	Atty. Edna E. Di単o	Member
	6.	Ms. Evelyn Toledo-Dumdum	Member
	7.	Mrs. Corazon M. Ondo単ez	Member
	8.	Hon. Romeo F. Barza	Member
	9.	Dr. Purificacion V. Quisumbing	Member
	10.	Prof. Amparita Sta. Maria	Member
	Focal Persons (PMO):
	11.	Edilberto A. Davis
	12.	Susana N. Gavino
	12. n	Nestor U. Venturillo
	13.	Cecile V. Dumdum
	14.	Dennis Russel A. Baldago
	15.	Vernon C. Bayuga
	16.	Cyrus P. Borja
	17.	Jose Hommer D. Carretas
	18.	John Noah M. Red
	19.	Bernadette Ann A. Villa
	20.	Catherine Joy T. Comandante
	21.	Dennis T. Velasco
	22.	Leonel D. Urdaneta
	23.	Jose Elias M. Ordo単ez
	24.	Henry Mandocdoc
	25.	Francis Theodore M. Initorio
	26.	Elena D. Apolonio
	27.	Marites O. Delfin
	28.	Arnel de Guzman
	29.	Paula Cheryl M. Dumlao
	30.	Ma. Lorina Ignacio
	31.	Edgardo R. Manalansan
	32.	Evangeline G. Alabastro
	33.	Agnes Alamares
	34.	Mariles M. Sales
	Office of Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez
	35.	Gina Pielago (Stenographer)

 

Participation in the Orientation-Workshop shall be on official time. All expenses related to the Orientation-Workshop shall be charged against the GOP-Counterpart Funds. Above-named participants are requested to give priority to the undertaking. IATHaS

Manila, April 5, 2004.

(SGD.) HILARIO G. DAVIDE, JR.Chief Justice

 

n Note from the Publisher: Copied verbatim from the official copy. Duplication of No. 12.