| Region | Date | Venue |
| V, VI, VII, VIII | November 19-22, 2012 | Ecotech, Cebu City |
| IX, X, XI, XII, Caraga | November 26-29, 2012 | Within the area of Davao City |
| I, II, III, CAR | December 3-6, 2012 | Within the area of Metro Manila |
| IV-A, IV-B, NCR and Central Office (CO) | December 10-13, 2012 | Within the area of Metro Manila |
The Training Program aims to:
- provide participants with a deeper understanding/knowledge on Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting;
- promote the gender-responsive governance;
- re-establish the DepEd Focal Point in the regional and divisional level and provide the members with orientation on their functions as GAD Focal Point members; and
- review the existing DepEd GAD programs, plans and activities implemented by the region and division offices.
Participants to this workshop are prospective GAD Focal Point members, preferably those who manage and coordinate GAD activities in the regions and divisions. Each region shall send twenty (20) participants from the division level and one (1) participant from the regional level. The regional office shall determine the composition of the regional delegation, ensuring that most divisions are represented.
Travel expenses and per diem (before and after the training) and other allowable expenses of the participants are chargeable to the GAD Budget of the office concerned or local funds. Board and lodging of participants, resource persons and staff as well as travel expenses, per diem (before and after the training), honoraria of resource persons and facilitators/project staff and other incidental expenses of the training are chargeable to Human Resource Training and Development (HRTD) Funds subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
The list of participants from the regions and divisions shall be submitted a week before the start of the workshop to SDD-HRDS (addressed to Dr. Nerissa L. Losaria, Chief, SDD-HRDS, DepEd Central Office, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City.
For further inquiries, all concerned may contact Ms. Cleofe Velasquez-Ocampo or Ms. Maria Elena B. Deacosta Staff Development Division-Human Resource Development Service (SDD-HRDS), 2nd Floor, Teodora Alonzo Building, DepEd Complex, Pasig City at telefax nos: (02) 633-72-37 and (02) 638-86-38.
Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.
