CALABARZON Reg'l Gender and Development Convention slated

This is to invite your office to participate in the 2^nd Calabarzon Regional Gender and Development Convention to be held on May 31 to June 1, 2012 at Kimberly Hotel, Amadeo Road, Tagaytay City. The convention is being organized by the Regional Development Council - Sectoral Committee on Gender and Development through the Regional GAD Resource Center.

The convention with a theme, “A Call for Partnership among Local Government Units, Government Agencies, Private Sector and Civic Society Organizations to Strengthen Gender Mainstreaming Efforts in Calabarzon”, aims to provide a venue to share best practices, discuss current and emerging gender issues and concerns as well as identify strategies to improve gender and development mainstreaming in the different sectors. Target participants are GAD focal persons/program coordinators, budget and planning officers and other GAD key players who have already undergone Gender Sensitivity Training or other GAD related capability building. Attached is the program of activity for reference.

To register, please fill-out the attached registration form and submit to RDC Secretariat through email or fax on or before May 14, 2012. We will be charging a participation fee of P3,200.00 per participant to cover the cost for the board and lodging, materials and resource persons for live-in and P2,800.00 for live-out. Payment can be made thru check payable to NEDA TRDC IV - A or cash payment be deposited to Land Bank-Calamba with account number 0542-1055-00.

Should you have any clarification, please feel free to call or text Dr. Winnie Masinsin at telephone number (02) 571-5164/ mobile 0917-3786097 or Ms. Agnes Daantos at telephone numbers (049) 545-77-56/545-00-91 or email us at rdc4acalabarzon@yahoo.com.

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

REGIONAL GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE CENTER

Region IV-A (CALABARZON Region)

2^ND CALABARZON

REGIONAL GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CONVENTION

May 31 to June 1, 2012

Kimberly Hotel, Amadeo Road, Tagaytay City

Program of Activities

Date	Time	Activities	Resource Person/Facilitator
Day 1 May 31,2012 (Thursday)	8:00- 9:30 A.M	Registration of Participants
	9:31-10:30 A.M.	Opening Preliminaries
		- Invocation - National Anthem - Acknowledgement of Participants - Messages - Expectation Setting & Activity Objective	CvSU CvSU CvSU Sr. Mary Rebecca E. Rogacion, RGS Chairperson, SCSD Pres. Marita R. Canapi, URS RGADRC Dr. Wilhelmina Masinsin, URS Coordinator-RGADRC
		EMCEE: CvSU
	Session 1: Context Setting (Moderator: Dir. Leonila Calagui, CHED)
	10:31-11:30 A.M. 11:30-12:00 A.M. 12:01-12:30 A.M. 12:31 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.	Presentation 1: Women in Philippine History and Evolution of Gender Related Laws in the Philippines Presentation 2: Current Situation of Women and Men of Calabarzon Open Forum Lunch Break	UPCSSP (to be confirmed - tbc) RD Rose Bautista, NSO
	Session 2: Current and Emerging GAD Concerns (Moderator: Dir. Wilma Naviamos, DSWD/SCSD Co-Chairperson)
	1:31-2:30 P.M. 2:31-3:30 P.M. 3:31 – 4:30 P.M. 4:31 – 5:00 P.M. 5:01 – 5:30 P.M.	Presentation 3: Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Presentation 5: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Transgendered Rights Presentation 4: Adolescent Sexuality and Related Issues Presentation 6: Summary of Implementation Issues Open Forum	UPCWS (tbc) UPCWS (tbc) Dir. Lolita Layser, POPCOM SCGAD Secretariat Panelists: PCW, POPCOM UPCWS, COA, CSC, DBM,DILG & NEDA
	6:30-9:30 P.M.	Solidarity/Fellowship Night · Dinner · Message · Getting to Know Each Other · Socialization Activities	Dr. Divina Chavez, CvSU Prof. Nelson Gonzales, URS & CvSU
		Host: CvSU
Day 2 June 1, 2012 (Friday)	8:00-8:30 A.M.	Registration and Preliminaries - Prayer - Recapitulation	Participants Participants
	Session 3: Institutional Mechanisms and Initiatives to Address Gender Concerns (Moderator: Pres. Cecilia Gascon, SLSU)
	8:31-9:30 A.M 9:31-10:00 A.M. 10:00 – 10:30 A.M. 10:30 – 11:30 A.M. 11:00 – 12:00 A.M.	Presentation 7: Committee on Decorum and Investigation (CODI) Presentation 8: MR. GAD/MOVE (Men Opposed to Violence Against Women Everywhere) Presentation 9: JMC Guidelines on Localizing Magna Carta of Women Presentation 10: Building and Strengthening Linkages and Partnership: GO-CSO and Private Sector Partnership for the Effective Implementation of GAD Open Forum	CSC (tbc) Dir. Emmeline Verzosa, PCW (tbc) -do- UPCWS (tbc)
	Session 4: GAD Mainstreaming Initiatives in Various Sectors (Parallel Sessions)
	1:01-2:30 P.M.	Group A: Academe & CSO (Moderator: Pres. Nestor De Vera, LSPU)
		Presentation 10: Gender Fair Education Presentation 11: GAD Resource Center and other Initiatives Workshop: Role of HEIs in GAD	WAGI, Miriam College UPLB GAD Resource Center
		Group B: LGUs, RLAs & CSOs (Moderator: Mr. Jesus I. Barrera, PPDO - Cavite
		Presentation 12: Experiences on Making GAD Budget Work for Women and Men and other Good Practices Local Government Units · PGAD Quezon · Batangas Provincial GAD Council · Real, Quezon (tbc) · Tanauan City · Others to be confirmed Regional Line Agencies · tbc
	2:31-3:30 P.M.	Closing Ceremony · Synthesis, Evaluation and Next Steps · Closing Remarks · Distribution of Certificates	Dir. Agnes M. Espinas, NEDA RDC Vice-Chairperson Pres. Nora Magnaye, BSU Dir. Espinas

• tbc – to be confirmed