DESIGNATED members of the Executive Committee and GAD Focal Persons of NTA’s GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) from the Central and Branch Offices participated in the conduct of the 2022 GAD Webinar 7 sponsored by the Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW), held on October 27, with the theme, “The GAD Agenda: A Strategic Beginning Towards a Gender-Responsive Agency.”
The Webinar was designed to ensure that the government agencies will pursue gender equality in all aspects of the development process to achieve the vision of a gender-responsive society where women and men equally contribute to and benefit from development.
The event’s agenda was thoroughly expounded by the discussants, giving emphasis on the very purpose of the learning session which impressed the importance of formulation of the agency’s GAD strategic framework and plan to achieve organizational goals on gender equality and women empowerment.
Additionally, the webinar dwelled on the formulation of the components of the GAD such as the GAD’s vision, mission and goals, and featured the success stories and lessons of the agencies that have developed and operationalized their GAD Agenda.
For NTA, the activity was facilitated by the GFPS, chaired by Ms. Fortuna C. Benosa, Manager of the Corporate Planning Department, duly assisted by the GAD Focal Persons on Organization Focused PAPS and Client Focused PAPS, led by Ms. Michelle P. Nacpil, HRMO III / Coordinator, and selected representatives from the branch offices in Abra, Ilocos Norte, Vigan, Candon, La Union, Pangasinan, Cagayan and Isabela.
The GFPS of NTA was created pursuant to Special Order No. 0403, issued by Administrator /CEO Robert Victor G. Seares, Jr. in June 20 this year.