08/03/2021
GUIDELINES
In order to fulfill its mandate in providing Gender and Development (GAD) related technical assistance (TA) even in times of COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Commission on Women launched its first GAD webinar series in 2020. It aims to provide members of GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) and other government staff members the opportunity to be levelled-off on GAD related concepts, mandates, framework, tools and procedures, based on the modules designed by PCW. Creating a herstoric milestone in 2020, a total of 2,367 participants (1878 females and 489 males) attended and took part in the GAD webinar sessions.
As the government continue to adjust to the new-normal, PCW will once again organize and offer its laddered GAD webinar series beginning March 2021. The Zoom webinar will still be used as the online platform for the conduct of GAD webinars.
1. Target Participants
The webinar is open to all the members of the GAD Focal Point System of Executive Departments, National Line Agencies, Central Offices of Bureaus, Attached Agencies, and Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), Legislative, Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Government Units, and Water Districts. Private organizations, and civil society organizations will not be prioritized in the webinar series for 2021.
2. Registration
2.1 Participants are expected to register per webinar schedule. Registration will be accepted on a first come first served basis. There is no limit on the number of participants per agency.
2.2 Each agency participant shall register on the GAD Webinar link uploaded in the PCW Facebook/Website. Registration link will open one (1) week or earlier before the webinar schedule and will automatically close if the number of registered participants reached 1000. List of registration dates are indicated in the GAD Webinar schedule below.
2.3 Once the registration is approved, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the participant with the webinar credentials that will be used during the scheduled session.
2.4 Participants with approved confirmation but did not participate during the actual GAD webinar session for whatever reason may not be allowed to participate in the succeeding webinar sessions of PCW.
Please take note that PCW is not requiring agencies to send an official letter requesting for slots for their agency participation in the GAD webinar series. All registration will be coursed through the GAD webinar registration page that will be uploaded per webinar schedule.
3. Online Platform
PCW will use Zoom Webinar platform that can accommodate 1,000 participants. Meeting link and password will only be sent to the confirmed participants. Participants are advised to refrain from sharing the Zoom Webinar credentials as slots are limited only to those who registered. For this year, the webinar will not be streamed live via the PCW official page but will be uploaded in a later time.
4. Ensuring Training Quality
To ensure the quality of the training, participants are advised to have a stable internet connection or has at least 5mbps bandwidth. To check for the speed, participants may type www.fast.com in their web browsers.
5. Training Cost
The webinars offered is free of charge.
6. E-Certificate
E-Certificate will be issued only to participants who have completed at least 2.5 hours of aggragate training time per session and have accomplished the Post Test and Evaluation Survey thru a Google Survey that will be shared to participants.
