TO break the barriers to women’s participation in local economic development, the Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development (LGSP-LED) has been holding a training on “Gender and Development (GAD) Mainstreaming in Local Economic Development” since yesterday until today, Feb. 24, at the Metro Center Hotel and Convention Center in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
The activity is participated by around 30 GAD focal persons from LGSP-LED-assisted provinces and local government alliances, including the Panglao-Dauis-Baclayon-Bohol Marine Triangle Management Council Inc. headed by Dauis Mayor Jaime Jimenez.
The training is part of LGSP-LED’s strategy to mainstream GAD and guide select local government units in designing and implementing economic development initiatives to ensure equal participation of women and men.
The program aims to achieve key gender equality outcome such as better access of both women and men to LED capacity development and local government services and LED decision-making.
LGSP-LED is an eight-year (2008-2016) collaborative program between the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Canadian International Development Agency.
It is implemented by a Canadian Executing Agency, which is a consortium of the Canadian Urban Institute (www.canurb.org) and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (www.accc.ca).