Non-compliance with Gender and Development (GAD) requirements
Department of Public Works and Highways · 2023
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What Happened?
Category: Gender and DevelopmentIssue: Non-complianceThe DPWH did not follow the rules for planning, implementing, and reporting its gender and development programs. Some planned GAD activities were not funded, and the reported amounts were inaccurate, meaning the agency did not properly address gender issues as required by law.
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Original Audit Finding Excerpt
"27. In CY 2023, DPWH reported a total consolidated Gender and Development (GAD) budget of P288,871,773,574.76 or 28.03 percent of its current year’s appropriation of P 1,030,609,297,489.00, and incurred an actual amount of P167,685,225,354.26, or 58.05 percent, in the implementation of GAD -related activities and the attribution of costs of the Agency’s programs and projects. Moreover, DPWH was not fully compliant with Section 35 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No. 11936 or the General Appropriation Act of FY 2023, PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Circular No. 2012-01 and other relevant GAD laws, rules, and regulations; thus, identified gender issues and concerns of the Agency were not fully and properly addressed."