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In 2013, Kalahi-CIDSS was scaled up into the Kalahi-
CIDSS National Community-Driven Development Program
(KC-NCDDP), covering 847 municipalities located in 58 prov-
inces and 14 regions across the country. The Asian Development
Bank (ADB), in supporting KC-NCDDP, focuses assistance in
restoring basic social services to and rebuilding the munici-
palities devastated by typhoon Yolanda (international name:
Haiyan). Through CDD, communities are involved in design-
ing and implementing the rehabilitation and reconstruction of
small-scale community infrastructure; residents also actively
participate in local governance. KC-NCDDP trains these resi-
dents and equips them with the necessary knowledge and skills
for them to be effective in such a role.
KC-NCDDP’s cornerstone for participation is the community
empowerment activity cycle (CEAC) which ensures that special
groups in the community – women, ethnic minorities and the
poorest – can express their, and not the community’s elite’s,
preferences. The CEAC promotes women’s engagement in
community activities by integrating gender requirements into
the cycle’s different stages – from social preparation, project
development, prioritization and implementation, to monitor-
ing and evaluation. Through the support of municipal officials
and project-based staff, communities identify subprojects that
can address their needs and improve their well-being. These
subprojects include small-scale community infrastructure –
access roads, water supply systems, health stations, day-care
centres, school buildings, seawalls and post-harvesting facili-
ties. An ADB survey in 2012 reveals the strong participation
of women in selecting subprojects under Kalahi-CIDSS: 91
per cent said that women spoke at barangay (village) assem-
blies when subprojects were selected, and 94 per cent said that
women’s views were considered at the assembly.
KC-NCDDP further enhances gender empowerment by
implementing the 11 key action points in ADB’s Gender
Action Plan (GAP). These action points are accompanied by
sub-indicators that are monitored throughout project imple-
mentation for better gender equality results and outcomes.
For example, the GAP provides a road map for KC-NCDDP
to address gender equity by setting targets, such as achieving
50 per cent women’s participation in meetings, 20-30 per cent
of paid jobs given to women, and 50 per cent of leadership
positions given to women in the volunteer committees.
As of March 2016, 59 per cent women actively participate
in community capacity development activities to learn about
participatory situation analysis, project proposal development,
community finance/procurement, community infrastructure,
operation and maintenance, gender and development, commu-
nity monitoring, and the grievance redress system. The project
information management system further reveals that of the
community volunteers, 55 per cent are women leaders heading
Key Gender Action Points
Gender Action Point
Goals
Social preparation and subproject
identification
At least 50% women’s participation in all meetings on infrastructure prioritization and design
Enhanced gender integration in KC-NCDDP
guidelines and materials
Ensure preparation of simplified and harmonized technical guidance notes on mainstreaming
gender in KC-NCDDP processes
Subproject implementation and operation
and maintenance (O&M)
Ensure 20-30% of the paid jobs created by the project go to women (by the end of the project)
Ensure that the O&M plan provides 20-30% of paid jobs to women
Capacity development
Establish balanced (50%) women’s participation in all community capacity development activities
generated through the project
Grievance redress system (GRS)
Disseminate information on the GRS, its reporting channels, and sanction measures to community
members
Staffing and tasks of area coordination
teams and community facilitators and
training
Ensure progress towards 50% women’s representation in leadership positions in community volunteer
committees, including the barangay (village) representation teams (by the end of the project)
Enhanced competence of community
volunteers (CVs)
Ensure that female CVs are provided opportunities in the expanded barangay and municipal
development councils (as a strategy to utilize and sustain CV skills and enthusiasm learned through
participation in KC-NCDDP) by the end of the project
Capacity development
Ensure gender orientation and training (basic to advanced) are incorporated in the overall KC-NCDDP
capacity development programmes for partner agencies (barangay and municipal government
officials, Municipal Inter-Agency Committee, and municipal gender and development focals)
Staffing
Incorporate gender-mainstreaming responsibilities in the terms of reference and performance
targets of programme management offices
Monitoring and evaluation
Ensure that KC-NCDDP process evaluations incorporate a review of gender dimensions and
recommendations
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