[hr-education] Course "Making Governance Gender Responsive" (Philippines)

Dear Friends,

The Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), in cooperation
with the Asia Pacific Gender Equality Network (UNDP-APGEN) and the PARAGON
Regional Governance Programme for Asia (UNDP-PARAGON), produced a generic
training course manual called "MAKING GOVERNANCE GENDER-RESPONSIVE: A
BASIC COURSE (MGGR:ABC)".  The course is designed for middle and senior
level government executives, women and men in local governments, political
parties, research & training institutes and civil society organziations
who are leading or participating in governance reform initiatives in their
respective countries.  It aims to propel them to formulate specific action
agenda towards a gender-responsive governance. Specifically, it intends to
help participants to:

- gain theoretical and practical understanding and appreciation of the
Gender and Development (GAD) and  governance concepts and their
inter-relationship;
- acquire skills in identifying and analyzing gender-related issues and
biases in governance; and
- formulate a doable action plan to address these gender biases and
concerns.

In this regard, we are happy to invite your organizations, country and
region to send participants to this internation three-day training which
is slated on the following schedules: - February 26-28, 2004 - June 24-26,
2004 - October 21-23, 2004

You may pick any of the above schedules. Each training batch is good for
only thirty (30) participants to be chosen from across Asia and the
Pacific. The venue of the training is the newly-built CAPWIP Institute on
Gender, Governance and Leadership (CIGGL) which is located at 4229 Tomas
Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Philippines.

In general the "MAKING GOVERNANCE GENDER-RESPONSIVE: A BASIC COURSE" aims
to increase the understanding and appreciation of the process of making
governance gender responsive. It also aims to ensure their synergistic and
successful implementation of the customized MGGR-ABC in their respective
countries. The course is composed of three modules that aim to enhance
participants' understanding of the link between gender and governance as
well as increase their awareness of gender biases in governance.

We hope that you will be able send representatives from your
organizations, country, regions as participants to "MAKING GOVERNANCE
GENDER-RESPONSIVE: A BASIC COURSE".  CAPWIP is shouldering the expenses
for the trainers; the participants are expected to pay for their own
airfares and for the board and lodging.  We hope that you will be able to
find your own sponsors to cover the above expenses.  The deadline for
sending in your applications is on January 23, 2004 for the February 2004
training, May 20, 2004 for the June 2004 training and September 21, 2004
for the October 2004 training.  We are sending you the information
materials and registration forms regarding the MGGR:ABC as an attachment
to this invitation.

Let us join hands in promoting a gender responsive governance through
transformative leadership and Citizenship in the Asia Pacific region. We
look forward to your participation.

Sincerely yours,

Sylvia M. Ordoñez
Executive Director
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics


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