▪ High-Level Capacity Building on GAD The CHR through the Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO) and the Human Resources Development Division with funding support from Governance in Justice (GoJUST) conducted two high level capacity-building forums on Gender and Development (GAD) in October and November 2022. The high-level capacity building aimed to orient key officials of the Commission on gender and development as a genderinclusive and gender-sensitive strategy for its human rights work. The capacity building activity was divided into groups and conducted into batches. The first two batches of the training were joined by the central office division chiefs, officers-in-charge, central office directors (Luzon Cluster) and the newly appointed members of the Commission En Banc. The first batch of the high-level capacity building was held on October 24-26, 2022 at Luxent Hotel wherein 26 participants composed of 22 division chiefs and/or officers-in-charge and 4 office staff attended. The topics discussed during the capacity building seminar included basic Gender Concepts, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics 101 (SOGIESC 1010), Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Analysis and Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting. ▪ Capacity Building on Ageism and Older Person In partnership with the Human Rights Policy Advisory Office (HRPAO), the Human Resource Development Division (HRDD) conducted the first and second batches of online lecture-sessions for capacity building on the rights of older persons and ageism. The capacity building discussed the: (a) situation of older persons in the Philippines; (b) raised awareness on ageism and how it can be addressed; and the (c) local and international laws on ageing and the rights of older persons. ▪ Filipino Sign Language for ESCR Focal Persons at the Central and Regional Offices This was a technical run for the training on Filipino Sign Language for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Focal Persons at the Central and Regional Offices held in Butuan City. Personnel of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga attended and completed the training exercises on Filipino Sign Language and were later conferred certificates of participation in the finale of the activity held on November 10 at the Events Center of SM City Butuan. The training sessions coincided with the commemoration of Proclamation No. 829 which declares every November 10 to 16 of every year as “Deaf Awareness Week.” The CHR provincial office’s participation was meant to recognize and observe the Republic Act No. 11106 also known as Filipino Sign Language Law. Atty. Aurora Luanne Cembrano-Ramos, regional director of CHR Caraga, said that the trial exercise “aims to equip the CHR employees to become effective communicators and human rights implementers as they perform their duties and responsibilities especially in handling their deaf and mute clients.” • Prime HRM Accreditation To further consolidate its organizational capability and integrity along the lines of its “Strategic Objectives Success Indicators Matrix” that was formulated to cover six years prior to and including 2022 as the end year, the CHR identified the areas of improvement to pay attention to specifically on the internal processes’ perspective. These were to: (a) improve core and support processes; (b) exchange data, information and knowledge with partners; (c) develop research and development systems and processes; and (d) leverage the use of information technology (IT) for efficient and effective service. 33