The conduct of Focus Group Discussion (FGD) is one of the many activities identified in the Bulacan Agricultural State College (BASC) Gender and Development (GAD) Office. The target indicators are the number of clients participating in consultation of meetings and the number of programs, activities and projects (PAPs) approved for funding, with prior consultation to the Office. These activities were identified due to the limited understanding and application of GAD mainstreaming concepts and principles among cooperating agencies and partner agencies which affects implementation and sustainability of PAPs conducted in partnership with them.

     BASC@BASC or Boundless Assemblage for Sustainable Connections at the BASC was conceptualized to institutionalize GAD-FGD which was initially facilitated by GAD Office which may be adopted by other units of the College in the future as long as they will craft GAD PAPs.