NGOs, OFWs to highlight RP’s agenda on migrants’ protection at Global Migration Forum
Key non-government organizations (NGOs), overseas Filipino workers (OFWs),and civil society groups will highlight the Philippines' efforts to strengthen migrants' protection and address the social costs of migration as the country prepares to host a major global event, the United Nations' (UN) 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) with the conduct of a parallel event in October this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today said.
Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said that the effort initiated by the groups in linkage with the government, is consistent with the initiative of the global forum to promote best practices in migration and strengthen the welfare and protection of the world's estimated 200 million migrants.
Roque said the 2nd GFMD to be held in Manila in October this year will be participated in by top and senior labor officials from 180 different countries.
He stressed that the selection of the Philippines as host of the said event underscores the recognition of the country's productive role in the deployment of more than one million OFWs annually in more than 190 economies worldwide and its vigorous efforts to promote migrant's rights and protection.
He said the selection of the Philippines as the host of the 2nd GFMD following its global inaugural session attended by about 1,000 government and civil society representatives from 156 countries last year affirmed the country's prevailing leadership role in the global initiative.
The labor Chief had been apprised by the DOLE's Global Forum on Migration and Development (GMFD) Task Force that a "Global Forum Parallel Event" will be staged by three NGOs and OFW groups in partnership with key agencies, particularly the DOLE, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Department of Tourism.
Simultaneous with the GFMD, the parallel event, spearheaded by Atikha (an NGO dedicated to the provision of economic and social services to OFWs and their families), the Philippine Consortium on Migration and Development, and the OFW Caucus, would be held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) from October 26 to 29, 2008.
The program would include the following highlights: (October 26) Awarding of Best Practices on Migration and Development Initiatives of NGOs, Local Government Units and other groups; Memorandum of Agreement Signing with 10 Provincial Governors and City Mayors on the Piloting Program on Leveraging Resources for Development; Awarding of Winners of Program on Mobilizing Diaspora Philanthropy; and Launching of OFW-funded products; (October 27) Set up of booths highlighting OFW Funded Enterprises; (October 28 and 29) Exhibit of Best Practices on Migration and Development Initiatives of Government, NGOs, and Overseas Filipino organizations, and; Exhibit of Products and Services of OFW-owned enterprises.
At the same time, Migration and Development Trade and Tourism will be in focus from October 20 to November 2007, and at various tentative schedules, the sharing of experiences will be made by key speakers on issues/developments such as Feminization of Migration and Addressing the Social Cost of Migration; Strategic Philanthropy and Resource Mobilization; Pooling and Leveraging Diaspora Resources for Development; Financial Literacy and Diaspora Savings and Investment; and Social Investing.
Roque said that as part of the preparations for the forthcoming 2nd GFMD in the Philippines in October, the DOLE-GFMD Task Force had recently convened and tackled the proposed parallel event together with the inputs and recommendations of the Department of Foreign Affairs represented by Undersecretary Enrique Manalo and Assistant Secretary Evan Garcia; the Anti-Money Laundering Council; Philippine Institute for Development Studies; Commission on Filipinos Overseas; the Department of Social Welfare and Development; the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women; and PhilHealth.
The DOLE-GMFD Task Force, which is actively undertaking the preparations for the country's successful hosting of the GFMD, is headed by Executive Director Ciriaco A. Lagunzad III of the National Wages and Productivity Commission with Deputy Executive Director Merliza M. Makinano of the Institute of Labor Studies, who recently represented the Philippines in the First annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration sponsored by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, as Vice Head; and with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the DFA, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, and other key DOLE and government agencies, represented.
Source: Information and Publication Service
Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said that the effort initiated by the groups in linkage with the government, is consistent with the initiative of the global forum to promote best practices in migration and strengthen the welfare and protection of the world's estimated 200 million migrants.
Roque said the 2nd GFMD to be held in Manila in October this year will be participated in by top and senior labor officials from 180 different countries.
He stressed that the selection of the Philippines as host of the said event underscores the recognition of the country's productive role in the deployment of more than one million OFWs annually in more than 190 economies worldwide and its vigorous efforts to promote migrant's rights and protection.
He said the selection of the Philippines as the host of the 2nd GFMD following its global inaugural session attended by about 1,000 government and civil society representatives from 156 countries last year affirmed the country's prevailing leadership role in the global initiative.
The labor Chief had been apprised by the DOLE's Global Forum on Migration and Development (GMFD) Task Force that a "Global Forum Parallel Event" will be staged by three NGOs and OFW groups in partnership with key agencies, particularly the DOLE, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Department of Tourism.
Simultaneous with the GFMD, the parallel event, spearheaded by Atikha (an NGO dedicated to the provision of economic and social services to OFWs and their families), the Philippine Consortium on Migration and Development, and the OFW Caucus, would be held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) from October 26 to 29, 2008.
The program would include the following highlights: (October 26) Awarding of Best Practices on Migration and Development Initiatives of NGOs, Local Government Units and other groups; Memorandum of Agreement Signing with 10 Provincial Governors and City Mayors on the Piloting Program on Leveraging Resources for Development; Awarding of Winners of Program on Mobilizing Diaspora Philanthropy; and Launching of OFW-funded products; (October 27) Set up of booths highlighting OFW Funded Enterprises; (October 28 and 29) Exhibit of Best Practices on Migration and Development Initiatives of Government, NGOs, and Overseas Filipino organizations, and; Exhibit of Products and Services of OFW-owned enterprises.
At the same time, Migration and Development Trade and Tourism will be in focus from October 20 to November 2007, and at various tentative schedules, the sharing of experiences will be made by key speakers on issues/developments such as Feminization of Migration and Addressing the Social Cost of Migration; Strategic Philanthropy and Resource Mobilization; Pooling and Leveraging Diaspora Resources for Development; Financial Literacy and Diaspora Savings and Investment; and Social Investing.
Roque said that as part of the preparations for the forthcoming 2nd GFMD in the Philippines in October, the DOLE-GFMD Task Force had recently convened and tackled the proposed parallel event together with the inputs and recommendations of the Department of Foreign Affairs represented by Undersecretary Enrique Manalo and Assistant Secretary Evan Garcia; the Anti-Money Laundering Council; Philippine Institute for Development Studies; Commission on Filipinos Overseas; the Department of Social Welfare and Development; the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women; and PhilHealth.
The DOLE-GMFD Task Force, which is actively undertaking the preparations for the country's successful hosting of the GFMD, is headed by Executive Director Ciriaco A. Lagunzad III of the National Wages and Productivity Commission with Deputy Executive Director Merliza M. Makinano of the Institute of Labor Studies, who recently represented the Philippines in the First annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration sponsored by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, as Vice Head; and with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the DFA, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, and other key DOLE and government agencies, represented.
Source: Information and Publication Service
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