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Resources on labour migration
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Philippine tripartite-plus stakeholders discuss ethical recruitment in the health sector
18 May 2012
On 17 May 2012, the ILO, with the leadership of Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), organized a participatory workshop whose goal was to contribute to the monitoring of the implementation of the 2010 WHO Global Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Personnel. The event brought together more than 50 representatives from various government agencies, workers and employers organizations, recruitment agencies and health professional organizations.
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Sustainable reintegration services for Thai, Filipino migrants showcased in ILO-EU conference
27 March 2012
Manila (ILO News) - Sustainable return and reintegration support services for Thai and Filipino migrant workers were showcased in a Conference today, held under the auspices of a technical cooperation project implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with support from the European Union (EU).
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Going Back, Moving On-Final Project Conference
27 March 2012
The Conference aims to: (a) Enhance understanding on issues and challenges in the economic and social empowerment of returned migrants; (b) Facilitate the sharing of emerging/ potential good practices and lessons learned by the Project’s implementing partners in addressing the economic and social empowerment of returned migrants from the EU countries, toward their full recovery and reintegration; and (c) Generate recommendations from the participants to move forward reintegration programs for returned migrants, including victims of trafficking.
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Going back - Moving on : Philippines migrants return home
26 March 2012
This short video shows how successful interventions by an ILO project in the Philippines, supported by the European Commission, have empowered migrant workers returning, prematurely, from Europe to regain livelihoods back home. Working with the government's Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the project has supported a group of women returning from Eastern Europe who've now set up their own co-operative in the Philippines. We follow the story of four returnees, the establishment of the co-op and their home-grown successful businesses.
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Training-workshops for local service providers to effectively respond to migrants' needs
07 March 2012
The ILO-EU Return and Reintegration Project is scheduled to conduct training-workshops next month for OFW/Migrants’ Desk Officers and/or Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Managers, as well as other relevant officials from the Provincial Governments of Ilocos Sur and La Union. These will be on 7-9 and 12-14 March 2012 for the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union, respectively, to be held in Baguio City.
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Promoting Decent Work Across Borders: A Project for Migrant Health Professionals and Skilled Workers
23 February 2012
The International Labour Organization (ILO), with funding support from the European Union (EU), is to implement a programme called Promoting Decent Work Across Borders: A Project for Migrant Health Professionals and Skilled Workers.
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ILO meets Philippine embassy officials, trade unions, migrant groups in Paris, Rome
09 February 2012
PARIS, FRANCE—Representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO) conducted meetings at the Philippine Embassies in Paris and Rome this month to validate the results of the European Union (EU)-funded research that sought to improve service delivery for distressed on Filipino and Thai migrant workers.
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Opening address at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in Thailand and the Philippines
11 January 2012
By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/ community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in Thailand and the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines, 11 January 2012
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1st Migration & Development Plan launched in PHL Returning migrant workers to benefit from ILO partnership with local governments, multi-stakeholders
16 November 2011
The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila), through its European Union-supported Return and Reintegration Project, has partnered with the local government of La Union Province and other sectors which has produced the Philippines’ first-ever Migration and Development Strategic Plan.
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Provincial Summit on Migration and Development-La Union
26 September 2011
Through the combined efforts of the International Labour Organization, the Provincial Government of La Union, and the Kanlungan Center Foundation, a Provincial Summit on Migration and Development will be held in La Union.