ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila)

What's new

1. 

   Feature article

   After the storm: rebuilding livelihoods in the Philippines

   2 February 2012

   Natural disasters destroy livelihoods but the aftermath also offers opportunities to create jobs and revitalise the economy as there will be high demand for construction and other recovery works. For the last ten years, the ILO has engaged in post-disaster reconstruction in countries in Asia and the Pacific, including China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and beyond.

2. 

   Press release

   Global Employment Trends 2012: World faces a 600 million jobs challenge, warns ILO

   24 January 2012

   The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

3. Public-Private partnership forum for youth employment in Maguindanao

   29 February 2012, Maguindanao

   The Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth through the through the ILO and in partnership with the Provincial Local Government Units (PLGUs) of Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur will conduct Public-Private Partnership Forum for Youth Employment.

4. Local Economic Development (LED) project and management

   28 February - 1 March 2012, Manila

   The local government units (LGUs) play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

5. Public-Private partnership forum for youth employment in Agusan del Sur

   24 February 2012, Agusan del Sur

   The Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth through the through the ILO and in partnership with the Provincial Local Government Units (PLGUs) of Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur will conduct Public-Private Partnership Forum for Youth Employment.

6. Strategic planning of the Masbate Provincial Child Labor Committee

   23 - 24 February 2012, Masbate City, Masbate

   The Masbate Provincial Child Labor Committee (PCLC) will have a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Masbate by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.

7. Strategic planning of the Indeginous People para-legal volunteer groups’ under the Indeginous Peoples Development Programme- Caraga Region

   21 - 22 February 2012, Butuan City

   The demand for the services of Indeginous Peoples Para-Legal Volunteer Groups in the far-flung villages of Indigenous Peoples in the ancestral domains/project sites is gradually increasing. Representatives of the 8 Para-Legal Volunteer Groups under the Indeginous Peoples Development Programme in Caraga will meet to prepare their six-monthly plan of activities in collaboration with the Commission on Human Rights and the concerned Local Government Units (LGUs).

8. ILO-IPEC consultant on resource-mapping visits Masbate

   21 - 23 February 2012, Masbate City, Masbate

   The Strategic Development Cooperation - Asia (SDC) will continue work on validating the subsectors initially selected as basis for livelihood activities and subject these to further value chain analysis.

9. Public-Private partnership forum for youth employment in Masbate

   21 February 2012, Masbate

   The Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth through the through the ILO and in partnership with the Provincial Local Government Units (PLGUs) of Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur will conduct Public-Private Partnership Forum for Youth Employment.

10. Public-Private partnership forum for youth employment in Antique

    16 February 2012, Antique

    The Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth through the through the ILO and in partnership with the Provincial Local Government Units (PLGUs) of Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur will conduct Public-Private Partnership Forum for Youth Employment.

11. ILO-IPEC consultant on resource-mapping visits Northern Samar

    15 - 18 February 2012, Northern Samar Province

    The Strategic Development Cooperation - Asia (SDC) will continue work on validating the subsectors initially selected as basis for livelihood activities and subject these to further value chain analysis.

12. ILO-IPEC holds partners' forum

    13 - 14 February 2012, Pasay City

    The IPEC Project will gather all its partners to level off on strategies, discuss updates and together develop measures to improve implementation.

13. Local Economic Development (LED) policy development and analysis

    7 - 10 February 2012, Manila

    The local government units (LGUs) play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

14. Loan administration and management training for indigenous women self-help groups and their counterpart Indigenous Peoples Organizations (SHGs/IPOs)

    7 - 10 February 2012, Butuan City

    Following the necessary institutional assessment and business planning activities, selected members of concerned Indigenous Women Self-Help Groups and their counterpart Indigenous Peoples Organizations will soon come together for a training on loan administration and management.

15. ILO-IPEC consultant on value chain analysis visits Bukidnon

    7 - 10 February 2012, Bukidnon Province

    The Strategic Development Cooperation - Asia (SDC) will continue work on validating the subsectors initially selected as basis for livelihood activities and subject these to further value chain analysis.

16. ILO-IPEC consultant conducts field validations in Quezon

    7 - 10 February 2012, Quezon Province

    The Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) Network conducted field validations on the initial assessment of development plans and processes by the Local Governments Units (LGUs) of Lucena City, Catanauan, and Calauag in the province of Quezon on the eradication of child labour.

17. Review of the strategic convergence support for the formulation of the ancestral domain sustainable development and protection plans (ADSDPP) by the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Bislig City and the Municipality of Sibagat, Agusan del Sur

    4 February 2012, Butuan City

    The convergence partners, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), German International Development Agency (GIZ) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), are set to review their strategy and plans for the provision of support to the Indigenous Peoples IPs in Bislig City and Sibagat, Agusan del Sur in the community-driven participatory formulation of their respective Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plans (ADSDPP).

18. 

    Run to Save Lives! Run for Breastfeeding!

    4 February 2012, SM Mall of Asia, Philippines

    A public event organized by the Millennium Development Goal-Fund 2030 Joint Programme on Ensuring Food Security and Nutrition for Children 0-24 Months Old in the Philippines.

19. ILO-IPEC consultant conducts field validations in Masbate

    31 January - 3 February 2012, Masbate City, Masbate

    The Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) Network conducted field validations on the initial assessment of development plans and processes by the Local Governments Units (LGUs) of Masbate City, Cawayan, and Aroroy in the province of Masbate on the eradication of child labour.

20. SM Cinema and ILO partnership on decent work for domestic workers

    25 December 2011 - 7 February 2012, Philippines
    

    The ILO Country Office for the Philippines in partnership with SM Cinema, the largest cinema exhibitor in the Philippines launched a public service message on “Domestic workers are workers with rights like others.