Resources from ILO Country Office in the Philippines

  1. High Level ILO mission to the Philippines on Convention No. 87 Freedom of Association and Right to Organize

    17 September 2009

    A High Level Mission of the ILO will visit the Philippines from 22-29 September 2009 to review matters relating to the application in law and in practice of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention (No. 87), 1948, which the Philippines ratified in 1953.

  2. Climate resilient farming communities in Agusan del Norte through innovative risk transfer mechanisms

    04 September 2009

    The economic condition of populations at risk, whether in terms of economic assets, capital resources or financial means, is a very important determinant of adaptive capacity to climate change impacts. Poor people are more vulnerable to projected impacts while the wealthy ones are better equipped to deal with the costs of adaptation.

  3. Towards a Child Labour-Free Philippines: Supporting the Philippine Programme Against Chilld Labour in Building on Past Gains and Addressing Challenges

    01 September 2009

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) works with local partners to combat child labour in the country through a US Government-funded project that looks at improving information management, consolidating partnerships, developing models and sustaining efforts to withdraw and prevent children from working.

  4. International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC): Towards a child-labour free Philippines: Project fact sheet

    01 September 2009

    The ILO-IPEC commits to help in reducing the cases of child labour. This ILO Programme assumes responsibility of giving direct services to 9,350 children involved in child labour in the Philippines.

  5. Decent work for all newsletter: Exploring new platforms of social dialogue for domestic workers

    01 September 2009

    The Philippines has embarked on a Decent Work for Domestic Workers campaign to craft a unified position to the International Labour Conference in 2010 and to lobby for the passage of a domestic workers national law.

  6. ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, August 2009

    31 August 2009

    CO-Manila's new library resource list.

  7. Closing remarks at the ASPPI 10th General Assembly and Convention

    28 August 2009

    By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Davao City, Philippines

  8. Message at the Project Launching and Stakeholder's Forum of ILO-MDG-F Climate Change Adaptation Project

    26 August 2009

    By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Butuan City, Philippines

  9. Mr Jesus Villamor, Vice-President of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines

    22 August 2009

  10. Interacting with workers' organizations: A primer for ADB staff

    17 August 2009

    The primer provides introductory information, summaries of relevant passages of the Asian Development Banks (ADB's) policies and strategies and links to information and tools. It explains how consultation with workers' organizations may be incorporated into the programme and project cycle, and provides some examples on how this has been done. The aim is to contribute to successful project outcomes and enhancement of benefits to affected people.