Assessment of local employment services

Assessment of local employment services: Antique, Masbate, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao

As stipulated both in the Labor Code and Local Government Code of the Philippines, it is the state's policy to promote full employment and equal work opportunities for all through, among others, institutionalizing a National Facilitation Service Network.

The study has the following objectives: (a) to map out local employment service providers (ESPs), the profile of their users and the employment services provided to youth and returning migrants; (b) to identify strength, gaps and constraints in the delivery of employment services at the local level, particularly in enhancing youth employability and targeting industry sectors where youth employment could be promoted; (c) to conduct an assessment of selected Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) with the end view of developing and testing assessment and self-assessment tools for employment services; and (d) to determine areas of collaboration among local labour market players for improved employment services delivery.