National Remittance Plan (Philippines)
The Philippine Development Plan (2011–2016) explicitly noted the need to promote financial inclusion and facilitate remittances domestically and from abroad.
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Thematic Meeting held in Manila.
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Co-Chair in RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development"
Government Team Member in RT 1.1 "Harnessing the capital of migrants to realise their potential"
Goverment Team Member in RT 1.2 "Migrants' engagement with public services: from basic access to co-production"
Government Team Member in RT 2.1 "South-South mobility: trends, patterns and transferable learning"
Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"
The Philippine Development Plan (2011–2016) explicitly noted the need to promote financial inclusion and facilitate remittances domestically and from abroad.
The ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) was signed on 15 December 1995 by the ASEAN Economic Ministers, allowing for Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) in various professions and an agreement on the Movement of Natural Persons (MNP)
The TESDA Online Program (TOP) is an open educational resource that aims to make technical education more accessible to Filipino citizens through the use of information and communication technologies. TOP provides an effective and efficient way to deliver technical education and skills development services to a broader audience/wide range of users/all learners at a lesser cost.
The Foreign Employer Guarantee Fund (FEGF) helps protect Filipino migrant workers and supports their repatriation.
For Overseas Filipino Workers recruited through a government-to-government arrangement, the Administration shall, through relevant guidelines, establish and administer a Foreign Employer’s Guarantee Fund (FEGF) which shall be answerable for the Overseas Filipino Workers’ monetary claims arising from breach of contractual obligations. The same must be included in bilateral agreements on government-to-government hiring.
Porsche Training and Recruitment Center Asia is a CSR programme that is designed for young, underprivileged Filipinos who want to become Porsche Service Mechatronics specialists.
During the 19-month programme, participants first receive a 10-month vocational training at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Manila. Then the best 120 students are selected to proceed to a 9-month training taught by Porsche specialists and which also includes English classes.
The ASEAN University Network is tasked to promote higher education, increase linkages between universities and encourage credit transfers in ASEAN+3 countries. In realization of this vital mission, the “ASEAN +3 Higher Education Policy Dialogue” was successfully convened in Phuket, Thailand in March 2009 with full support by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, the Office of Higher Education Commission, Thailand and the AUN Secretariat.
In support of evidence-based policy making, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Department has been also undertaking a research project toward identifying the typologies of returning migrants, the main objectives of which is to put OFWs and their divergent aspirations and circumstances back at the heart of the government's reintegration program, with improved program design and planning and budgeting framework.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs have engaged in partnership with the IOM for the project "Enhancing the Reintegration Program for Overseas Filipino Workers" (ERPO).
All ASEAN Member States adopted in 2007 the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.
The Declaration underlines ASEAN Member States’ commitments to, among others, promote decent, humane, and dignified employment, as well as prevent and curb smuggling and trafficking of persons. Indonesia and ASEAN member states are now working towards the establishment of a legally-binding instrument on the protection of all migrant workers, regardless of their employment status.
Access to education is fundamental in leaving no one behind in the thrust towards SDGs. In that regard, Indonesia, working together with CSOs and private sectors, has established several community learning centers in Malaysia to ensure access to education for the children of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia.
While appreciating the Government of Malaysia for this policy, Indonesia calls on receiving countries to give broader access to education for migrants and their families.