GENDER – RESPONSIVENESS OF REGIONAL SKILLS

DEVELOPMENT, CERTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION

FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICES NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Atty. Teodoro C. Pascua Deputy Director General for TESD Operations - TESDA

Resource Speaker

Outline of Presentation

Part 1: Strategic Gender Issues of Women Migrant

Workers

Part 2: TESDAs Mandate – Return and Reintegration

Concerns

Part 3: Skills Development and Reintegration

Programs/Services

Part 4: TESDAs Gender-Responsive Practices

Part 5: TESDA’s Contribution in ASEAN Mutual

Recognition Arrangement – Tourism Sector

Part 6: Challenges and Recommendations

“Feminization” of Migration

60% of Annual Deployments of new hires for the past nine (9) years, have been Women

(Philippine Labor and Employment Plan 2011-

2016)

“Victimization” portrayal of Women Migrants

Vulnerability to Human Trafficking

De-skilling of professionals

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)

● Republic Act No. 7796 (TESDA Act of 1994) mandates TESDA to manage and supervise Technical Education and Skills Development (TESD) in the Philippines.

Vision: The Leading Partner in the development of the Filipino workforce with world-class competence and positive work values.

Skills Development and Reintegration Programs/Services

● Training for Work

Scholarship Program

(TWSP)

● Competency-Based

Training Program (CBT)

● TESDA Specialista

Technoprenuership

Program (TSTP)

● Language Skills Training

Program

All TESDA Programs are provided to

Filipinos for free with priority given to

returning/returned OFWs

1. Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP)

Description: To improve the reach of quality Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)to the grassroots by providing public funding in anticipation of the benefits to the citizens and the society through catering to in-demand industry requirements.

Fund: General Appropriations Act (GAA from the Government’s Budget)

Accomplishments: FY 2012

Total TWSP Graduate Scholars

Female % Male %

135,961 66,055 48.6 %

69,906 51.4%

TWSP Employment Rate National TVET Employment Rate

68.5% (higher) 65.3%

Impact: Women Economic Empowerment

National

Certificate (NC)

- A certificate

awarded to an individual possessing a set of recognized competencies allotted to defined levels of qualification in the Philippine TVET Qualification Framework.

2. Competency-Based Training Program (CBT)

Description: An approach to Vocational Education and Training that places emphasis on what a person can do in the workplace as a result of completing a program of training.

Fund: General Appropriations Act (GAA from the Government’s Budget) Value-Adding Feature: TESDA Women’s Center (TWC)

The Center of women’s economic empowerment in Technical Education and Skills Development (TESD)

Vision: “In every Filipino household, a woman skilled for a living and educated for life”

CBT in the TESDA Women’s Center (TWC)

Accomplishments: Various Qualifications: ▪ Welding ▪ Automotive Servicing ▪ Bartending ▪ Plumbing ▪ Consumer Electronics ▪ Food and Beverage Services ▪ Food Processing ▪ Pharmacy Services ▪ Dressmaking ▪ Household Services

3. TESDA Specialista Technoprenuership Program (TSTP)

Description: A holistic approach to Skills Development by initially developing a pool of trained and certified TESDA Specialistas (community-based service aggrupation) who will respond to the demand for services of their immediate communities, provide alternative job opportunities for TESDA graduates and contribute to increase income while developing team work and excellence in service delivery.

Fund: General Appropriations Act (GAA from the Government’s Budget)

Accomplishments: FY 2012

Total No. of TESDA Specialistas

No. of Aggrupations organized

7,804

780

Aggrupation Areas: ▪ Building/House Repair/Maintenance ▪ Beauty Care and Wellness Services ▪ Appliance Repair ▪ Automotive/Vehicle Maintenance ▪ Computer Hardware Services

▪ Welding Services

▪ Caregiving Services ▪ Food and Beverage Services

4. Language Skills Training Program

Description: TESDA established the Language Skills Institute (LSI) as a recognition that language proficiency and understanding of workplace culture shall further enhance the competitiveness and marketability of Filipino job-ready workers thereby providing them better employment opportunities in the global labor market.

Fund: Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP)

Accomplishments:

6-month Preparatory Japanese Language and Culture Training

Description: A joint undertaking of the Governments of Japan and the Philippines under the Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA) with an objective of providing the Filipino Nurses and Caregivers with foundation in Japanese Language and Culture prior to their deployment to Japan.

Accomplishments:

Graduates for Japanese Language and Culture

Training Program for Nurses

Graduates for Japanese Language and Culture Training

Program for Care Workers

TESDA’s Gender-Sensitive

Curriculum

Gender-Responsive Practices

TESDA / TESDA Women’s Center Philippine Commission

on Women

Canadian International Development Agency

United Nations Population Fund

GAD Awards / Recognitions

GADTimpala Award

- TESDA is one of the country’s Gender-Responsive National Government Agencies (NGAs), hailed by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).

Other Awards / Recognitions

ISO 9001-2008 Certificate

H.E. Benigno Aquino III (President of the Republic

of the Philippines),

Secretary Emmanuel Joel Villanueva (TESDA

Director General) and Mr. Jen Wen Chia, General

Manager of the TUV SUD PSB Philippines.

THE NEED TO ADOPT THE ASEAN COMMON

COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR TOURISM

PROFESSIONALS (ACCSTP)

TESDA’s Involvement in the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA)

They envisioned the development of a framework of job titles and task descriptions that would provide an acceptable profile of competency standards common to hospitality and tourism enterprises across the region.

Helped facilitate the Conduct of the In-Country Workshop on CATC - 04 December 2006, Philippines

Participated in the ACCSTP Project on Common ASEAN Tourism Curriculum (CATC) Development and Regional Qualifications Framework Skills Recognition System (RQFSRS) – June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

Took part in the Workshop for Technical Reference Groups on Capacity Building for an ASEAN MRA in Tourism (CBAMT) – December 2006, Thailand

Facilitated the In-Country CBAMT Workshop - February 15-16, 2007, Manila Pavilion Hotel

Technical Reference Group (TRG) Meeting with Consultants - 3-4 May 2007 –DOT, Manila

ASEAN TASK FORCE ON ASEAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT

Conduct of the 2nd In-Country Workshop on CATC

07 May 2007, Manila Pavilion Hotel

Participated in the CBMAT Meeting

10-11 January 2008, Jakarta, Indonesia

Conduct of the Final In-Country CATC Workshop

08 March 2008, Traders Hotel Manila

ASEAN TASK FORCE ON ASEAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT

Participated in the National Workshop on ASEAN Toolbox Development for Priority Development - October 2011, Thailand and June 2012, Philippines

Participated in the ASEAN MRA Master Trainers and ASEAN Master Assessors for Tourism (Housekeeping) held on November – December 2012 in Bali, Indonesia

ASEAN TASK FORCE ON ASEAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT

ACCSTP Framework Objectives

Stand as benchmark for users and provide a common denominator for the development of tourism competency standards in ASEAN member states.

Include the basic and essential requirements for a person to be considered as qualified in a particular job.

Represent a common agreed set of job titles and minimum competency standards.

Provide a set of basic foundation for a competency-based training approach for tourism in ASEAN region.

The CATC workshop was an important step in the process of member countries cooperating on a range of issues for the benefit of ASEAN;

It will assist the recognition of skills and qualifications for tourism professionals by preparing common curriculum that relates to the ACCSTP;

Contribute to the sharing of resources for tourism education and training;

Provide skilled workers with employment opportunities throughout the region as well as assisting in narrowing the development gap between countries

COMMON ASEAN TOURISM CURRICULUM (CATC)

Primary Division

(First Labour

Division)

Second Labour Division

Hotel and Restaurant

Front Office

Housekeeping/Laundry

Food and Production

Food and Beverage Services

Travel Agent and

Tour Operator

Travel Agency

Tour Operations

Inception Meeting 8-9 Sept.04 - Jakarta

Assessment

Country A Country B

Certification

ATPMC

NTB B NTB A

TPCB NTPB

ATPRS

Matching Equivalents Conformity Matrix

Verification

Job Opportunities

Job Interview

Work Permit

Job Seeker Registration

[CATC]

MRA on Tourism Professionals

Schematic outline of a mechanism to support an MRA

Job Seekers

Industry Employers

CHALLENGES

The problem of deskilling of migrant workers especially among women is prevalent due to reluctance of migrant receiving countries to forge mutual agreements that will recognize educational qualifications in the Philippines.

Difficulty in designing appropriate reintegration and livelihood programs for those who wish to return to the country for good due to the absence of systematic data on their acquired skills and educational background.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Strengthen the data collection and monitoring mechanisms including the study and review of such data to determine the extent to which they are sex-disaggregated and can serve the needs of women migrant workers and policymakers.

Availability of such data will assist the government at the national and local levels in planning and designing reintegration programs and policies for them and their families.

Develop a Training and Needs Analysis (TNA) tool appropriate for the needs of migrant workers which can be used in designing reintegration programs