Status Of Seafarers’ Advocacy Work And Levels Roli Talampas
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Status of Seafarers’ Advocacy Work and Levels of Responses Roli Talampas Secretary, United Filipino Seafarers Associate Professor University of the Philippines Manila 2 November 2007 European Filipino Migrants’ Conference Converging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development November 2, 2007, Amsterdam, The Nederlands
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Status of Seafarers’ Advocacy Work and Levels of
Responses
Status of Seafarers’ Advocacy Work and Levels of
Responses Roli Talampas
Secretary, United Filipino SeafarersAssociate Professor University of the Philippines Manila
2 November 2007
Roli TalampasSecretary, United Filipino Seafarers
Associate Professor University of the Philippines Manila
2 November 2007
European Filipino Migrants’ ConferenceConverging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development
November 2, 2007, Amsterdam, The Nederlands
OutlineOutline
Context of advocacy work Nature of advocacy for seafarers Levels and forms Problems Responses Challenges
Context of advocacy work Nature of advocacy for seafarers Levels and forms Problems Responses Challenges
ContextContext
State of the world maritime industry- 3 Pillars (IMO-STCW 78/95, Marpol, MLC 2006)
Shipping and societies are inseparable not only because … fulfill a specific social purpose and to satisfy specific need of society, community or individual.
Lasszlo Kovats, “How flag states lost the plot over shipping’s governance. Does a ship need a sovereign?” (Maritime Policy and Management, 2006)
Philippine governmentMultiplicity of agencies
Manning sectorCompeting profitably, ethically
State of the world maritime industry- 3 Pillars (IMO-STCW 78/95, Marpol, MLC 2006)
Shipping and societies are inseparable not only because … fulfill a specific social purpose and to satisfy specific need of society, community or individual.
Lasszlo Kovats, “How flag states lost the plot over shipping’s governance. Does a ship need a sovereign?” (Maritime Policy and Management, 2006)
Philippine governmentMultiplicity of agencies
Manning sectorCompeting profitably, ethically
Levels and forms-1Levels and forms-1
Levels-Global advocacy?
‘To attain global uniformity in mariner’s working conditions on-board ships, if not in pay levels, is a challenge not yet accepted, let alone met, by the international maritime community.’
--Lasszlo Kovats, 2006
- National and sub-national
Levels-Global advocacy?
‘To attain global uniformity in mariner’s working conditions on-board ships, if not in pay levels, is a challenge not yet accepted, let alone met, by the international maritime community.’
--Lasszlo Kovats, 2006
- National and sub-national
Levels and forms-2Levels and forms-2
Forms- Issues (jobs, environment, welfare
health)- Individuals and groups- Coalitions- Engagements with policy
Forms- Issues (jobs, environment, welfare
health)- Individuals and groups- Coalitions- Engagements with policy
ProblemsProblems
Views on advocacy What shapes advocacy
Absent principal Why there is no critical mass
Disparate interests How divisions create strange
bedfellows Organizational issues
The burden of leadership
Views on advocacy What shapes advocacy
Absent principal Why there is no critical mass
Disparate interests How divisions create strange
bedfellows Organizational issues
The burden of leadership
ResponsesResponses
Proportion (of response/s) Issue size and extent Issue relevance and implications
Forms of engagements Media advocacies Dialogs and debates
Counter-responses
Proportion (of response/s) Issue size and extent Issue relevance and implications
Forms of engagements Media advocacies Dialogs and debates
Counter-responses
ChallengesChallenges
Organic Issue definition Legal, ethical
Environmental Internal and external Cultural and political
Physical
Organic Issue definition Legal, ethical
Environmental Internal and external Cultural and political
Physical
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