INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL MIGRANT

WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

• December 18,1990 - Adopted by the UN General Assembly.

• July 1, 2003 - Effectivity date• July 5,1995 - Philippines ratified the Convention.• To date, there are 48 State parties to the said

Convention.• Most countries that ratified the convention are

countries of • Origin of migrants

Report Preparation Process

June 22, 2015 - Inputs from concerned government agencies (POEA,OWWA,ILAB,NRCO,DFA,DSWD,SSS and DOLE Legal Service)

July 21, 2105 – Consolidation meeting of government agencies

August 4, 2015 - Consultation meeting with CSOs : CMA, PAHRA, MIGRANTS FORUM in ASIA , MIGRANTE INTERNATIONAL)

DOLE Convergence Program1. Capability building for internal and external partners.

CET

3.Setting-up OFW Help Desks at LGUs . 625 OFW Help Desk

4. Provision of legal assistance. * Counseling * Prosecution of Illegal Recruitment * Preparation of Complaint * Closure of Illegal Recruitment Agencies

Information dissemination program on the rights of migrant workers and members of their families Indicator: Percentage of areas covered by information dissemination by region.

Thematic Objective 1:

CET Participants2012 15 1,4952013 12 5322014 25 1,840

2. Education and training for OFWs. PEOS In the last three (3) years, 4,247 PEOS

sessions conducted with 832,540 participants.PDOS 2,621,201 participantsLEGS PAOS

Conduct seminars from 2012-2014 with the total of 58,498 participants

Existing Labor Agreements (2010-2015)

1. Jordan 10. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia2. Manitoba, Canada 11. Province of Saskatchewan,

Canada3. Taiwan 12. Papua New Guinea

4. Korea 13. Korea

5. Jordan 14. Switzerland

6. Lebanon 15. British Columbia, Canada7. Kuwait 16. Canada

8. British Columbia, Canada

9. Germany

Sustain advocacy for bilateral agreements, memoranda of understanding, and other similar instruments, especially with those countries of destination where discriminatory treatment and abuse are more frequent;

Indicator: Increase in the number of bilateral agreements entered by the government for the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers.

Thematic Objective 2:

No. of Countries with Bilateral Agreement 11 from 2009 to below

No. of Countries with Bilateral Agreement 16 from 2010 - 2015

Total : 27

4.32 % Increase from 2009-2015

Indicator: Increased number of assisted Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in varying difficult circumstances.

Provision for adequate consular services, welfare assistance and other legal remedies in the host countries and in the Philippines.

Thematic Objective 3:

Ratio of regular / documented OFWs to the number of Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) personnel

* DFA Assistance-to-National - Assisted 26,697 in 2014

* OWWA - Welfare Assistance Fund

* Repatriation Program On site welfare case management In country welfare case management

From 2012 to 2014 844,545 workers assisted.Year OFWs Ticketed Post Repatriation Related Services

2012 202 12,7872013 453 43,1132014 245 13,215

Indicator: Medical assistance to migrant workers in the countries of destination

Amendment to migrant worker’s act (RA 8042) and other related legislations

Thematic Objective 4:

Republic Act No. 10022, amending the 1995 Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act which further strengthens protective measures afforded to migrant workers.

Ratification 2 International Labor Conventions :a.) Maritime labour Convention, 2006 (MLC)b.) Domestic workers Convention 189.

Under DOLE AO 168 s. 2013, Manual of Operations, Policies and Guidelines for the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO).

Standard procedures in handling welfare cases, admission of OFWs to the Migrant Workers and Other Overseas Filipinos Resource Centers ( MWOFRC )

Joint Manual of Operations in Providing Assistance to Migrant Workers and other Filipinos Overseas (September 2015).

Social security to migrant workers

Indicator: Increased number of bilateral Social Security Agreements with other countries.

Thematic Objective 5:

Existing SSAs ( effectivity dates)Austria (1982); UK and Northern Ireland (1989); Spain (1989); France (1994); Canada (1997); Quebec (1998); Netherlands (2001); Switzerland (2004); Belgium (2005)

Signed SSAs, but not ratifiedKorea (2005) and Israel (2009)

Ratified SSAs, awaiting entry into forceDenmark (2012) and Portugal (2012)

Signed SSAs, awaiting ratificationGermany (2014) and Luxembourg (2015)

Negotiated SSAs, Targeted for signing in 2015Japan and Sweden

Comprehensive program for the return, resettlement, and cultural reintegration of migrant workers and members of their families

Indicator: Increased number of OFWs in the National Reintegration Program .

Thematic Objective 6:

Financial Awareness Seminar (FAS)

The 2-Billion (OFW-RP) Reintegration Program

National Reintegration Center for OFWs

Balik Pinay! Balik Hanapbuhay!Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP) implemented in 2010DOLE Assist WELL ProgramFlexi-Fund Program

2,557 OFWs benefitted in 20122,530 Beneficiaries in 2013P2B ORP launched on 7 June 2011 756,108,000.00 released Php 10,000.00 Starter kits implemented in 2014 1,646 distressed OFW Beneficiaries.

Year No. of Beneficiaries Amount Released (in Peso)2012 726 12,400.000.002013 1,193 18,330,000.002014 1,376 19,622,000.00

Adequate measures for the protection and welfare of the children of migrant workers.

Increased number of assisted children of migrant workers in varying circumstances.

Thematic Objective 7:

2. OFW Dependents Scholarship Program ( ODSP )

3. Education and Livelihood Assistance program (ELAP)

1. Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP)

Scholarship program for qualified OFW dependent consisting of a maximum of Php60,000.00 per school year, leading to a four-to-five years baccalaureate course in any college or university.Scholarship consisting of a maximum of Php20,000.00 assistance per school year leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree in a state college or university for dependent of OFW-members. Educational assistance for survivors of a deceased OFW consisting of Php5,000.00 for elementary, Php8,000.00 for high school and Php10,000.00 for college per school year.

400 scholar Beneficiaries from 2012-2014.

Ways Forward

DSWD Review the implementation of its programs. Development of a community Handbook for

Community service providers to increase public awareness on TIP.

DFA Aims to raise awareness on TIP by training its frontlines.

OWWA PDOS Online Development of supplementary medical

assistance programs for OFW’s

DOLE Implementation of FLOIS.

POEA Mandatory PEOS for newly hired OFW’s PEOS modules in local/ Regional Dialects Continuous Implementation of AIRTIP

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