Agrarian Law and Social Legislation

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Agrarian Law and Social Legislation
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM

Location: Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is the lead implementing agency

of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). It undertakes land tenure
improvement, development of program beneficiaries, and agrarian justice delivery.
Virgilio de los Reyes is the current secretary of DAR.
VISION
"A nation where there is equitable land ownership and empowered agrarian reform
beneficiaries who are effectively managing their economic and social development
for
better
quality
of
life".
MISSION
"To lead in the implementation of agrarian reform and sustainable rural
development in the country through land tenure improvement, the provision of
integrated
development
services
to
landless
farmers,
farmworkers,
small
landowner and landowner-cultivators, and the delivery of agrarian justice, as key to

long
lasting
peace
and
development
in
the
countryside".
FUNCTIONS
To provide Land Tenure security to landless farmers through land acquisition

and distribution; leasehold arrangements' implementation and other LTI services;
To provide legal intervention to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) through

adjudication
of
agrarian
cases
and
agrarian
legal
assistance;
To implement, facilitate and coordinate the delivery of support services to

ARBs through Social Infrastructure and Local Capability Building (SILCAB);
Sustainable Agribusiness and Rural Enterprise Development (SARED); and Access
Facilitation and Enhancement Services (AFAES).
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UNDER DAR
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1.
AGRARIAN
PRESIDENTIAL
REFORM
COUNCIL
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SECRETARIAT
(PARC
Secretariat)
Office of the Director General
Provides general direction to the Secretariat
CARP Planning, Coordination and Monitoring Service (CPCMS)
Provides specific direction, and supervises the day-to-day operation
and service
Prepares and consolidates CARPS Plans and Program of
Implementation
Coordinates and monitors activities/projects implemented by the CIAs
Establishes a network of coordination, linkages and feedback
mechanisms at various levels among CIAs

Formulates policy recommendations, rules and regulation necessary to
implement the CARP

Prepares CARP Performance Report for the PARC, PARC Execom, NEDA,
Office of the President

Provides Technical and Administrative Support to the PARC/PARC
Execom and its Technical Committee

Special Assignments Oversees the operation of 75 organized
PARCCOM nationwide
Agrarian Reform Fund Management Service (ARFMS)
Provides specific direction and supervises the day-to-day operation of
the service
Prepares and recommends the annual ARF BUDGET
Allocates/programs the ARF among the CIAs for the implementation of
the respective CARP activities projects

Formulates policy regulation, rules and regulations pertaining to the
ARF
Monitors and evaluates the ARF utilization
Prepares regular and special reports concerning ARF as required by the
Office of the President, PARC, DBM and NEDA and Congress

Provides Technical and Administrative Support to the PARC/PARC
Execom and its Technical Committee

Special Assignment Acts as a Secretariat to the Audit Management
and Investigation Committee (AMIC) and assists in the preparation of
the annual audit plans and in the conduct of the annual CARP audit
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2. BUREAU OF AGRARIAN LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Office of the Director
Formulates guidelines, plans, and programs for the effective delivery or
legal assistance for the clientele

Adopts the process of mediation and conciliation to judiciously settle
agrarian problem
Investigates cases, reviews recommendations, prepares orders,
decisions and resolutions on matters involving agrarian dispute

Represents agrarian reform beneficiaries or members of their
immediate farm households before all the courts and quasi-judicial and
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administrative bodies in civil, criminal or raising form or are connected
with an agrarian disputes

Advises and assist the office of the Secretary and Field Offices in
agrarian legal matters

Office of the Assistant Director
Assists in developing guidelines, plans and programs for legal
assistance and other
Litigation Division
Evolves plans and programs for rendering judicial assistance to ARBs in
all civil and or criminal cases arising and/or connected with agrarian
disputes, including expropriation proceedings, pre-exemption and
redemption cases
Provides guidelines for the effective prosecution of cases behalf of
ARBs
Render judicial assistance to ARBs whose cases are elevated to court
of appellate jurisdiction
In collaboration with the office of the Solicitor General, handles cases
where the DAR or its official are parties-in-interest

Handles all cases involving the sale, alienation, mortgage, foreclosure,
pre-exemption and redemption of tenanted agricultural lands as well as
expropriation of all kinds of land in furtherance of the agrarian program

Handles cases involving violations of the provisions of RA No. 1199, as
amended, RA No. 3844, as amended, PDs, Eos, and other laws on
agrarian reform
Conducts continuing evaluation on the handling and management of
judicial cases
Handle cases on annulment of decisions, lease contracts and deeds of
sale and the cancellation/amendment of titles pertaining to agricultural
lands under the administration and disposition of DAR and the Land
Bank , as well as the patents issued under PD No. 266 and all other
patents covering settlement areas under the administration and
disposition of the DAR
Legal Information, Counseling and Mediation Division

In coordination with the Bureau of the Agrarian Reform Information and
Education, develops plans and programs for the effective
dissemination of legal information on agrarian reform

Develops guidelines and procedures for rendering legal information to
ARBs and other interested persons

Studies and recommends plans and programs for the involvement of
local government in the solution of legal problems on agrarian reorm

Renders legal counseling and information services to ARBs and other
persons requesting for such

Develops plans and programs for rendering paralegal services and
adopts/maintains an information system relative thereto

Conduct mediation processes pursuant to the strengthened policies
Claims and Conflicts Division
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Evolves plans and program for the extension of legal services to ARBs
Provides guidelines and procedure for the protection of rights of ARBs
affected by the conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural
uses
Provides guidelines and procedures for the expeditious investigations,
hearing and adjudication of agrarian conflicts

Reviews appeal decisions of Regional Offices on land transfer action,
retention, CLI Protests/Exemptions, boundary disputes

Prepares certification of finality of order as well as the prerequisite
clearance for deeds of sale and patents covering covering lots in
landed Estates and settlements

Legislative Research and Statistic Division
Undertakes research and studies on legal problems, issues and concern
affecting the Agrarian Reform Program

Prepares Opinions/comments/position/papers/recommendations on
legal problems/issue referred for advice/clarification

Assists in the preparation of draft guidelines on agrarian reform
Complies, collates and digests cases, jurisprudence, policy
pronouncements on agrarian reform for dissemination to DARCO and
fields units
Keeps and maintains a law library
Consolidates, keeps and maintains Regional/Provincial statistical data
of accomplishment reports in agrarian legal assistance
3. BUREAU OF AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES DEVELOPMENT

Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD) is a support service delivery
component of the agrarian reform program. It aims to capacitate the Agrarian
Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) and provide them access to necessary support
services to make their lands more productive, and enable them to venture in
income generating livelihood projects. Furthermore, for ARBs to actively participate
in community governance. As one of the major final outputs of DAR.
PBD is pursued under three (3) major sub-components:
(1) Social Infrastructure and Local Capacity Building (SILCAB)
(2) Sustainable Area-based Rural Enterprise Development (SARED)
(3) Access Facilitation and Access Enhancement Services (AFAES)
DAR Organizational Outcome on Program Beneficiaries Development
Increased household income
Increased yield of crops
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Functional and sustainable ARB organizations for support services delivery
Enhanced socio economic condition of the gender-equitable ARB households

and community
4. BUREAU OF LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT

The Land Tenure Improvement (LTI) component seeks to secure the
tenurial status of the farmers and farm workers in the lands they till. It is
operationalized either through land acquisition and distribution (LAD) or leasehold
operations. LAD involves the redistribution of government and private agricultural
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lands to landless farmers and farm workers. It secures farmers' tenure, promotes
social equity, and provides them with necessary productive resources needed to
ensure their economic viability and productivity. Leasehold operations, on the other
hand, is the alternative non-land transfer scheme. It covers all tenanted
agricultural lands such those in the retained areas, not yet acquired for distribution
under CARP, and those which may be validly covered under existing laws. With the
enactment of RA 9700 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension
with Reforms in 2009, LAD will be completed by June 30, 2014 on a province-byprovince basis.
All of the remaining agricultural lands that are not acquired and undistributed shall
be acquired and be distributed as follows:
Phase I (01 July 2009 to 30 June 2012)
All remaining lands above fifty (50) hectares
All private agricultural lands with aggregate landholdings in excess of fifty

(50) hectares which have already been issued Notices of Coverage (NOCs) on
or before Dec. 10, 2008
Rice and corn lands under PD 27 | idle and abandoned lands | Voluntary Offer
to Sell (VOS) lands
All lands foreclosed by government financial institutions (GFIs), PCGGacquired lands and other government-owned lands
Voluntary Land Transfer (VLT) submitted by June 30, 2009 (before effectivity)
Only VOS & Compulsory Acquisition (CA) are allowed after June 30, 2009
Phase II-A (01 July 2009 to 30 June 2012)
All alienable and disposable, arable public agricultural lands;
All public agricultural lands which are to be opened for new development and
resettlement;
Aggregate above 24-50 hectares issued NOCs on or before 10 December

2008)
Phase II-B (01 July 2012 to 30 June 2013)
Remaining lands in excess of 24 hectares whether or not issued with NOCs
Phase III-A (01 July 2012 to 30 June 2013)
10-24 hectares, insofar as excess of 10 hectares

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Phase III-B (01 July 2013 to 30 June 2014)
Above 5 hectares to 10 hectares
Schedule of LAD shall be in accordance with the above order of priority with
the following:
Exemptions:
Priority land reform areas as declared by PARC (Presidential Agrarian Reform
Council) Exe-Com upon recommendation of the PARCCOM (Provincial Agrarian
Reform Coordinating Committee) may be covered in advance provided that prior
phases have been completed.
Phase III-B (5-10 hectares) shall not be implemented until 90% of the provincial
balance as of Jan. 1, 2009 has been completed.
Under RA 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (from 1987 to June
2009), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) covered 2,321,064 has. of private
agricultural lands and 1, 727, 054 has. Non-private agricultural lands covering a
total
of
4,
049,
018
has.
This
is
equivalent
to
2,
396,
857
ARBs
installed. Congruently, under RA 9700 (July 2009 December 2012), 196,055 has.
private agricultural lands and 209,151 has. of non-private agricultural lands were
distributed. This total to 405,187 has. equivalent to 210,586 ARBs installed.
Strategic Directions up to 2014

To substantially complete asset reform as mandated by RA 9700, the DAR shall:
Complete land acquisition and distribution (LAD) in the CARPER balance
Prioritize the subdivision of collective Certificates of Land Ownership Awards

(CLOAs) involving LBP-compensable lands
Fast track the documentation and settlement of landowner compensation for

already distributed lands
Synergize and rationalize the efforts of the CARP implementing agencies in

all processes of LAD
Partner with the civil society organizations in the delivery of LTI services,
particularly the large-sized private agricultural lands
Adopt a job-sharing scheme under the ONE-DAR Concept; and
Increase the utilization of the services of geodetic engineers to assist in land

acquisition
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5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUTICATION BOARD
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6. AGRARAIN REFORM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE

The Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) Development Strategy was adopted in
1993 to focus on priority agrarian reform areas to maximize resource allocation,
complementation, and mobilization for greater efficiency and impact taking into
consideration the limited financial and material resources of the government.
An ARC is a barangay or cluster of contiguous barangays within a municipality

where majority of the CARP-covered lands have been awarded to a critical mass of
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Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs). The ARC strategy applies the integrated
area development approach where the ARBs and their communities are the
primary focal points of development interventions.
7. BUREAU OF LAND ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION
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8. BUREAU OF LAND DEVELOPMENT
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9. BUREAU OF AGRARIAN REFORM INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
CITIZENS CHARTER
Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance (BALA)
1. Application for Exemption of Land From CARP Coverage (above 5 hectares)
2. Application for Land Use Conversion (above 5 hectares)
Bureau of Land Tenure Improvement (BLTI)

Issuance of Certification of Status of Certificate of Land Transfer
(CLT)/Emancipation Patent (EP)/Certificate of Land Ownership Award
(CLOA)/Tenancy and Certified True Copy of Masterlist of EPs
Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB)
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1. Certification as to the Case Status

2. Issuance of Certified Copies and/or Photocopies of Documents (Case records,
Decisions, Resolutions, Orders)
3. Issuance of Certificate of Finality/Entry of Judgment
4. Issuance of Certificate of No Pending Case
5. Issuance of Certified Copies of Transcript of Stenographic Notes (TSN)
Records Management Division (RMD)
1. Issuance of Certification on Motion/Appeal Filed
2. Issuance of Certified True Copies of Orders
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Location: Muralla Wing cor. General Luna St., Intramuros, Manila
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) started as a small bureau in

1908. It became a department on December 8, 1933 with the passage of Act 4121.
The DOLE is the national government agency mandated to formulate and
implement policies and programs, and serve as the policy-advisory arm of the
Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment.
On December 8, 1933, the Bureau of Labor was constituted as a Department by
virtue of Republic Act 4121. Since then, it has continuously evolved its thrusts and
strategies to respond to emerging socio-political and economic challenges while
keeping as primary concern the protection and promotion of the welfare of local
and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Today, the DOLE is the national government agency mandated to formulate
policies, implement programs and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the
Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment.
VISION
Every Filipino worker attains full, decent and productive employment.
MISSION
To promote gainful employment opportunities, develop human resources, protect
workers and promote their welfare, and maintain industrial peace.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UNDER DOLE
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1. BUREAU OF WORKERS WITH SPECIAL CONCERN

LOCATION: 9th Floor G.E. Antonino Building, T.M Kalaw corner J. Bocobo Street,
Ermita, Metro Manila
True to its name, the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) has
dipped into various concerns of workers in the country, specifically, workers in the
informal sector, women, young workers and persons with disability, to name a few.
Since the formal merging of the then Bureau of Rural Workers (BRW) and the
Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW) in 2010, the BWSC has developed
and facilitated the implementation of significant programs and projects in
coordination with regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment and
in collaboration with its various social partners and stakeholders.
Under
its
current
priorities,
the
Bureau
is
bent
at
intensifying
its
management information system so as to effectively and efficiently inform and

update our stakeholders on what the DOLE is doing for the workers with special
concerns.
VISION
The Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns is the recognized government agency
that champions the development and protection primarily of disadvantaged
workers, by contributing to their decent and productive employment
MISSION
The BWSC is committed to formulate policies and develop programs and systems
for workers with special concerns that will:
Enhance
employment
and
promote
the
welfare,
protection
and
empowerment of its clientele
Establish and sustain inter-agency partnership
Enhance competencies of program implementers and stakeholders
Ensure compliance to existing policies
CLIENTELE
Characteristics
I.
Disadvantaged Workers
A.
Vulnerable to labor exploitation and abuse

a.
on account of gender
b.
on account of age
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B.
c.
not covered by labor standards
d.
under a typical work arrangement
Inadequate/low
income
(below
minimum
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wage/
below
poverty
threshold)
C.
No or limited access to productive resources
D.
Limited/no social security
E.
Limited participation to policy/decision making processes
F.
Displaced
workers
due
to
economic
disruptions
or
natural
calamities/disasters.
II.
Workers with special concerns under specific laws

A.
Sugar workers RA 6982 and RA 809
B.
Biofuel workers RA 9367
C.
Working Children RA 9231
D.
Workers and their families Art. 134, PD 442 (Labor Code)
Sectors
A. Women workers
B. Youth
C. Child laborers / working children
D. Agricultural workers
a. Sugar and biofuel workers
b. Farmers
c. Fisherfolks
E. Self-employed and own-account workers
a. Home-based workers involved in subcontracting
F. Small transport workers
a. Tricycle
b. Pedicab
c. Other alternative modes of transport
G. Vendors
H. Small construction workers
I. Persons with disabilities
J. Elderly
K. Worker-victims of calamities
L. Displaced workers due to economic crisis
M. Retrenchment
N. Closures
BWSC Mandate and Functions
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Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) develops policies, programs,

projects and systems and provides advisory and technical assistance to the Office
of the Secretary and the Regional Offices relative to the development and
protection of the workers with special concerns, towards their decent and
productive employment.
As such, the BWSC performs the following basic functions for its clientele:
Formulates, recommends and advocates policies for their protection, welfare

and empowerment;
Develops and manages programs and projects on welfare, protection and

entrepreneurship and other self-employment schemes;
Provides technical and advisory services to the Office of the Secretary, DOLE
regional offices and other stakeholders;
Facilitates clients access to training and education opportunities to develop

and enhance their employability as wage or self-employed workers; and
Establishes,
sustains
and
strengthens
inter-agency
partnerships
and
collaboration with local and international organizations and institutions to

mobilize resources and enhance program advocacy and implementation.
The Bureau has five (5) Divisions:
1. Young Workers Development Division (YWDD)
2. Women Workers Development Division (WWDD)
3. Workers in the Informal Economy Development Division (WIEDD)
4. Workers Social Amelioration Development Division (WSADD)
5. Program Monitoring and Technical Support Services Division (PMTSSD)
PROGRAM AND PROJECT

A. DILEEP
1. KASAMA (KABUHAYAN PARA SA MAGULANG NG BATANG MANGGAGAWA)
KASAMA is a project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) which
aims to contribute to the prevention and elimination of child labor by providing
families of child laborers access to decent livelihood opportunities for enhanced
income.
It is anchored on the Philippine Program Against Child Labor (PPACL) Framework.
It is one of the regular projects under DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency
Employment Program (DILEEP).
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It is implemented through DOLEs Accredited Co-Partners (ACP) which are

responsible for the direct delivery of services to the beneficiaries.
Target Beneficiaries
Parents or guardian of child laborers
Elder brothers or sisters of child laborers who are of employable age
Beneficiaries shall commit to take active participation in group activities including

social preparation, trainings and actual project implementation, and shall express
their willingness to remove or not engage their children in hazardous or
exploitative labor
Project Components
Partnership Building aims to ensure that partner groups have the capacity
and commitment to provide support and assistance to the beneficiaries
towards project sustainability.
Beneficiary/Enterprise Development aims to equip the beneficiaries with

appropriate knowledge, attitude and skills in undertaking the livelihood
activity towards project viability and success, i.e., social preparation (child
rights;
workers
safety,
health,
productivity;
entrepreneurship
(simple
bookkeeping,
business
environment;
values);
management);
skills
training (production of goods or services).
Monitoring and evaluation aims to keep track and assess the progress of
project implementation vis--vis adherence to guidelines and performance
targets towards project improvement
Preferred Nature of Livelihood Activity
Viable, marketability of product or services (e.g. processing of food and other

consumer products)
Environment-friendly; preferably green products (e.g., production of herbal

drugs, organic fertilizer and other agriculture-based products)
Usage of local/indigenous resources/materials (e.g. handicraft and souvenir

items making)
2. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT (YES) PROJECT

A project under the Working Youth Center (WYC) Program with the aim of
putting the youth once again at the center of development. The YES Project
envisions the young college and technical-vocational graduating students, college
graduates or would-be members of the labor force as productive, resourceful and
self-reliant entrepreneurs. Aside from being an essential WYC enabler to
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reinvigorate the hopes and dreams of would-be entrants to the labor force, the
YESis a component or support program to the DOLE Kabuhayan Program.
WYC-YES Developmental Objectives
To mobilize the college and technical-vocational graduates to become young

entrepreneurs thereby generating income and jobs in the countryside;
To
meet
the
employment
needs
of
young
graduates
through
comprehensive and coherent package of entrepreneurship-related services

that will contribute to uplifting their living conditions;
To help raise the quality of life of households and increase household

economic
worth
by
unleashing
youth
entrepreneurship
potentials
in
innovative community-based business ventures ; and
To intensify enterprise development through collaboration and partnership

between the DOLE and the educational institutions in preparing college and
technical-vocational
graduating
students
and
graduates
for
business
undertakings.
Program Status (January to September 2010)
Program Monitoring and Technical Supervision
A total of ,114 youths received funding support for 25 livelihood/entrepreneurship
undertakings from the 33 DOLE accredited co-partners (ACPs) for the YES project
WYC-YES Project Components
Partnership and Consensus Building
To get their consensus in cooperating with the YES Project, the DOLE Regional
Offices (ROs) will meet with:
the
local
government
units
(LGUs)
through
their
public
employment service offices (PESOs)
the target partner educational institutions (EI), such as the state

colleges and universities (SUCs), private educational institutions
(PEIs), technical vocational institutions (TechVocs)
private individuals/property owners and other possible partners
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) may be executed to signal the forging of

partnerships, which will include the commitment of cooperation, the time of key
personnel to be deployed or assigned to the project, and the commitment of other
resource counterparts. The partners shall state in the MOA that the educational
institution (EI) shall serve as the accredited co-partner or conduit and shall guide
their graduating students or graduates in preparing the business plan or project
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proposal, before recommending it to DOLE for approval. The EI shall also supervise
and monitor their students or graduates YES project implementation.
Identification and Organization of YES Buddies

o
The
EI
shall
facilitate
the
identification,
screening
and
organization of their graduating students or graduates of college

courses, including those in ladderized programs, into YES groups
The target YES beneficiaries are, preferably but not exclusively,

those of agriculture, fishery and entrepreneurship courses
The EI, in consultation with the DOLE Regional Office, shall

consider the factors of same locality and proximity to the project
area, among others, in organizing the target beneficiaries.
Each YES group shall have three (3) to five (5) members or YES
Buddies which, when organized, shall serve as the YES link or
conduit and job provider to the members of the working youth
organizations and the rest of the youth seeking employment at
the grass root or community level.
The YES buddies are essential as they facilitate the delivery of services to the other
youth, whether unemployed or underemployed.
Values and Leadership Formation and Social Preparation
Values and Leadership Formation and Social Preparation aim to enhance the work
and business values and to develop the leadership potentials of the YES buddies.
As would-be entrepreneurs, they should be endowed with the values of hard work,
patience, savings, self-reliance, self-discipline, respect for the rights of others,
efficient use of meager resources and productivity. Their leadership potentials must
be developed to enable them to effectively handle and manage the business
undertaking and the other young people who would be working for and with them
cateringThe DOLE RO and the EI should provide the YES buddies with guidance and
relevant training courses to equip them with knowledge and skills on the following:
Basic management;
Preparation of business plans;
Enterprise development and management;
Market strategies;
Basic bookkeeping and accounting; and
Advocacy and social mobilization.
The major output of this phase is a business plan which the YES buddies shall
prepare under the guidance and supervision of the EI. The business plan shall
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indicate, among others, the land, coastal area or other property where the YES
project will be situated.
The EI shall, as much as possible, assist them in looking for markets and shall link
them to big companies or contractors in the marketing of the youths products or
services. The DOLE RO and the EI shall tap the assistance of other agencies, such
as the Department of Agriculture, Department of Trade and Industry and
Department of Science and Technology, as well as experts or specialists in
technology enhancement, packaging and marketing.
Capability Building and Capital Assistance
The funding for this component can be initially sourced from the DOLE Kabuhayan
Program funds lodged at the DOLE Regional Offices.
Capital assistance should be provided to deserving YES buddies. Deserving YES
buddies are those whose business plan has passed the evaluation criteria of the EI
and the DOLE RO. The seed capital for the YES business undertaking can be
initially sourced from other funds intended for the rationalized DOLE livelihood
program, which also covers young workers.
The LGU shall identify and facilitate the provision of land or coastal area or
structure as project site. As much as possible, idle public land or property shall be
the priority site of the project.
A private property may be tapped by the partners if no idle site or government
property is available. The LGU having jurisdiction over the identified YES business
project site shall assist in preparing the terms of reference for the use of the public
or private property.
WYC-YES Implementation Scheme
The DOLE Regional Offices, in collaboration with the partners EI, LGU or private
individual, shall directly implement the YES in their respective areas of jurisdiction.
The partnership shall also be the YES Project Implementation Team that will ensure
that project implementation is in accordance with government rules and
regulations. The YES process cycle may be used as guide.
The EI shall be the conduit to receive from DOLE the funding and capital assistance
and shall manage the YES project of its graduating students or graduates. The EI
shall provide guidance and counseling, if not courses, on entrepreneurship to its
graduating students who are YES Buddies. In the engagement of their production
or service workers for the business enterprise, the YES Buddies shall, as much as
possible, prioritize the underemployed and unemployed members of DOLEregistered working youth organizations.
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WYC-YES Project Monitoring

The Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) and the DOLE RO shall be
responsible
for
the
overall
management,
hence,
the
monitoring
of
the
implementation of the WYC-YES. To facilitate the monitoring, the BWSC shall

develop and distribute to the DOLE RO the monitoring forms which shall collect or
record information on the number of beneficiaries serviced or assisted, the
service/intervention provided and the status of project implementation.
As program manager, the BWSC shall:
Collect, consolidate and analyze the progress reports from the DOLE ROs.
Provide technical assistance to DOLE ROs pertinent to problems, issues and
concerns arising from their respective YES implementation
Provide recommendations for more efficient and effective YES implementation
Facilitate the conduct of periodic monitoring and evaluation of the program
implementation. These indicators, among others, shall be used in monitoring: (1)
Number, variety and quality of employment or job opportunities available to the
youth; and (2) Number of young people engaged in productive and profitable
entrepreneurial ventures.
Conduct an impact evaluation of the WYC-YES after three years of operation.
3. KABUHAYAN STARTER KITS
The DOLE Kabuhayan (DK) Starter KITS Project is a livelihood formation
strategy that is intended to bring about improved socio-economic well-being of
workers in the informal economy, in groups/sectors with special concerns, and
displaced wage workers (local and overseas) and their families.
The project will provide a livelihood starter KITS consisting of a package of
services that will enable the target beneficiaries to start quickly a livelihood
undertaking and become self-employed. It aims to engage them in sustainable selfemployment through easy to learn livelihood undertakings.
Eligible Beneficiaries
The project targets the poor and long-term unemployed especially those to
the following special sectors: out-of-school youths, women, parents of child
laborers, Indigenous People (IPs), physically/occupationally disabled, urban poor,
elderly persons, landless farmers/fisherfolks and other workers in the informal
economy, and displaced wage (local and overseas) workers, OFW returnees and
their dependents, either individually or as groups.
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Services
The project has the following major service that the implementers shall provide
to help the beneficiaries plan, set up, start operate their livelihood undertakings:
Short-period training on production skills with entrepreneurship and business

management
Self-instructional Learning Reference Materials (handbook/workbook) on

Production, Entrepreneurship and Business Management Skills
Provision of livelihood tools, equipment, material and inputs
Provision of continuing business advisory and consultancy service at the

Community Micro-Business Incubation Center (CMBIC)
The beneficiaries will be required to enroll in Social Protection Service like SSS,
Philhealth and other alternative social protection schemes as soon as the business
cycles allow it.
Priority Projects
The priority projects are livelihood undertaking requiring:
Simple house-to-house service-oriented skills (massage, plumbing, cosmetology,
electrical servicing, welding, native snack preparation, car wash, motorcycle repair,
cellular
repair,
beneficiaries
appliance
acquired
repair,
through
upholstery
formal
repair
training,
etc.)
new
existing
skills
that
skills
of
can
be
enhanced/improved through short-period training.

For displaced overseas workers, the Training cum Production scheme of the
National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) will be adopted. Thus, group
projects requiring common service facility may also be funded.
4. NEGO KARTTS
Nego-Kart Nego-Kart (Negosyo sa Kariton) is a project for ambulant vendors
on major cities of the country. The project will assist the ambulant vendors in
making their existing livelihood undertakings grow into profitable and sustainable
business; thus, making their income level at par with that of the minimum wage
earners, at the least.
SERVICES
The Nego-Kart project will provide the ambulant vendors with service/assistance
that will enable them to increase, upgrade and/or diversity their products or
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services and market these to greater number of buyers or customers. The

service/assistance is as follows:
Acquisition of a vending cart and accessory livelihood tools;
Provision of working capital for procurement or production of marketable

goods or services (raw materials and other inputs);
Trainings on production skills, entrepreneurship and business management;

and
Business permit to operate in designated area. The ambulant vendors will be

assisted in forming their organization that will promote mutual aid and
protection such as collective savings mobilization for social protection
coverage under SSS/PhilHealth and others common concerns.
Target Areas and Clients

The Nego-Kart project will be implemented in major cities of the country with
heavy concentration or large number of ambulant vendors. It will cater to
ambulant vendors of legal age who trade their goods or services without the
necessary market business permits in sidewalks, buses, community market places
and other public places.
Program Implementors
The Nego-Kart project will be implemented by the DOLE in partnership with the
LGUs, private sector and other interested parties which shall co-share the provision
of the aforesaid service/assistance. Any of the DOLE partners may serve as the
Accredited Co-Partner (ACP) in the Implementation of the project.
B. SOCIAL AMELIORATION PROGRAM IN THE BIOFUEL INDUSTRY
The DOLE under Republic Act 9367 or the "Biofuels Act of 2006" is among the
government agencies mandated to implement the said law. As member, the DOLE
is responsible in the establishment of mechanisms that will provide benefits to the
biofuel workers similar to that granted under Republic Act 6982 or the Sugar
Amelioration Act of 1991.
Objective/s:
The program shall provide basic benefits and assistance that will augment
the income and improve the standards of living of workers engaged in the
production of biofuels.
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making, particularly on policies related to workers' development under the

Act
Components:
training and education assistance
livelihood assistance
social protection and welfare benefits; and
distribution of financial benefits.
Coverage:
Workers and small farmers engage in the production of crops used as

feedstock in the production of biofuels (program car insurance beneficiaries)
Biofuel producers (from whom the SAWP lien will be collected)
C. SOCIAL AMELIORATION PROGRAM IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

The Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in the sugar industry started in the early
1970's when some sugar planters voluntarily contributed to set-up a fund that they
can utilize to uplift the living conditions of their workers and their families. It was
institutionalized in 1974 thru Presidential Decree No. 621 and enhanced thru the
enactment of Republic Act No. 6982 in 1991. The latter expanded the sugar wokers
benefits and established the tripartite mechanisms for the participation of the
planters, millers and workers in policy decision making.The program aims to:
augment the income of sugar workers;
finance socio-economic programs/projects geared to provide additional

livelihood and employment opportunities to the sugar workers and their
families;
promote sugar workers' welfare and social protection; and
increase stakeholders' participation in decision making, particularly on

policies related to workers' development under the Act.
Social Amelioration Program Components

The SAP in the sugar industry has the following components:
Cash Bonus Distribution Program;
Maternity Benefit Program;
Death Benefit Program;

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D. CHILD LABOR PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION

1. CHILD LABOR FREE BARANGAYS
Child Labor-Free Barangays
The Campaign for a Child Labor-Free Barangay aims to contribute to the
vision of a Child Labor-Free Philippines through influencing change and obtaining
commitment and support from various stakeholders to make barangays free from
child labor.
Consistent with this vision of the Philippine Program Against Child Labors and the
HELP ME Convergence Program to Address Child Labors goal of implementing a
sustainable and responsive convergence program by providing community-based,
focused, converged, and synchronized strategies to eliminate child labor, the
Department issued Administrative Order No. 657 series of 2014 (provide link) on
15 December 2014 which laid down the guidelines for the certification of
barangays.
Criteria
Pursuant to A.O. 657, barangays enrolled under this campaign must meet the
following criteria in order to be certified as child labor-free:
A.
1. Profile of children in the barangay, including child laborers, regularly
maintained and updated
2. Commitment of parents of child laborers not to engage their children in
child labor
3. Commitment of school heads to monitor school attendance of
identified child laborers
4. Commitment of barangay officials to support campaign against child
labor
5. Barangay ordinances or resolutions against child labor enacted and
implemented
6. 100% of identified child laborers needing health assistance have
access to health and medical services
7. 100% of identified child laborers have access to education services
8. 100% of parents of identified child laborers have access to livelihood
and employment services
9. 100% of reported child labor incidents are immediately acted upon by
barangay officials
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10.
Functional Barangay Council for the Protection of Children
11.
Inclusion of child labor and/or child protection agenda in the
Barangay Development Plan with corresponding budget allocation

12.
Partnership with at least four (4) government agencies and/or
civil society organizations

13.
Participation of barangay officials in capacity building activities
on child labor and/or other child protection laws
Levels of Classification
In line with the above-mentioned criteria, barangays are further classified into
three levels according to interventions provided:
1. NEW-FRONTIER BARANGAYS no interventions on the prevention and
elimination of child labor have been undertaken yet;
2. CONTINUING BARANGAYS there are initiatives, interventions or services
already provided but need enhancements to achieve the goal;
3. LOW-HANGING FRUITS BARANGAYS services and programs were already
provided and various stakeholders were already mobilized but these need
to be sustained and continuously monitored.
Documentary Requirements
A barangay seeking certification as Child Labor-Free Barangay shall submit the

following documents to the concerned DOLE Regional Office through its Field
Offices:
1.
1. Profile of child laborers in the barangay (Annex A) indicating the
following:
a. Name, address, date of birth, sex, grade level (in school or out of
school, educational attainment), nature of work of the child,
name of parents or guardian, source of family income
b. Record of services provided to the children and/or their families
indicating the agency, date/s, and type of services given, e.g.
health, education, skills training, livelihood to parents of child
laborers, legal assistance, psychosocial services
2. Copy of commitment of parents of child laborers not to engage or allow
their children to engage in child labor (Annex B)
3. Copy of commitment of school heads to monitor school attendance of
identified child laborers (Annex C)
4. Copy of commitment of barangay chairperson to support campaign
against child labor (Annex D)
5. Copy of barangay ordinances or resolutions against child labor and/or
on child protection
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6. Copy of Barangay Development Plan for the current year indicating

child labor and/or child protection agenda including budget
7. Proof of functionality of Barangay Council for the Protection of Children
(minutes of BCPC meetings, attendance sheet, report on activities
undertaken, certification of BCPC functionality level - mature or ideal
level - for the current or preceding year issued by the city or municipal
Inter-Agency Monitoring Task Force chaired by the DILG;
8. Copy of report by the Barangay Chairperson on child labor incidents
acted upon, if any
9. Certification by at least four (4) government agencies and/or civil
society organizations that they provide services to child laborers and/or
their families in the barangay
10.
Documentation of capacity building activities on child labor
and/or other child protection laws attended by barangay officials, e.g.,

certificate of participation, photographs
Certification Process
The following procedure shall be observed in the certification of Child Labor-Free

Barangay:
1. Upon receipt of documentary requirements, the DOLE Field Office shall
determine the completeness and integrity of the documents submitted,
and endorse the documents to the DOLE Regional Office.
2. The DOLE Regional Office, together with other members of the Regional
Child Labor Committee (RCLC) or similar structure shall validate the
documents, and conduct site visit and random interview of duty bearers
and claim holders.
3. The RCLC shall then deliberate on the merits of conferring the Child
Labor-Free Barangay Certificate to the candidate-barangay.
4. If the RCLC approves the conferment of the certification, the DOLE
Regional Director shall sign and issue the Certificate of Recognition as
Child Labor-Free Barangay.
Incentives and Benefits
In recognition of the Child Labor-Free Barangays commendable action against

child labor, the following incentives and benefits shall be given:
1. Certificate or Plaque of Recognition as Child Labor-Free Barangay (Annex
E)
2. Priority endorsement to DOLE programs and services
3. Promotion of the certified barangay as partners in the Philippine Program
Against Child Labor
Validity
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The Child Labor-Free Barangay Certificate is valid for three (3) years from date of
issuance. After three (3) years, the RCLC shall revalidate whether or not the
barangay has sustained its status as Child Labor-Free Barangay. If the findings are
positive, the DOLE Regional Office shall recertify the barangay as Child Labor-Free
Barangay.
Decertification
The RCLC, through the DOLE Regional Office, may decertify a barangay under the
following grounds:
1. If there is any, validated reports on presence of child labor in the
barangay; or
2. If there is fraud or misrepresentation in any of the supporting documents
2. CHILD LABOR FREE ESTABLISHMENTS
Child Labor-Free Establishment
Child Labor-Free Establishment (CLFE) refers to a company/establishment that is
not employing child labor and not using products or materials produced through
the use of child labor.
The CLFE Certificate is one of the recognition awards under the Incentivizing
Compliance Program (ICP) of the Department of Labor and Employment pursuant
to Department Order No. 115, Series of 2011. The ICP promotes voluntary
compliance by:
giving due recognition and incentives to a companys initiative to voluntarily

comply with labor laws or having implemented a much higher standards
assisting non-compliant company through training and technical assistance

to comply with requirements set by law
A Child Labor-Free Zone (CLFZ) marker may also be awarded to a special economic
zone where all establishments within the zone have been bestowed with CLFE
Certificate.
Objective
It aims to promote compliant and socially responsible business practices as
establishment-based component of the Child Labor-Free Philippines campaign.
Enrollment
Establishments can be enrolled through:
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a. nomination by the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) or the Regional

Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (RTIPC); or
b. direct application
Criteria
An establishment enrolled or nominated for the CLFE Certificate must meet the
following criteria:
a. Holder of a bestowed Tripartite Certificate of Compliance on Labor Standards;
b. Maintains a company policy expressly prohibiting child labor which is
displayed publicly. For those employing young workers (15 to 17 years of
age), a policy on non-assignment in hazardous work and worst forms of child
labor;
c. Contracts or terms of engagement with its suppliers and contractors, if any,
contain stipulations prohibiting child labor;
d. Has no pending case with the DOLE on the use of child labor; and
e. Suppliers and contractors, if any, have no pending case with the DOLE of any
verified report on the use of child labor.
Supplier refers to any organization or individual in the supply chain of a
particular product or commodity.
Contractor refers to any person or entity, including a cooperative, engaged in a
legitimate contracting or subcontracting arrangement in accordance with
Department Order No. 18-A, providing either services, skilled workers, temporary
workers, or a combination of services to a principal under a Service Agreement.
Requirements
An establishment/zone applying or nominated by the RCC or RTIPC for the CLFE
Certificate/CLFZ Marker shall submit the following documents to the DOLE Regional
Office having jurisdiction over the applicant or nominated establishment:
A. Copy of:
a. Tripartite Certificate of Compliance on Labor Standards awarded to the
establishment/zone;
b. Written company policy prohibiting child labor;
c. List of names and addresses of suppliers and contractors;
d. Contracts or terms of engagement with suppliers and contractors, if
any
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B. Certification from DOLE Regional Office that the suppliers and contractors of
the establishment, if any, or locators in the zone are not engaged in child
labor.
For applicant establishments with suppliers and/or contractors located in another
region, refer to letter (c) of Certification Process.
Certification Process
Upon receipt of application form with complete documents, DOLE Regional

Office shall inform in writing the establishment/zone on the certification
process and the Checklist to be administered.
The DOLE Regional Office shall conduct documentary review, ocular visit and
random interview of employees of the establishment/zone.
For applicant establishments with suppliers and/or contractors located in

another region, DOLE Regional Office shall request concerned DOLE Regional
Office for a certification that the suppliers and/or contractors have no
pending case or any verified report on the use of child labor.
If the establishment is found to be compliant, the DOLE Regional Director

shall issue the Child Labor-Free Establishment Certificate.
Incentives and Benefits
Certificate/Marker of Recognition as Child Labor-Free Establishment/Zone;
Priority endorsement to DOLE programs and services;
Use of the Child Labor-Free Establishment/Zone logo in promotional materials

and activities; and
Promotion in the DOLE website as partner-implementer of the Child LaborFree Philippines campaign.
3. HELP ME CONVERGENCE PROGRAM AGAINST CHILD LABOR

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The HELP ME Convergence Program to Address Child Labor is pursuant to
and aligned with Republic Act No. 9231 (An Act Providing For The Elimination Of
The Worst Forms Of Child Labor And Affording Stronger Protection For The Working
Child, Amending For This Purpose Republic Act No. 7610, As Amended, Otherwise
Known As The "Special Protection Of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation And
Discrimination Act"), Republic Act No. 9208 ("Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of
2003"), and other related laws which declare the policy of the State to provide
special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation
and discrimination, and other conditions prejudicial to their development including
child labor and its worst forms. Also, the Philippine Government, in ratifying ILO
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Convention No. 182, has committed to take immediate action to prohibit and
eliminate the worst forms of child labor.
The 2011 Survey on Children conducted by the National Statistics Office
(now Philippine Statistics Authority), in collaboration with the ILO, showed that 3.21
million children (ages 5-17) are engaged in child labor and 2.99 million of them are
in hazardous work. Given the magnitude of the child labor situation, President
Benigno S. Aquino III instructed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to address the
child labor problem. The DOLE and the DSWD, in consultation with other agencies,
worked closely with each other and developed the HELP ME Convergence Program
to Address Child Labor.
The Human Development and Poverty Reduction (HDPR) Cabinet Cluster
approved the HELP ME Convergence Program during its joint meeting with the
NEDA Board Social Development Committee on 8 November 2012.
The HELP ME Convergence Program aims to implement a sustainable and
responsive convergence program to address child labor in the Philippines by
providing focused, converged, and synchronized strategies to effectively address
the child labor problem. It adopts the community-based approach to answer the
child laborers call HELP ME. HELP ME stands for the following: H for health
services and medical assistance; E for education and training; L for livelihood
opportunities to parents of child laborers; P for prevention, protection and
prosecution; M for monitoring; and E for evaluation.
The HELP ME Convergence Program will engage several government
agencies to deliver services to child laborers and their families to combat child
labor. These government agencies include the DOLE, DSWD, DepEd, DOH, DILG,
DA, DOJ, TESDA, NEDA, CWC, PIA and NCIP.
TARGET BENEFICIARIES
Target
beneficiaries
shall
be
culled
from
the
following:
1. Profiled child laborers identified in the Profiling of Vulnerable Workers conducted

by
the
DOLE;
2. Employed household members below 18 years old, included in the Pantawid

Pamilya Program database, and data on child labor generated by the National
Household
Targeting
System
for
Poverty
Reduction
(NHTS-PR);
3. Child laborers identified in the Community Based Monitoring System of the local
government
units;
4. Data on child laborers, not earlier listed or profiled but subsequently identified
and provided assistance by partners.
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COVERAGE
The HELP ME Convergence Program shall be implemented in all regions. Priority for
program convergence will be the DOLEs target Child Labor-Free Barangays,
households covered by the DSWDs Pantawid Pamilya Program and areas identified
in the NHTS-PR and the updated Philippine Development Plan.
E. FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAM
WOMEN WORKERS WELFARE ADVOCACY PROGRAM
W3AP (Read as Triple W AP) - stands for Women Workers Welfare Advocacy
Program, a program lodged with the Women Workers Development Division
(WWDD) of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC). All advocacy
initiatives pertaining to the Family Welfare Program, the anti-sexual harassment,
and other related laws that affect women workers shall be published under this
program. This maiden issue focuses on the setting up of the lactation stations as
provided for in the newly enacted Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of
2009. The contents of this material will be particularly helpful to Human Resource
managers, as they will be guided in how to set up or operationalize the provisions
of said law.
F. PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH
1. YOUTH EDUCATION YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY (YE-YE) PROJECT
YE-YE is a DOLE project addressing the education-to-employment (E2E) needs of
the youth which envisions them as educated, endowed with proper work habits,
disciplined and highly employable.
YE-YE Objectives
To address the needs of the disadvantaged youth to pursue an academic or

technical-vocational, post-secondary course towards becoming more
employable and more productive members of the labor force.
To support human capital build-up by providing the youth some workplace

experience while studying.
To develop among the youth proper work values and ethics through exposure
to formal workplace situations and challenges under responsible adult
supervision.
2. KABATAAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES

Kabataan ITo is a project of the Department of Labor and Employment in relation
to Executive Order No. 788 Promoting A Youth National Service.
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It is an earning and learning project through which the IT-literate unemployed

youth shall be tapped in improving IT literacy among the out-of-school youth and
other disadvantaged youth through free mentoring sessions and in bringing the
government closer to the people through free, supervised internet access to online
government programs and services.
Kabataan ITo will provide:
earning opportunities for information technology/computer-literate youth by

serving as mentors;
learning opportunities for the youth and other sectors who are interested to
acquire basic and practical IT-related knowledge and skills and to experience
hands-on IT appreciation and familiarization; and
access to various programs and services of the government for poor

students, out-of-school youth, disadvantaged OFWs, occupationally disabled
workers and informal sector workers and their dependents through
information and communication technologies
3. JOINT PROGRAMME ON ALTERNATIVES TO MIGRATION: DECENT JOBS FOR

FILIPINO YOUTH
Approximately 20% of the Philippines' population fall between the ages 15-24, of
this group, five out of every ten persons (49.2%) are unemployed.
Youth comprise about 35% of all OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) - this translates
to a significant "youth" share in the national financeial inflows associated with
migration. With USD 16 billion in remittances received in the Philippines during the
year 2008, the Government continues to recognize remittances as one of the most
visible and tangible contributions of migration to national development.
In this light and in line with the Philippine Government's vision of a productive and
competitive youth, this Joint-Programme was developed by UN country team
agencies: ILO, IOM, UNFPA, and UNICEF. Specifically, the programme aims to
achieve the following outcomes over a period of three years.
Improved policy coherence and implementation on youth, employment and

migration through full stakeholder participation; and
Increased access to decent work for poor, young women and men.
G. SELF-RELIANT ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM

PROGRAM (SROS-CARP PROJECT)
The Self-Reliant Organizations for Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
(SROs-CARP) Project is a special project committed by the Department of Labor
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and Employment in the implementation of the government's Comprehensive

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
The project is being implemented by the then Bureau of Rural Workers (now
Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns under the merged functions of BRW and
BWYW) since the inception of the CARP in 1989 under the Republic Act 6657, in
which the DOLE, under Section 41 of the said law, has been identified as one of the
members of the Presidental Agrarian Reform Council (PARC).
DOLE's involvement in the CARP thru its SRO-CARP Project can be seen as an
opportunity to promote continuing employment and improving productivity and
income and rural enterprise development among agrarian reform beneficiarycooperatives in selected CARP covered plantation of commercial farms.
The said project aims to assist the agrarian reform beneficiaries in selected
plantation farms to develop their competencies and organizational strengths
through institutional development and management of farm operations towards
optimum agricultural productivity, viability and sustainability for the farmerbeneficiaries/plantation workers, in partiular, and the development of their
Agrarian Reform Communities (ARC) in general.
Since CY 1990 up to CY 2009, the project has already developed and provided
assistance to a total of 27 agrarian reform beneficiary-organizations in selected
regions and most of which are now positively contributing to the growth and
development of their respective agrarian reform communities. In fact some of
them have been awarded as Outstanding Agrarian Reform Cooperatives both at
the local and national levels.
The project has five (5) major project components namely:
1. Capacity Building and Strengthening of ARB-Cooperatives - which involves
provision of development assistance and interventions that are related to the
strengthening of ARB cooperatives capacities to enable them to attain the
level of maturity of a self-reliant organization.
2. Sustainable Agribusiness Development and Management - which aims to
improve their farm production, productivity and marketing, including
provision of knowledge and skills in strategic agribusiness planning and
management; and facilitation of their access to more credit for working
capital
and
farm/crop
development,
technologies,
market
network,
consultancy services and physical infrastructures.

3. Entrepreneurship and Rural Enterprise Development - this component aims
to develop and enhance the capability of the beneficiaries to identify and
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manage other on-farm, off-farm and non-economic activities providing

additional livelihood for the members of the cooperatives.
4. ARC Alliance and Partnership Building - this would enable the cooperatives to
develop or initiate and participate in institutional mechanisms, with other
individuals, groups and agencies, that will facilitateexchange of information,
technology, resources and experiences for the purpose of furthering their
organizational objectives in mutually beneficial ways.
5. Gender, Local Governance and Social Protection and Welfare Advocacies this component will encourage the coops to harness the utmost participation
of women, in leadership and management of its various organizational units
and projects. It will also develop the capability of the coop in seeking
representation, participation and advocacy in the local development
councils. Advocacies on workers' social protection and welfare, particularly in
the concept, principles of ILO's "Decent Work" development framework shall
also be carried out.
In carrying out these important project components, the Department is employing
the following strategies:
1. Deployment of full-time, qualified and competent contract of service-based
Community Facilitators (CFs) who would observe, listen and discuss with the
coop officers and members their issues, problems and concerns, particularly
those that concerns the affairs of their coops. They shall facilitate the
resolution of these issues and concernsby providing them consultancy,
advisory and referral services. In effect the officers and members of the coop
would learn to manage their coops through hands-on capability-building
approach.
2. Provision of Capability - Building Trainings - short-term (3 to 5 days) trainings
are provided for the officers and members in the following skills areas:
Organizational
development
and
management;
entrepreneurship
development; project development and management; and agribusiness/farm

management.
3. Alliance/Partnership Building - Convergence Planning is the mechanism that
will be adapted to facilitate networking and commitment setting various
CARP Implementing Agencies, local government and non-government
organizations.
2. NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER FOR OFWs
Location: Ground Floor., Blas F. Ople Development Center Corner Solana and
Victoria Sts., (old OWWA) Intramuros, Manila
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National Reintegration Center for OFWs website (NRCO) is the youngest

bureau under the Department of Labor and Employment. We act as the Philippine
governments Reintegration Manager, addressing the multifaceted needs of
our modern heroes and their families to a more productive return to the
Philippines.
WHAT IS NRCO?
The NRCO is created by R. A. 10022 and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations that acts as the National Program Manager of the National
Reintegration Program; provides research and development services, policies,
strategic directions, coordinative supervision, and program monitoring and
evaluation services; and designs programs, projects, special events and activities,
and pilot-tests initiatives prior to regular implementation by implementers.
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL REINTEGRATION PROGRAM?
It is a package of Services & Mechanisms implemented by government and
its socials partners to facilitate the productive return of Filipino workers upon
completion of overseas employment.
WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OF NRCO?
Name of the
Program
Program Description
Client Coverage
Caters to ALL
undocumented including
10K Livelihood
Assistance
Program
A Php10K livelihood financial
distressed workers
assistance to distressed OFW
returnees who are non-
returnees in the creation of their Migrant Workers and

micro/backyard business
Overseas Filipinos
Resource Centers (MWRC)based
Balik-Pinay! Balik- to enable Women OFW
Caters to distressed
Hanapbuhay!
Returnees to start and operate
women workers returnees
livelihood undertaking for self-
who are Migrant Workers
employment.; intended to bring and Overseas Filipinos

about improved socio-economic Resource Centers (MWRC)well-being of Returning Women based; Returning women
OFWs.
OFWs; those displaced by

the hostilities and conflicts
in the Arab countries
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distressed and
displaced women
household service
workers (HSWs) are
priorities
An advocacy of series of
organized information sharing
Mag-impok
and learning activities which
All Overseas Filipino
Magnegosyo!
bring together individuals and
Workers who are
Movement (OFW-
organizations committed to
interested in savings &
M3)
empower OFWs toward a culture investment.

of savings for investment or
entrepreneurship.
A. MAG-IMPOK MAGNEGOSYO! MOVEMENT (OFW-M3)

The OFW-M3 is an NRCO advocacy that aims to empower OFWs toward a
culture of savings for investment or entrepreneurship.
B. LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Formerly known as the 10K Livelihood Assistance Program, the Livelihood
Development Assistance Program (LDAP) has been reformulated in 2014 to cater to
undocumented OFWs. The Program was established in 2011 through the
Administrative Order No. 77 Series of 2011 which aims to provide grants for
livelihood assistance to returning OFWs. From 2011 to 2014, LDAP has reached
more than 15,000 beneficiaries and has provided livelihood projects such as sarisari stores, beauty parlor, rice trading, machine shop, furniture making, among
others.
The availees of this program shall be any undocumented OFW who has
returned to the Philippines. An undocumented OFW is defined as: those who
acquired their passports through fraud or misrepresentation; those who possess
expired visa or permits to stay; those who have no travel documents whatsoever;
those who have valid but inappropriate visa; or those employment contracts which
were not processed by the POEA or subsequently verified and registered on-site by
POLO, if required by law or regulation.
Qualified availees shall submit their requirements to their preferred DOLE
Regional Office based on the location of their planned business. The beneficiaries
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will receive a business enterprise start-up kit worth P10,000 which consist of the
materials of their proposed business. All availees of the LDAP are required to finish
the Small Business Management Training and Financial Awareness Seminar to
prepare them in managing a small business enterprise.
C. BALIK-PINAY! BALIK-HANAPBUHAY!
The Balik Pinay! Balik Hanapbuhay! Program was duly created in 2011 to
enable women OFW returnees to start and to operate livelihood undertaking for
self-employment. The Program consists of a livelihood skills training and the
distribution of the starter kits. In 2013, through the Administrative Order 333, the
Program was expanded to include women OFWs in the Migrant Workers and
Overseas Filipinos Resource Centers (MWOFRC) in POLOs. In four years, the
Program has reached more than 4,000 beneficiaries who have established their
own business or used the gained skills for employment.
The eligible beneficiaries of the Program are returning women OFWs while
priority is given to women OFWs who are displaced by the hostilities and conflicts
in their host country, or victims of illegal recruitment and trafficking and other
distressed and displaced women household service workers.
Qualified availees shall submit their requirements to their preferred DOLE
Regional Office based on the location of their planned business. The beneficiaries
will receive a business enterprise start-up kit based on the training they attended.
All availees of the BPBH are required to undergo skills training of their preferred
choice to prepare them in establishing a small business enterprise.
3. OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

Location: Room 401 OWWA Center, 7th corner F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City,
Metro Manila
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), an attached agency
of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is the lead government
agency tasked to protect and promote the welfare and well-being of Overseas
Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents.
History
OWWA was created through:
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Letter
of
Instruction
(LOI)
Research Paper
No.
537
(Annex
A)
A "Welfare and Training Fund For Overseas Workers" was created on 01 May 1977
in the Department of Labor through a Letter of Instruction (LOI) No. 537 signed by
President Ferdinand E. Marcos. This LOI provides social and welfare services to
Filipino overseas workers including insurance coverage, social work assistance,
legal assistance, placement assistance, cultural services, remittance services, and
the like. Sources of Funds comes from earnings and welfare fund collections from
Overseas Employment Development Board (OEDB), Bureau of Employment Service
(BES), National Seaman Board (NSB) and other donations, contributions.
Presidential
Decree
(PD)
No.
1694
(Annex
B)
President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed a Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1694 on 01

May 1980, formalizing the LOI No. 537, which created the Welfare and Training
Fund For Overseas Workers, into Welfare Fund for Overseas Workers or referred to
as Welfund. This PD orders the transfer of all fund sources to the Welfund and its
administration by the Board of Trustees.
Presidential
Decree
(PD)
No.
1809
(Annex
C)
On 16 January 1981, President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed PD No. 1809 amending

certain provisions of the PD No. 1694. Amendments include government banks as
depository banks for the Welfund; expanding number of members of the Board of
Trustees, from 7 to 11; and administration of the Welfund by the Board of Trustees
through a Secretariat.
Executive
Order
(EO)
No.
126
(Annex
D)
President Corazon C. Aquino signed an Executive Order No. 126 on 30 January 198
reorganizing the Ministry of Labor and Employment and for other purposes. Under
Section XIX. Attached Agencies, item f., the Welfare Fund For Overseas Workers
administration
or
Welfund
was
renamed
into
Overseas
Workers
Welfare
195
(Annex
E)
Administration.
Executive
Order
(EO)
No.
President Fidel V. Ramos signed an Executive Order No. 195 on 13 August 1994
providing Medical Care (MEDICARE) Program for Filipino overseas workers and their
dependents. It is a compulsory coverage for those Filipino overseas workers not
covered by the Philippine Medical Care Program of SSS.
Republic Act (RA) 8042 (Annex F)
Republic Act 8042 or known as the "Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of
1995" was approved by President Fidel V. Ramos on June 7, 1995. This Act
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strengthened OWWA's mandate and services for OFWs and their dependents and
expanded the composition of the Board of Trustees.
Under Section 15 of this Act, OWWA, in coordination with appropriate agencies,
shall undertake the repatriation of workers in cases of war, epidemics, disasters or
calamities, natural or man-made, and other similar events without prejudice to
reimbursement by the responsible principal or recruitment agency. However, in
cases where the principal or recruitment agency cannot be identified, all costs
attendant to repatriation shall be borne by the OWWA. For this purpose, an
Emergency Repatriation Fund, initially in the amount of Php100M was created and
established under the administration, control and supervision of OWWA.
Section 17 establishes the Re-placement and Monitoring Center or RPMC for
returning Filipino migrant workers wherein the DOLE, OWWA and POEA were tasked
to formulate a program that would motivate migrant workers to plan for productive
options such as entry into highly technical jobs or undertakings, livelihood and
entrepreneurial development, better wage employment, and investment of
savings.
Section 21 establishes a Migrant Workers Loan Guarantee Fund in order to further
prevent unscrupulous illegal recruiters and loan sharks from taking advantage of
workers seeking employment abroad. OWWA, in coordination with government
financial institutions was tasked to develop financing schemes i.e., Pre-departure
Loan and Family assistance Loan for ready to leave Filipino overseas workers and
their families.
Section 32 states the additional membership to the OWWA Board of Trustees
coming from women sector.
OWWA Omnibus Policies (Annex G)
OWWA Board of Trustees passed a Resolution No. 038 on 19 September 2003
instituting the Omnibus Policies of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
The Board promulgated and codified the policies, rules and regulations to provide
guidelines on OWWA membership and its coverage, collection of contribution, and
availment of benefits. It also embodied the policies on fund management,
programs and services administration and corporate governance.
Republic Act (RA) 7111 (Annex H)
RA 7111 an Act establishing the Overseas Workers' Investment Fund to provide
incentives to overseas workers, reduce the foreign debt burden, and for other
purposes was approved by President Corazon C. Aquino on 22 August 1991.
Executive Order (EO) No. 446 (Annex I)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed an Executive Order No. 446 on 12 July
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2005 tasking the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment to

oversee and coordinate the implementation of various initiatives for OFWs.
OWWA Mandate
The agency has two-fold mandate:
a. Delivery of welfare services and benefits; and
b. Ensuring capital build-up and fund viability
Objectives:
a. Protect the interest and promote the welfare of OFWs in recognition of their
valuable contribution to the overall development effort;
b. Facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the Labor Code concerning the
responsibility of the government to promote the well-being of OFWs;
c. Provide social and welfare services to OFWs, including insurance, social work
assistance, legal assistance, cultural services, and remittance services;
d. Ensure the efficiency of collection and the viability and sustainability of the fund
through sound and judicious investment and fund management policies;
e. Undertake studies and researches for the enhancement of their social, economic
and cultural well-being; and
f. Develop, support and finance specific projects for the welfare of OFWs.
Vision and Mission
OWWA develops and implements responsive programs and services while
ensuring fund viability towards the protection of the interest and promotion of the
welfare of its member-OFWs.
OWWA is the lead membership welfare institution that serves the interest and
welfare of member-Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
OWWA commits to a fund stewardship that is transparent, judicious, and
responsive to the requirements of the member-OFWs.
Quality Policy
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration commits to the promotion and
protection of the welfare and interest of the OFWs, in general, and its members in
particular; the continual improvements in its programs and services, systems and
procedures; and the continuous build-up of the fund to ensure its viability.
OWWA aims to achieve total satisfaction of its external and internal clients.
OWWA is committed:
To a leadership that is guided by the principles of good governance;
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To a fund stewardship that is transparent and judicious;

To continuous improved system of service delivery to better serve its clients;
To utilize properly all its resources, including the development of its human
resources; and
To maintain its good image to the stakeholders and its publics.
Programs & Services
OWWA is the government welfare institution that protects and promotes the
interest of member-Overseas Filipino Workers. It develops responsive programs
and services for the social protection of its members.
With a membership fee of US$25.00, an OFW is entitled to the following benefits
and services:
I. SOCIAL BENEFITS
A. Disability and Dismemberment Benefit
Disability / dismemberment benefit of up to Php 100,000.00 for injuries
sustained due to accidents while working abroad.
B. Death Benefit
A Php 100,000.00 benefit in case of death due to natural cause and Php
200,000.00 in case of death due to accident, shall be received by the
legal heirs.
C. Burial Benefit
On top of the death benefit, a rider of Php 20,000.00 shall be received
by the legal heir for the funeral expenses.
II. EDUCATION AND TRAINING BENEFITS
A. Pre-Departure Education Program (PDEP)
A mandatory orientation / training for all departing OFWs. It consists of
the following:
1. Country Specific Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS)
A whole day orientation to OFWs consisting of a comprehensive
module on employment contract familiarization, profile of the
country of destination, stages of the OFWs life, health and safety,
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airport procedures, government programs and services.

2. Comprehensive Pre-Departure Education Program (CPDEP)
A 3 to 6-day live-out training for Household Service Workers (HSWs)
consisting of language training, culture familiarization and stress
management to prepare them for life overseas.
B. Scholarships, Training and Incentive Programs
B1. Scholarship and Incentive Programs for OFWS / Seafarers
a) Seafarer's Upgrading Program (SUP) - Scholarships for
attendance to short-term upgrading courses for seafarers.
First
availment consists of Php 7,500.00 training assistance. Availment in

another training course every after 3 recorded membership.
B2. Scholarship for Dependents
a) Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) Scholarships for qualified dependents of OFWs consisting of a
maximum of Php 60,000.00 per school year, leading to a four-to-five
year baccalaureate course in any college or university.
b)
OFW Dependents Scholarship Program
(OFWDSP) -
Scholarships consisting of a maximum of Php 20,000.00 assistance

per school year leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree in a
state college or university. OFW parents must have a monthly salary
of not more than US$400.00.
c) Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP) Scholarships for survivors of deceased OFWs consisting of Php
5,000.00 for elementary, Php 8,000.00 for high school, Php
10,000.00 for college (per school year) and livelihood assistance of
Php 15,000.00 for the surviving spouse.
B3. Short-Term Training Programs for OFWs and Dependents
a)
Skills-for-Employment Scholarship Program (SESP) Scholarships
for
attendance
to
short-term
training
program
consisting of a maximum of Php 14,500.00 per course leading to the

completion of a vocational or technical course in any school
accredited by TESDA.
b) Information Technology
Program - An Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) skills training the purpose of which

is to bridge the communication gap through the use of internet
between the OFW and his/her family. Through this program, they
learn how to use basic applications like Microsoft Word, Excel and
PowerPoint.
III. WORKERS WELFARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

A. On-Site Welfare Case Management
Includes requests for assistance on OFWs' whereabouts, pscho-social
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conseling, conciliation, airport assistance, hospital/prison/work camp

visitations and legal assistance to OFWs who wish to pursue labor /
welfare case in the court of the host country.
B. In-Country Welfare Case Management
Includes requests by families and NOKs (next-of-kin) for assistance from
Post, post-repatriation assistance, counseling, referrals, and other
concerns. Requests for assistance from NOKs or from OFWs can be
channeled through the 24/7 Operation Center and the OWWA Regional
Offices.
IV. REPATRIATION PROGRAM
Includes bringing distressed OFWs back to the country or bringing back of
human remains. Emergency repatriation is carried out in the event of any
of political unrest or natural calamities.
Repatriated OFWs are accorded with airport assistance, temporary shelter
at the Halfway Home, psycho-social counseling, stresss debriefing, and
provision of transport services or fares for their on-ward travel to their
provinces.
V. REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
Reintegration is a way of preparing for the return of OFWs into the
Philippine society.
A. Reintegration Preparedness (On-Site)
Includes trainings on value formation, financial literacy, entrepreneurial
development
training
(EDT),
techno-skills
and
capacity
building
trainings.
B. Reintegration (In-Country)
Consists of job referrals (local and overseas employment), business
counseling,
community
organizing,
financial
literacy
seminar,
networking with support institutions and social preparation programs.

Reintegration Program is being implemented by OWWA and DOLENational Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO).
2 Billion-Peso Reintegration Fund for enterprise development is a loan
facility in cooperation with the Land Bank of the Philippines and the
Development Bank of the Philippines, where a member or their legal
dependent can avail of Php 300,000.00 to Php 2 million.
"Balik-Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay" is a program of DOLE-OWWA where
displaced / distressed workers can avail of either starter kits worth Php
7,500.00 or a livelihood assistance of Php 10,000.00.
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4. PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION

Location: Blas F. Ople Building Ortigas Avenue corner EDSA Mandaluyong City
Vision
Excellence in governance for world-class Filipino migrant workers
Mission
POEA connects to the world and in partnership with all stakeholders,
facilitates
the generation and preservation of decent jobs for Filipino migrant workers,
promotes their protection and advocates their smooth reintegration into Philippine
society.
Legal Mandate
PD 797 (1982)
promote and develop the overseas employment program
protect the rights of migrant workers
EO 247 (1987)
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regulate private sector participation in recruitment and overseas placement

maintain registry of skills
secure best terms of employment for OFWs
RA 8042 (1995)
tripartism
full disclosure
deregulation
selective deployment
dynamism in systems and information technology
RA 9422 (2007)
reinforced regulatory function
protect the rights of OFW as a worker and human being
Structure
The POEA has an organizational structure with the POEA Governing Board at the
top. The Secretary of Labor and Employment heads the Governing Board, and the
POEA Administrator as vice-chairman and representatives from the private,
women, sea-based and land-based sectors as members.
The POEA Administrator oversees the daily operations of the agency and is
supported by three deputy administrators.
The Deputy Administrator for Employment and Welfare oversees the PreEmployment Services Office and the Welfare and Employment Office.
Under the Deputy Administrator for Adjudication and Employment Regulation are
the Licensing and Regulation Office and the Adjudication Office
The Deputy Administrator for Management handles the general administrative and
support services of the administration.
Clientele
An average of 3,000 clients and as much as 5,000 clients s are served by POEA
main office daily. Our clients include Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Licensed
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Recruitment and Manning Agencies Foreign Employers/Principals Applicants

Workers/ Would be Applicants, NGOs, media, and the general public.
Regional Offices
The POEA has three (3) Regional Centers which are located in La Union for Luzon,
Cebu for the Visayas region and Davao for the Mindanao area.
Regional Extension Units are in Baguio-Cordillera Administrative Region, Iloilo,
Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga while satellite offices are located in Pampanga,
Calamba, Laguna, Legaspi, Bacolod and Tacloban.
Core Functions
Industry Regulation
Issues license to engage in overseas recruitment and manning to private

recruitment agencies and ship manning companies
Hears and arbitrates complaints and cases filed against recruitment and
manning agencies, foreign principals and employers, and overseas workers
for reported violation of POEA rules and regulations, except for money claims
Implements a system of incentives and penalty for private sector

participants
Sets minimum labor standards
Monitors overseas job advertisements on print, broadcast and television
Supervises the governments program on anti-illegal recruitment
Imposes disciplinary actions on erring employers and workers and

seafarers
Employment Facilitation
Accredits/ registers foreign principals and employers hiring Filipino workers
Approves manpower requests of foreign principals and employers
Evaluates and processes employment contracts
Assists departing workers at the ports of exit
Develops and monitors markets and conducts market research
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Conducts marketing missions
Enters into memorandum of understanding on the hiring of Filipino

workers with laborreceiving countries
Facilitates the deployment of workers hired through government-togovernment arrangement
Provides a system of workers registry
Workers Protection
Intensifies public education and information campaign
Conducts
pre-employment
orientation
and
anti-illegal
recruitment
seminars nationwide
Conducts Pre-Deployment Orientation Seminars (PDOS) to workers hired

through the government-to-government arrangement and name hires
Provides technical assistance in the drafting of bilateral and multilateral

agreements
Provides legal assistance to victims of illegal recruitment
Prepares OFW global mapping and profiling
Implements gender-sensitive programs
Networks with non-government organizations, workers organizations, etc.
Provides repatriation assistance
General Administration and Support Services
Human Resources Development
Property and Supplies Management
Financial Management
Information and Communication Technology
Plans and Policy Development
Quality Management System
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Program Thrusts
INDUSTRY REGULATION
Continuing
Agency
Education
and
Agency
Performance
Evaluation/Ranking and Classification System

-
Pre-application
-
orientation
seminar
market
fora
Labor
- Seminar on best recruitment practices
Implementation of comprehensive case management program

- Conciliation
- Adjudication
- Monitoring of appeals
- Enforcement of decisions
EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION
Facilitation of 1 million OFW deployment
- Dispatch of technical marketing missions
- Intensify marketing intelligence work
- Pursue bilateral/multi-lateral agreements
- Encourage visit of foreign govts and employers
- Strengthen linkages with education and training sector
- Enhance coordination with host governments
- Enforce policy on skills competencies
WORKERS PROTECTION
Global OFW mapping and profiling
- Fast track information on OFWs worldwide, their work sites, skills, and gender.
The
target countries for 2008 are: KSA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, UAE, KUWAIT, QATAR,
HONG KONG, LEBANON, SOUTH KOREA, BAHRAIN, SINGAPORE, JORDAN, ISRAEL,

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OMAN, UK, USA, MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, CYPRUS, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, RUSSIA,

AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, IRAN, IRAQ, NIGERIA, YEMEN
Intensification of AIR campaign
PREVENTIVE
- Pre-employment orientation seminars
- Illegal recruitment free-LGUs
- Multi-media information and education program
REMEDIAL
- Legal assistance to IR victims
- Surveillance/Entrapment operations
- Arrests
- Prosecution
- Closure of establishments
Implementation of incentive program for victims and witnesses of illegal
recruitment
- Payment of docket fees and other court or legal fees
- Employment without placement fees
Provision of on-site remedies to OFWs to file complaints against employer
or agency
OFWs may file complaints for violations of POEA rules against principal, employer,
and/or Philippine recruitment agency at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office s
(POLOs)
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Location: Meralco Avenue, Pasig, Metro Manila
The DepEd Vision
We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their country
and whose values and competencies
enable them to realize their full potential
and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.
As a learner-centered public institution,
the Department of Education
continuously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.
The DepEd Mission
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culturebased, and complete basic education where:
Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating
environment.
Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.
Administrators and staf, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and
supportive environment for effective learning to happen.
Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share
responsibility for developing life-long learners.
Core Values
Maka-Diyos
Maka-tao
Makakalikasan
Makabansa
Mandate
The Department of Education was established through the Education Decree of
1863 as the Superior Commission of Primary Instruction under a Chairman. The
Education agency underwent many reorganization efforts in the 20th century in
order to better define its purpose vis a vis the changing administrations and
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charters. The present day Department of Education was eventually mandated

through Republic Act 9155, otherwise known as the Governance of Basic Education
act of 2001 which establishes the mandate of this agency.
The Department of Education (DepEd) formulates, implements, and coordinates
policies, plans, programs and projects in the areas of formal and non-formal basic
education. It supervises all elementary and secondary education institutions,
including alternative learning systems, both public and private; and provides for
the establishment and maintenance of a complete, adequate, and integrated
system of basic education relevant to the goals of national development.
GOVERNMENT AGENCY UNDER DEPED
1. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDRENS TELEVISION
Location: Room 403, Bonifacio Building, DepED Complex, Meralco, Aveneu, Pasig
City
The National Council for Childrens Television (NCCT) was created by the Childrens
Television Act of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8370). In 2003, the NCCT was transferred
from the Office of the President to the Department of Education.
To ensure that all children in the Philippines will have access to quality television
programs that are creative, informative, educational and entertaining, wherever
they are, and in whatever circumstance they are in.
Mission
To develop a comprehensive media plan that will initiate, promote and support
excellent television program that will develop the Filipino childs critical thinking
and communication skills, moral values and strong sense of national identity.
Vision
A functionally literate, creative, caring and responsible Filipino child who is an
active and creative learner who will positively contribute his/her share as a citizen
of the Philippines.
Mandate
Formulate plans and policies for children's television
Research on Filipino children's TV viewing habits
Set standards for children's TV
Monitor, review, and classify child-friendly TV programs
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Conduct orientation and promote the advocacy of media education, specifically

television literacy,
thru formal and non-formal means
Support the production of quality TV shows for children

Regulate and enforce the implementation of the Children's Television Act
Programs and Projects
Video Production Workshop a workshop that discusses the video production
process and the convention on the rights of a child.
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