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Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Philippines (RATIFICATION: 1991)

National policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending in September 2009. The Government mentions several projects designed to assist the integration of persons with disabilities into mainstream society through training and employment. It further mentions a consultation seminar on improvements needed for the effective implementation of the KAGABAY programme for occupational workers with disabilities who lost employment by reason of work-related sickness or injury in the maritime sector. The Committee asks the Government to supply in its next report information on the application in practice of the measures taken in the context of the national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities, with specific reference to educational and training opportunities for all sectors. Please also provide relevant documents containing statistics, studies or surveys on the matters covered by the Convention (Articles 3 and 5 of the Convention and Part V of the report form).