2021

1. Launch of the ILO and TESDA pilot training programme on domestic work

   24 May 2021

   The ILO FAIR Project and TESDA launched a pilot training programme on domestic work. Obtaining a National Certificate II (NCII) warrants the importance of a needs-based blended training to prepare Overseas Filipino Workers for skills assessment prior to deployment, and the work and life that await them abroad.

2. Launch event: Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19

   18 May 2021

   This virtual event launched the new ILO-JPMorgan Chase Foundation ‘Rebuilding Better’ project, which will provide support services to women entrepreneurs in South-East Asia that have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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   109th Session of the International Labour Conference

   18 May - 19 June 2021

4. ILO conducts labour rights orientation-seminar for Philippine Economic Zones Authority (PEZA) officials, staff and locators

   26 April 2021

   The Freedom of Association (FOA) Orientation for PEZA economic zone managers, staff and locators is part of ILO Country Office for the Philippine's (ILO CO-Manila) Trade for Decent Work Project. This project is supported by the ILO's RBSA donors from the governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. The ILO-EU Trade for Decent Work Project in partnership with the PEZA, organized a virtual Orientation on FOA based on social dialogue for ecozone managers, staff and locators last 26 April 2021.

5. ILO conducts labour rights orientation-seminar for Philippine Economic Zones Authority (PEZA) officials, staff and locators

   26 April 2021

   The Freedom of Association (FOA) Orientation for PEZA economic zone managers, staff and locators is part of ILO Country Office for the Philippine's (ILO CO-Manila) Trade for Decent Work Project, which is supported by the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission. The ILO-EU Trade for Decent Work Project in partnership with the PEZA, organized a virtual Orientation on FOA based on social dialogue for ecozone managers, staff and locators last 26 April 2021.

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   BRIDGE Project Inception Meeting

   8 April 2021

7. Launch of new water system in Lanao del Sur

   30 March 2021

   The ILO Water and Sanitation Project funded by the Government of Japan launched its largest water system in Wao, Lanao del Sur built by community members.

8. Technical Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility for Policy Makers “The contribution of socially responsible labour practices to the achievement of sustainable development in the Philippines”

   24 March 2021

   The technical seminar is aimed at widening the knowledge and understanding of policy makers on the comprehensive scope of CSR and appreciate more the importance of their role in developing the most relevant institutional framework that can set the standards and benchmarks in order to guide and encourage businesses to initiate and/or improve their socially responsible labour practices along their own production lines.

9. ILO Conducts Orientation-Seminar and Dialogue on AO35 and Labour Rights

   23 March 2021

   The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (ILO CO-Manila), in partnership with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Administrative Order 35 Inter-Agency Committee on Extrajudicial Killings, Enforced Disappearances, Torture and Other Grave Violations of the Right to Life, Liberty and Security of Persons (AO35), the Department of Labor and Employment-Bureau of Labor Relations (DOLE-BLR), the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC), the University of Philippines Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), the Office of the UNRC Senior Human Rights Adviser, and the major national trade union centers and labour federations, recently organized a labour rights orientation-seminar for the technical working group (TWG) members of the AO35 Inter-Agency Committee (IAC) and an open social dialogue with leaders and represent last 23 March 2021.

10. Online Training on CSR for Future Business Leaders

    22 - 26 March 2021

    The Responsible Supply Chains in Asia program in collaboration with the Asian Institute for Management – Ramon V. Del Rosario Centre for Corporate Responsibility (AIM-RVR CCR)

11. CSR Training for Future Business Leaders: “ Integrating Labour Standards and Responsible Business in Organizations Towards Establishing Business Continuity: An Online Training for Future Business Leaders”

    22 - 26 March 2021

    In line with the programme objective of promoting sustainable and inclusive growth by ensuring that investors and businesses and other stakeholders such as future business leaders have a better understanding of responsible business practices, the programme will organize another training activity for business management students who are considered to be the future business leaders.

12. Consultation on the Joint UN Research on “Unlocking Opportunities to Build a Better Normal: Toward Gender Responsive and Resilient MSMEs in the Manufacturing and Support Industries in the Philippines”

    18 March 2021

    The study included desk research on the impact of Covid-19 on Philippine MSME’s, which included rapid surveys conducted by the Philippine government agencies (DTI, NEDA) and reports by various multi-lateral organizations (ADB, WB and UN). It also includes reviewing relevant policies that were drafted prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and new policies and programs meant to support affected MSME’s. In addition, various consultations were conducted among government and private sector stakeholders to get their views on the MSME situation and to learn about how these sectors responded to address the needs of MSME’s.

13. Webinar on Socially Responsible Labour Practices and RBC Related Policies to Support Business in Times of Crisis and Recovery

    16 March 2021

    About ten months since the first webinar last July 2020, this activity aims to find out the current state of the COVID 19 situation and actions implemented so far by the different sectors to address the challenges particularly on labour and employment and learn about CSR/RBC strategies taken by particular business enterprises for sustainability and inch their way towards recovery.

14. Consultation on the joint UN research on “Exploring the opportunities for economic diversification and productive employment in the Philippines”

    9 March 2021

    Government, employers and workers organizations, UN agencies and development partners participated in an online consultation on a joint research of the UN in the Philippines through collaboration of the ILO, UNDP and UNIDO.

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    From cash to digital wage payments: A win-win for enterprises and women workers in the Philippines

    9 March 2021

    The ILO and Women's World Banking, along with the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade hosted a webinar on digital wage payments given its potential to empower workers, particularly women workers, by increasing their control over their wages and improving their access to financial services. Such transition can enhance efficiency and transparency of payroll systems, hence boosting the performances of enterprises.

16. National tripartite feedback e-forum towards the ratification of ILO Convention 190

    19 February 2021

    The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Technical Working Committee on the Ratification of C190, in collaboration with ILO organized a national tripartite feedback forum. Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello opened the forum attended by more than a hundred representatives from government, workers, employers and partners from all over the Philippines.

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    Workers and Employers' Sectoral Consultation for the Development of the 1st Bangsamoro Regional Action Plan Against Child Labour

    18 February 2021

    With support from the ILO-Japan Multi-bilateral Programme for Asia and the Pacific through the «ILO Project on Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education: a project to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agricultural areas in BARMM», and in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment in BARMM, a series of consultation with tripartite partners and relevant stakeholders in the region is being rolled-out to aid in the development of the first ever Bangsamoro Regional Action Plan on Child Labour that will capture the views and aspirations of Bangsamoro towards the progressive reduction of child labour which is now further exacerbated by the current pandemic.

18. Community Emergency Employment Programme distribution of wages and benefits in Marawi and South Lanao

    2 February 2021

    Beneficiaries of the Community Emergency Employment Programme (CEEP) in Marawi and South Lanao receive wages and benefits under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

19. Community Emergency Employment Programme distribution of wages and benefits to 75 informal economy workers in Maguindanao

    1 February 2021

    Beneficiaries of the Community Emergency Employment Programme (CEEP) mainly 75 displaced workers from the informal economy in Maguindanao receive wages and benefits under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

20. Community Emergency Employment Programme distribution of wages and benefits to 150 informal economy workers in Maguindanao

    29 January 2021

    Beneficiaries of the Community Emergency Employment Programme (CEEP) mainly 150 displaced workers from the informal economy in Maguindanao receive wages and benefits under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Employment.