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The ILO in the Philippines

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The International

Labour

Organization

UN organization responsible for international labour standards.

The ILO was created in 1919.

It is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency that brings together representatives of governments,

employers,

and workers.

181 members.

Decent Work for All:

Employment creation

Standards at work

Social protection

Social Dialogue

The ILO in the Philippines

The Philippines joined the ILO in 1948

.

As of

May

2012, the Philippines had ratified

35 conventions of which 34 are enforced,

including

the

8

fundamental conventions

:

freedom of association and collective bargaining (C87, C98

)

forced labour (C29, C105

)

discrimination (C100, C111)

child labour (C138, C182

)

The Millennium Development Goals

‘Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and young people’

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Philippine policy and

programme

frameworks:

Successful interventions to mainstream Decent Work!

Philippine Development Plan

2011-2016

UNDAF

2012-2018

Philippine Labor and Employment Plan

2011-2016

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ILO CO-Manila Programme Areas, 2012-2013

Standards & Rights at work

Promoting international labor standards, including freedom of

a

ssociation

Gender equality

Minimum-wage setting

Elimination of child labour

Indigenous Peoples

Maritime Sector

Domestic Work

Employment creation

Youth employment

Skills training

Green business

Green Jobs

Succeeding in Business

Local economic development

in crisis areas

Social Protection

HIV & AIDS

Migration

Trafficking

Climate Change Adaption

Maternity protection

Social Dialogue

Strengthening tripartitism

Strengthening workers’ organizations

Strengthening employers’ organizations

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Promoting International Labour Standards

Advocacy on

Freedom

of Association (FOA), Collective Bargaining (CB

)

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Promotion of the ratification of conventions, including:

Maritime

Labour

Convention, 2006

C169: Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989

C187: Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006

C189: Domestic Workers Convention, 2011

Eliminating Child Labour

Ongoing USDOL-funded IPEC project

Prevention and withdrawal of children from child labour with local stakeholders in Quezon, Masbate, Northern

Samar,

and

Bukidnon

National Child

Labor

Committee (NCLC) restructured and its effectiveness being enhanced through organizational development sessions

Results of new National Survey on Children

was

released in

June 20128

Indigenous Peoples (IP)

Increased

capacity of indigenous peoples in the

Caraga

Region and in Lake

Sebu

, South

Cotabato

in the development and protection of their ancestral

domains

Enhanced knowledge of IPs of their rights under Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA)

Strengthened traditional livelihoods through hands-on skills development and the establishment of an IP microfinance facility that is run by indigenous women

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Local economic development and addressing crises in

Bondoc

Peninsula

Joint Project with FAO under the UN Trust Fund for Human Security

Local

economic assessment and

strategy

formulation for

four

LGUs

Delivery

of livelihood and employment support activities to

families in project communitiesIntegration of climate sensitive livelihood technologiesFAO support for small-scale irrigation and aqua-culture development

Conduct peace-building activities

Formulation of disaster preparedness and contingency plans for

four LGUs

Ongoing cash for work and other employment-intensive infrastructure projects in Sendong-affected areas in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City

Employment Intensive Infrastructure

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Climate Change Adaptation

Public-Private Partnerships

created in the implementation of risk reduction and financial risk management mechanisms for Climate vulnerable farming

populations

Three

Models of

Innovative Integrated

Financial Package

[Loan-cum Savings, Social Protection (health

, crop

, credit life), and Training-capacity-building- financial Literacy, Agri and Enterprise)

developed and tested- demonstrating role in improved productivity and enhanced climate change resilience

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Green Jobs was included as strategy to address employment and environment link in the National Labor and Employment Plan 2011-2016 and the Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change 2011-2016

A National Green Jobs Conference was convened

in August

2011

Green products and services to promote green jobs in the construction of socialized will be tested as a pilot project from December 2011-June

2012

Developed the enterprise training package for the auto sector supply chain (Greener Business – Better Workplace CORE and Deepening modules) and conducted an initial run with pilot

companies

Green Jobs

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Youth employment and

migration

National

Action Agenda

for presented

to

President

Benigno

Aquino

III

Training of disadvantaged youth trained to start their own business

Entrepreneurship adopted under secondary education curriculum. Public Employment Service Office (PESO) staff in project areas trained on basic

employment services

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Migration

EU-funded project on “Decent

Work Across Borders:

A

Project for Migrant Health Professionals and Skilled

Workers”

Project to cover the Philippines,

India,

and Viet Nam

Objectives:

Strengthened

mechanisms of policy dialogue involving origin and destination countiesStrengthened employment services for health care professionals and skilled workers, specifically in nursingEnhanced labour market information system for policy planning and review

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Reintegration of Trafficked Victims

Local Migration and Development Plans, focusing on economic opportunities for returning migrants and their families

Training

of 20 Anti-Trafficking Focal Persons

in

DSWD Field

Offices

Return migrants and migrant families assisted through group conferences and individual assessments, psychosocial counseling, stress debriefing, and psychiatric treatment

Skills training on financial literacy and basic accounting, and starting a small business for women beneficiaries

Women

return migrants organized to initiate a fund build-up to start their respective small

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Maternity Protection

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is included as a key component of the national Family Welfare

Programme

(FWP), and good practices on workplace-based support for working mothers has been documented

Strengthened Family Welfare

Programme

and other tripartite mechanisms piloted in

three cities

, with established

partnership/network

of Family Welfare focal persons, FW committees and JP local implementers Models of informal sector workplace interventions for EBF documented and designed in

three JP cities Workplace inputs integrated in the final Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009

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18HIV and AIDS

Promoting healthy lifestyles as an entry point to introduce HIV and AIDS interventions in BPO worksites

Baseline study on knowledge, attitude, and behavior of BPO employers and workers

Development of Behavior Change Communication Strategy and materials

Global Partnership on HIV interventions in the Maritime Sector

Pre-Departure

Orientation Seminar/HIV Module assessment and revision

Development of IEC materials (video and print) on HIV

for Filipino

Development of DOLE Roadmap to support the AIDS Medium-Term Plan V (2011-2016)

Strengthening social dialogue

Achieving outcomes through …

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Strengthening workers’ organizations

Strengthening employers’ organizations