To help ensure the welfare of our returning overseas Filipino workers, the government has partnered with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on a national master plan for migrant reintegration.
The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the IOM, which includes a two-year project which consists relevant programs and initiatives mainly focused on the welfare of “balikbayans”.
DOLE said in their statement, the signing of agreement is in line with the Migration and Development, and Crisis Management Frameworks in the Philippines, which seeks to contribute to the outcomes of improving the national reintegration framework and service delivery systems.
This project also included the production of reintegration services duty bearers handbook, which covers products and services of relevant institutions; reintegration services menu for migrant returnees and their families; ISO certification of reintegration service delivery systems; and training of reintegration counselors and duty bearers.
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) will also be joining the projects that provide services and programs for OFWs and their families.
The signatories in the agreement are DOLE Undersecretary Dominador Say, OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, IOM Mission Coordinator and National Programme Officer Ricardo Casco, and NRCO Director Chona Mantilla. -KCO
