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Last Updated: 28 January 2021

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) being deployed has been considerably increasing. Reports of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) show that there is an urgent need to address the following concerns: low number of personnel assigned in the processing and issuance of Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs); and increased number of OFWs requesting for OECs both at POLOs and at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). This policy paper intends to: a) provide a framework of analysis to determine possible policy options; b) identify policy options from non-regulatory, semi-regulatory to other regulatory alternatives; and c) recommend the most feasible policy options from among the list.

Read more: Processing Overseas Employment Certificates: A Preliminary Impact Assessment