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The Philippines observes the last week of April as the "Rice Festival Week," an annual observance that underscores the central role of agriculture in ensuring food security and sustaining rural livelihoods. However, as the government intensifies efforts to modernize Philippine agriculture through technology, mechanization, and digital innovation, a key question emerges: who truly benefits from these transformations?
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SEOUL, Republic of Korea – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) took part in a high-level policy dialogue on advancing a global mechanism for “just transition” as countries prepare for upcoming climate negotiations. Representing ILS, Mr. Bernard Paul Mangulabnan, Supervising LEO of the Employment Research Division, joined discussions on designing the Belém-Antalya Mechanism for Just Transition,” held on April 27-28 in Seoul.
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QUEZON CITY – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), in partnership with the Philippine Institute for Development Studies – Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (PIDS–SERP-P), organized a public webinar on April 30 on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping jobs, skills, and public sector readiness.
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QUEZON CITY – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), through its Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS), strengthened its use of gender data in policymaking through a capacity-building workshop, titled “Training on the Collection and Integration of Gender Statistics in Labor Policy Research and Management of a GAD Database”.
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PASIG CITY – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) underscored the importance of workforce readiness and skills development in maximizing the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) during a regional roundtable organized by the United States (US)–Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Advisory Council on 14 April 2026 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Ortigas, Manila.