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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) recently collaborated with the Department of Labor and Employment’s International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) in the conduct of the 2021 Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) Planning Exercise.
The Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) were grouped according to geographical location. The three-part event started last April 13-14 for the Asia-Pacific region and continued last April 29-30 for the Europe and Americas regions. The event will be concluded on May 14-15 for POLOs in the Middle East and Africa region.
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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies, through the Advocacy and Publications Division (APD), launched its online IT HelpDesk portal for its employees and officials via a training session held via Zoom last April 12, 2021.
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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) received a general positive review during the 2020 Annual Audit Report Exit Conference, which was held last April 23, 2021 via Zoom.
In full attendance were the ILS employees led by its Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba and Acting Deputy Executive Director Patrick P. Patriwirawan, Jr. The Commission on Audit (COA) team was led by State Auditor V Ms. Ofelia A. Monico and joined by Audit Team Leader Mr. Jan Florenz M. Quimson, State Auditor II, Mr. Al-Helmey F. Aldulrashid, State Auditing Examiner II, and Ms. Dhayana Marie M. Bustillo, State Auditing Examiner II.
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The Institute for Labor Studies’ Labor and Employment Officer III Arianne Ishreen C. Bucar of the Workers Welfare Research Division made it to the list of Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Governance Pitching Competition winners along with her team that will be granted 2500 USD by the U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur to implement their gender-related project proposal.
Their project is titled "Gender Forward: Putting Gender in the Forefront of Budgets" and aims to engage the youth in gender-responsive budgeting through capacity building and open dialogue with local government leaders in Malaysia and the Philippines.
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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) organized its very first online DOLE Research Conference for 2020 via the Zoom online platform from 25-26 March 2021.
As a culminating policy advocacy activity anchored on this year’s theme of Revive and Thrive: Actions for Creating a Decent Future of Work Amid and Beyond COVID-19, the 9th DOLE Research Conference provided a venue for the Institute’s researchers to present the findings of researches conducted during this time of pandemic and elicit discussion and exchange of ideas on labor policy issues between and among various offices and agencies of the Department of Labor and Employment.