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The DOLE Inter-Agency Committee on Research and Statistical Matters (IAC-RSM) held its first-quarter meeting on March 5 at the Migration Information Resource Center in Intramuros, Manila, discussing a host of initial activities for 2015.
The main agenda items were the research commitments made by IAC-RSM members in the previous year, capacity-building activities on writing a research paper, the expansion of the scope of the Philippine Employment Project (PEP) Model, and the DOLE’s role in the forthcoming APEC summit.
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“In my 17 years in [government] service, I can honestly say and convincingly say that 90% of all public servants are honest and competent.”
Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Atty. Arnel Paciano Casanova said on March 17 the statement before an audience of public servants during the Good Governance for Social Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment forum of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS).
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The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) marks the International Women’s Month celebration this March with a host of previous and forthcoming activities underscoring the clamor for greater women empowerment in the country.
On March 6, ILS staff Ronell J. Delerio joined a solidarity walk organized by the National Youth Commission, featuring men from different government agencies and youth groups walking in heels to symbolize their empathy with women’s experiences still considerably characterized by discrimination and prejudice.
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The technical staff of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) undertook a tracer study training-workshop on February 16 and 17, primarily in preparation for two research projects to be rolled out this year.
The Training-Workshop on Conducting Tracer Study, held at the Migration Information Resource Center, sought to assist ILS researchers in effectively developing and implementing tracer study undertakings, particularly on two programs of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
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The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), headed by OIC-Executive Director Mary Grace L. Riguer and OIC-Deputy Executive Director Stephanie B. Tabladillo, participated in the preparatory meeting for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High Level Policy Dialogue on Human Capacity Building (HLPD-HCB) held in Subic Freeport Zone from February 02 to 04 as a lead up to the main event on 06-07 May 2015 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.