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NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER for OFWs (NRCO) REINTEGRATION PROGRAM for OFWs

NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER for OFWs (NRCO) REINTEGRATION PROGRAM for OFWs. by Atty. TERESITA R. MANZALA Deputy Administrator-Designate on OWWA Reintegration Services. 7 th National PESO Congress 17 October 2007, Iloilo City. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION.

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NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER for OFWs (NRCO) REINTEGRATION PROGRAM for OFWs

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  1. NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER for OFWs (NRCO) REINTEGRATION PROGRAM for OFWs by Atty. TERESITA R. MANZALA Deputy Administrator-Designate on OWWA Reintegration Services 7th National PESO Congress 17 October 2007, Iloilo City

  2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • I. Historical Background of Reintegration Programs • II. OFW Statistics • 1. Distribution of OFWs by Region • 2. Distribution of OFWs by Countries of Destination • 3. Distribution of Organized OFW Family Circles (OFCs) by Region • 4. Distribution of NLSF Availees by Region • 5. Distribution of Grocerias by Region • 6. Distribution of CGMA Projects by Region

  3. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • III. The National Reintegration Center for OFWs • 1. Functions • 2. Organizational Chart (up to the regions) • 3. Programs • III-1 Result of the Consultative Workshop with OFW Family Circles in 5 Regions (NCR, Region IV-A, Region VI, Region VII and Region X) • III-2 Result of the Stakeholders’ Workshop

  4. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • III-3 Program/Functional Relationship between OWWA, POEA, BLE, BRW and NRCO • IV. Program Priorities • 1. National Reintegration Caravans • 2. Training cum Production Scheme • 3. DTI’s One-Town One-Product Program and DBP Special Lending Program • 4. Phil-Forest Program (Lupang Hinirang) • V. Review of the PESO Act of 1999

  5. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • VI. Proposed PESO Interventions in OFW Reintegration Programs • 1. OFW Help Desks (For training by OWWA/NRCO) • 2. Assistance in Building Database of Returning OFWs • 3. Assistance to OWWA Family Welfare Officers in the Organization of OFCs • 4. Assistance to OWWA Focal Persons in Project ID for OFCs under the Training cum Production Scheme • 5. Assistance to OWWA Focal Persons in Building of Database and Networking with Regional Stakeholders and Cooperating Partners

  6. I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS

  7. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM 1986 SEED Program, an Inter-agency program spear-

  8. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

  9. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

  10. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

  11. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

  12. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

  13. THE COMPREHENSIVE OFWs REINTEGRATION PROGRAM (CORP) • An offshoot of the 1st National Conference on OFW Reintegration in 2002 • The program aims to achieve: • 1. the integration of the OFWs back into the family and community. It considers the psychological and emotional readiness of the OFW to face life back home. • 2. the personal, social, and economic success of migrants and their families. • 3. the reintegration of migrants contributes to the overall social and economic development of the local communities and the country.

  14. THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM

  15. II. OFW STATISTICS

  16. DISTRIBUTION OF OFWs by REGION Source : POEA, 2006

  17. MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION OF OFWs SAUDI ARABIA 1,001,330 26% UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 291,363 8% KUWAIT 133,361 4% HONGKONG 121,644 3.1% JAPAN 103,555 2.7% UNITED STATES 128,440 3.4% N = 3,802,345 Source : CFO

  18. DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIZED FAMILY CIRCLES BY REGION Source : OWWA, 2006

  19. DISTRIBUTION OF GROCERIA AVAILEES BY REGION Source : OWWA, 2006

  20. DISTRIBUTION OF NLSF AVAILEES BY REGION Source : OWWA, 2006

  21. DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM DONATIONS BY REGION Source : CGMA, 2007

  22. III. THE NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER FOR OFWs (NRCO)

  23. MANDATE OF NRCO • Republic Act 8042 • Executive Order 446 dated 12 July 2005 • Department Order 79-07 issued on 16 February 2006

  24. FUNCTIONS • One-Stop Center of DOLE’s reintegration services for OFWs and their Families • Service Networking Hub that will coordinate and facilitate the delivery of services by cooperating stakeholders/service providers to address the needs of OFWs and their families

  25. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

  26. NRCO IMPLEMENTING UNITS • Personal Reintegration • Community Reintegration • Economic Reintegration

  27. PERSONAL REINTEGRATION UNIT • Assistance through local or overseas job search • Technical assistance for self-employment or entrepreneurship • Access to credit/micro-finance • Counseling on business or savings mobilization schemes • Psycho-social counseling

  28. COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION UNIT Encourages OFWs to share or contribute their skills and investible funds through the development of SMEs and high impact community projects

  29. ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION UNIT • Networks with financial institutions and other entities to develop investment portfolios that will encourage higher earnings for OFWs • Taps service providers to develop competitive remittance schemes for OFWs

  30. REINTEGRATION NEEDS OF OFWS AND THEIR FAMILIES Result of consultations among families of OFWs

  31. Consultations with OFW Family Circles in: NCR Region I Region IV-A Region 6 Region 7 Region 10 BACKGROUND

  32. Factors that influence resolve to return and seek reintegration BACKGROUND • Expected reintegration assistance • Assistance needed by OFW families • Use of savings and investible assets • Decision-making on remittance savings and investments • Information source on reintegration options

  33. RESULTS REINTEGRATION NEEDS AWARENESS-RAISING OFW & FAMILY VALUES SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OFWs SUPPORT FOR LIVELIHOOD & SME DEV’T. SAVINGS, REMITTANCE & INVESTMENT SCHEMES

  34. STAKEHOLDERS‘ RESPONSES to the REINTEGRATIVE NEEDS of OFWS & their FAMILIES NRCO’s FIRST STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP 17 August 2007 4/F Blas F. Ople Development Center for OFWs Intramuros, Manila

  35. STAKEHOLDERS REMITTANCE AGENCIES GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY OFW NGOs OFCs MASS MEDIA PESOs LGUs ACADEME BANKS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS HEALTH & WELFARE AGENCIES

  36. ON AWARENESS–RAISING ON REINTEGRATION • Conduct of an OFW Reintegration Caravan with the participation of other stakeholders/service providers • Designation of Regional Focal Persons on OFW Reintegration • Conduct of Regional Capability-Training Seminars

  37. ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR LIVELIHOOD AND SME DEVELOPMENT • Provision of livelihood and skills training programs • Business mentoring and assistance for prospective OFW entrepreneurs • Values formation training for families of OFWs to encourage them to save and engage in the productive use of migrant remittances • Financing through OWWA NLSF/Groceria

  38. ON ENCOURAGING SAVINGS, REMITTANCE & INVESTMENTS • Development of mandatory savings schemes from remittances • Development by banks of diverse investment portfolios for OFWs that will encourage savings and investments e.g. UITF, stocks • Provision of higher interest rates for time and savings deposits of OFWs

  39. ON THE PROMOTION OF OFW & FAMILY VALUES • Development of modules on values that would address concerns about over-dependence on remittances, extreme materialism, and lack of family cohesion • Training of trainors/focal persons and implementation in selected regions/LGU level • Intensify the organization of OFCs as partners

  40. ON THE PROMOTION OF OFW & FAMILY VALUES • Capability building for OFCs on OFW and Family Values

  41. ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OFWs & THEIR FAMILIES • Empower OFW Family Circles by encouraging participation with the LGUs • Assignment of OFC Representatives in LGU helpdesks • Creation of a special assistance window for returning OFWs and distressed OFWs

  42. ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OFWs & THEIR FAMILIES • Enhancement of the PDOS Module • Networking with LGUs to promote employment and re-deployment of returning OFWs at the local level • To come up with an inventory of agencies , NGOs, and educational institutions that may provide legal and paralegal services for OFWs and their families

  43. PROGRAM / FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OWWA, POEA, BLE, BRW and NRCO

  44. NRCO-OWWA FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP • All existing programs and services of OWWA and NRCO will proceed as is • Authority over a particular program/service lies on the respective owner of the program/service • OWWA Regional Directors shall serve as focal persons on OFW Reintegration pursuant to A.O. 276, issued on 24 August 2007

  45. IV. PROGRAM PRIORITIES

  46. PROGRAM PRIORITIES • National Reintegration Caravans • Training cum Production Scheme • DTI’s One-Town One-Product Program and DBP Special Lending Program • Phil-Forest Program (Lupang Hinirang)

  47. ONE-TOWN ONE-PRODUCT PHILIPPINES (OTOP)

  48. OTOP PROGRAM • A project of DTI promoting a specific product or service of which a particular Philippine town or municipality has a competitive advantage • Seeks to support MSMEs to manufacture, offer, and market distinctive products or services through the use of indigenous raw materials and local skills or talents

  49. ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER OTOP • Business counseling • Skills and entrepreneurial training • Product design and development • Marketing

  50. SUPPORT NETWORK • LGUs identify specific products or service and make available all forms of assistance • DTI provides the necessary support along with NGAs (DOT, TESDA, DOST, NLSF, etc.), LGUs (League of Cities/ Municipalities/Governors), and private sector (Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship, Philippine Business for Social Progress, etc.)

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