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1 Database-Sharing for System Migration Management Philippines Abu Dhabi Dialogue Ministerial Meeting Kuwait, November 2014

2 Outline POEA Role in Migration Management POEA Migration Information Systems Data Sharing Initiatives

3 POEA Role in Migration Management: Government agency in-charge of managing the country s labor migration program Core Functions: Industry Regulation Worker s Protection Employment Facilitation

4 POEA Migration Information Systems Industry Regulation Information System Agency Licensing System Adjudication Case Management System Anti-Illegal Recruitment Case Management System Principal / Employer and OFW Watchlisting System Special Recruitment Authority Issuance and Monitoring System

5 POEA Migration Information Systems Worker s Protection Information System Pre-Employment Orientation Management System Market Development Information System OFW Mapping and Profiling System Repatriation Assistance Monitoring System Conciliation Monitoring System

6 POEA Migration Information Systems Employment Facilitation Information System Principal Accreditation System Employment Contracts Processing System OEC Validation System Workers Registration System

7 Database Sharing Initiatives Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 (RA 8042), as amended by RA 10022, provided for the establishment of an inter-agency Committee to implement a Shared Government Information System For Migration (SGISM) DFA DOJ DOLE and concerned attached agencies DOJ DILG DOH and concerned attached agencies DOT CFO Bureau of Immigration NBI NSO Insurance Commission NSCB HDMF DSWD NTC CICT NCC Other government agencies concerned with overseas employment

8 TESDA, PRC, BLE Database Sharing Initiatives DOLE and other concerned attached agencies Project: DOLE Skills Data Warehouse (DSDW) for integrated verification of the general public on skills training, professional licenses, local and overseas employment National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) Project: Online Case Verification Project. Data shared include case number, case title, hearing officer, status and status date.

9 OWWA Database Sharing Initiatives DOLE and Other concerned attached Agencies Project: OFW Data Sharing for updating of OFW membership data and collection reports. Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOS Project: DOLE s Foreign Labor Operations Information System (FLOIS) aimed at improving the management and operations of 38 POLOs abroad and provision of assistance to OFWs onsite

10 Bureau of Immigration (BI) Database Sharing Initiatives Other Government Agencies: Project: One-Stop OEC Validation System, a database information sharing system developed by POEA and BI to streamline departure formalities for departing OFWs DFA, BI, OWWA, NCC, ASTI Project: Overseas Filipinos Information System (OFIS), a central database system that will provide accurate information on the number and profile as well as the whereabouts and movements of OFWs

11 Department of Health (DOH) Database Sharing Initiatives Other Government Agencies: Project: Integrated Database System for the Human Resources for Health (IDSHRH). Data for sharing include OFW Initials, birthdate, HRH profession, and destination country Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Project: OFW Data Sharing for OFW Philhealth contribution. Data shared include OFW Name, birthday, date documented, OEC Number, date paid, collecting officer, amount paid

12 Department of Health (DOH) Database Sharing Initiatives Other Government Agencies: Project: Integrated Database System for the Human Resources for Health (IDSHRH). Data for sharing include OFW Initials, birthdate, HRH profession, and destination country Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Pag-IBIG Fund Project: OFW Data Sharing for updating of OFW Philhealth contribution and Pag-IBIG savings.

13 BI, OWWA, PHILHEALTH, PAG-IBIG, TIEZA, US Embassy, POLOS Database Sharing Initiatives Other Government Agencies, General Public and Stakeholders Access of POEA e-verification System to view and validate authenticity and status of agencies, principals, job orders and documented OFWs General Public and Stakeholders through the POEA Website and Mobile App for online verification of agency license, job order, case status, MCs, bilateral agreements, POEA references on overseas employment

14 Korea, Taiwan, KSA, Japan, Germany, UAE Database Sharing Initiatives Destination countries Online POEA Workers Registry for the following which are primarily governmentto-government hiring programs: Korea - Employment Permit System Special Hiring Program for Taiwan Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) Germany-Triple Win Project KSA - Ministry of Health National Ambulance Company of UAE

15 Linkage with Receiving Country Database Management Systems Database Sharing Initiatives Destination countries Web-based sending public agency system (SPAS) to register qualified jobseekers in the Roster of Korean EPS and manage selection and entry of foreign workforce International Direct E-recruitment System (IDES) for the Special Hiring Program for Taiwan Proposed UAE and KSA Contracts Validation System

16 Way Forward The Philippines is willing to cooperate with countries of destination on Migration Database Sharing for effective migration management.

17 Thank you and MABUHAY!

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