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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 by Atty. TERESITA R. MANZALA Deputy Administrator-Designate on OWWA Reintegration Services 7th National PESO Congress 17 October 2007, Iloilo City
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
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
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
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
THE OWWA REINTEGRATION PROGRAM 1986 SEED Program, an Inter-agency program spear-
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.
DISTRIBUTION OF OFWs by REGION Source : POEA, 2006
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
DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIZED FAMILY CIRCLES BY REGION Source : OWWA, 2006
DISTRIBUTION OF GROCERIA AVAILEES BY REGION Source : OWWA, 2006
DISTRIBUTION OF NLSF AVAILEES BY REGION Source : OWWA, 2006
DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM DONATIONS BY REGION Source : CGMA, 2007
MANDATE OF NRCO • Republic Act 8042 • Executive Order 446 dated 12 July 2005 • Department Order 79-07 issued on 16 February 2006
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
NRCO IMPLEMENTING UNITS • Personal Reintegration • Community Reintegration • Economic Reintegration
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
COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION UNIT Encourages OFWs to share or contribute their skills and investible funds through the development of SMEs and high impact community projects
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
REINTEGRATION NEEDS OF OFWS AND THEIR FAMILIES Result of consultations among families of OFWs
Consultations with OFW Family Circles in: NCR Region I Region IV-A Region 6 Region 7 Region 10 BACKGROUND
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
RESULTS REINTEGRATION NEEDS AWARENESS-RAISING OFW & FAMILY VALUES SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OFWs SUPPORT FOR LIVELIHOOD & SME DEV’T. SAVINGS, REMITTANCE & INVESTMENT SCHEMES
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
STAKEHOLDERS REMITTANCE AGENCIES GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY OFW NGOs OFCs MASS MEDIA PESOs LGUs ACADEME BANKS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS HEALTH & WELFARE AGENCIES
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
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
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
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
ON THE PROMOTION OF OFW & FAMILY VALUES • Capability building for OFCs on OFW and Family Values
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
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
PROGRAM / FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OWWA, POEA, BLE, BRW and NRCO
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
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)
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
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER OTOP • Business counseling • Skills and entrepreneurial training • Product design and development • Marketing
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.)