Presented by:

Regina Galias

Mani la , Ph i l ipp ines

MATCHING ECONOMIC

MIGRATION WITH LABOR

MARKET NEEDS: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE

S o u r c e : N a t io n a l S t a t i s t i c s O f f i c e , L a b o r Fo r c e S u r vey ( J a n u a r y 2 01 3)

KEY EMPLOYMENT INDICATORS

INDICATOR JAN 2012 JAN 2013 YEAR ON YEAR

CHANGE

Population 15 years old and over (‘000) 62,683 63,682 999

Labor Force Population (‘000) 40,226 40,834 608

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 64.2% 64.1% -0.1%

Employed Persons (‘000) 37,334 37,940 606

Unemployed Persons (‘000) 2,892 2,894 2

Employment Rate (%) 92.8% 92.9%

Unemployment Rate (%) 7.2% 7.1%

Underemployment Rate (%) 18.8% 20.9%

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INDICATOR

TOTAL POPULATION

15 YRS. OLD AND OVER LABOR FORCE

LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION

RATE (%)

2013 2012 Increment 2013 2012 Increment 2013 2012 Increment

TOTAL

SEX 63,682 62,683 999 40,834 40,226 608 64.1 64.2 (0.1)

Male 31,725 31,182 543 24,666 24,538 128 77.7 78.7 (1.0)

Female 31,958 31,500 458 16,167 15,688 479 50.6 49.8 0.8

AGE GROUP

15-24 yrs. old 19,118 18,807 311 8,588 8,608 (20) 44.9 45.8 (0.9)

25-34 yrs. old 14,678 14,479 199 10,914 10,771 143 74.4 74.4 0.0

35-44 yrs. old 11,379 11,201 178 9,029 8,857 172 79.3 79.1 0.2

45-54 yrs. old 8,747 8,604 143 6,982 6,775 207 79.8 78.7 1.1

55-64 yrs. old 5,516 5,421 95 3,774 3,683 91 68.4 67.9 0.5

65 yrs. old and over 4,241 4,169 72 1,546 1,531 15 36.5 36.7 (0.2)

Not reported 4 3 1 nil 1 - - 33.3 -

SUMMARY STATISTICS ON PHILIPPINE HOUSEHOLD

POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER AND LABOR

FORCE: JAN 2012 AND JAN 2013 (IN ‘000)

Source: National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey (January 2013)

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Source: DOLE-BLES, Labstat Updates (April 2013)

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Source: Commission on Higher Education (CHED) www.ched.gov.ph

DISCIPLINE ACADEMIC YEAR

2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014

General 1,731 1,793 1,842

Education Science and Teacher Training 56,187 55,780 55,449

Fine and Applied Arts 2,593 2,729 2,866

Humanities 4,867 4,889 4,911

Religion and Theology 992 924 856

Social and Behavioral Sciences 11,819 11,694 11,568

Business Administration and Related 116,822 119,526 122,740

Law and Jurisprudence 2,902 2,920 2,946

Natural Science 3,978 3,980 4,018

Mathematics 2,221 2,274 2,360

IT Related Discipline 53,488 55,647 58,059

Medical and Allied 146,399 154,179 162,896

Trade, Craft and Industrial 876 852 897

Engineering and Technology 53,621 55,554 57,369

Architectural and Town Planning 2,252 2,245 2,259

Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries and Vet. Med 8,443 7,746 7,047

Home Economics 1,089 1,119 1,146

Service Trades 5,524 6,102 6,679

Mass Communication and Documentation 5,714 5,931 6,147

Other Disciplines 21,747 22,601 23,456

Maritime 14,161 14,787 15,414

TOTAL 517,425 533,273 550,924

HIGHER EDUCATION GRADUATES IN THE PHILIPPINES

BY DISCIPLINE AND ACADEMIC YEAR

Source: POEA (www.poea.gov.ph)

Source: POEA (www.poea.gov.ph)

Source: POEA (www.poea.gov.ph)

Source: Project JobsFit, DOLE

Source: Project JobsFit, DOLE

COMPARATIVE WAGES

OVERSEAS FILIPINOS

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4,867,645

4,513,171

1,074,972

Immigrants, dual citizens, legal permanent residents

abroad, stay does not depend on contract

Employment-related, overseas Filipino workers, students,

trainees, entrepreneurs, businessmen, staying abroad for

is six months or more and their dependents, etc.

Not properly documented, without valid residence or

work permits or are overstaying in a foreign country Source: CFO

“A Commitment to Transformational Leadership”

President of the Republic of the Philippines

16-POINT CONTRACT WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE Point No. 10 (migration- related):

“From a government that treats its people as an export commodity

and a means to earn foreign exchange, disregarding the social cost

to Filipino families…….. to a government that creates jobs at home,

so that working abroad will be a choice rather than a necessity, and

when its citizens do choose to become OFWs, their welfare and

protection will still be the government’s priority.”

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THE PRESIDENT’S SOCIAL CONTRACT

PHILIPPINE LABOR and EMPLOYMENT PLAN 2011-2016

P L A T F O R M A N D

P O LI C Y

P R O N O UN C E ME N T S

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Address the labor-mismatch problem by promoting better

coordination between employers, academia and

government through strengthening both public

Invest in the formal and regular skills training and upgrading

of our services workers with TESDA and utilize returning

OFWs to conduct training so that they may transfer skills

learned abroad

Assist OFWs in achieving financial stability through training,

investment and savings programs

Complete a global trading master plan than aims to

establish worldwide trading posts that rely on the labor,

knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit of Overseas Filipino

Workers (OFWs)

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION (YEM) STRATEGY

• Framework of how young people can seamlessly transit ion from education to employment

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a. Lack of two-year work experience b. Lack of required specialization in their work field c. Lack of training and training facilities/equipment in PH d. Financial constraints – i.e., costly training e. education-related – i.e., very few enrollees in specific courses or only a few schools offering right courses

Source: October 2009 Survey conducted by POEA

Reasons Why Jobs Overseas Are

Hard-to-fill:

GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO MATCH MIGRANTS

WITH LABOR MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN

DESTINATION COUNTRIES

EDUCATION AND TRAINING CURRICULUM REVIEW

REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION

CURRICULUM

1. Rationalization of Higher Education Institutions and Program in the Philippines

• Job-Skills Matching Project, which includes: a. formulation of master plans for priority disciplines b. review of curricula to fit the industries’ needs c. establishment of labor market information system d. guidance to students and parents in choosing courses

2. Quality Assurance Project • Program Monitoring; closure/phase-out of non-compliant program

3. Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP)

4. Ladderized Education Program (LEP): recognition of units earned in

technical vocation programs for equivalent academic units

IMPROVE TESDA TRAINING MANAGEMENT

National Technical Education and Skills Development Plan (NTESDP) for 2011-2016

Objectives: 1. Increase training participation 2. Improve training responsiveness and relevance 3. Achieve effective training management

Strategies: • Career guidance and counseling to Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs) • Expand enterprise-based training (apprenticeship, OJTs) • Increase in training seats (in anticipation of students inflow from K to 12 • Conduct periodic review of training regulations and curricula • Pursue comparability and harmonization of skills and qualifications towards

recognition arrangements (inter-agency collaboration) • Intensify gathering, analysis and dissemination of labor market information

(LMI) thru regular consultation with industries

PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS

FRAMEWORK

LABOR MARKET MONITOR AND LABOR MARKET

INFORMATION NEWS PACKET

•Help students and other jobseekers make intelligent decisions about careers and land productive jobs faster •Intended for students, OSYs, parents, career guidance counselors •Contains information on hot jobs, and in-demand and hard-to-fill occupations •(2012) reached 1,140,500 individuals and 13,282 institutions

CAREER GUIDANCE ADVOCACY PROGRAM

• Address issue of jobs and skills mismatch • Connect jobseekers to employment

opportunities in the labor market • Share labor market information trends

(national and regional) to the public • Key Government Agencies Involved:

• Department of Labor and • Employment (DOLE) • Department of • Education (DepEd) • Department of Science and Technology

(DOST) • Commission on Higher Education (CHED) • Technical Education and Skills Development

Authority (TESDA) • Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

Objectives:

NATIONAL SKILLS REGISTRY SYSTEM

Status: 150 local government units covered as of November 2012 with 317,906 registrants

Objectives: 1.Establish and maintain a continuing nationwide skills registry system within the Enhanced Phil-JobNet 2.Establish a “live” registry of skills at the Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) to facilitate referral and placement of jobseekers

5-year Goal: • Cover 1,366 more local

government units • Develop mobile applications for

tablets and smart phones

Initiated by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in 2008

Utilization of PHIL-JobNet

• Automated job and applicant matching system which aims to fast-track jobseekers search for jobs and employers search for manpower

• Jobseekers may submit his/her application, search job opportunities, get list of vacancies and employer’s contact information

• Employers may post vacancies for free, search job applicants, get list of applicants and their contact information

• Integrated HR Data Warehouse will enable online verification of applicant information

www.phil-job.net

Need for more responsive

education curriculum to meet

local employment and industry

needs and demands of global

economy

Better appreciation of Labor

Market Information in career

planning and development of

students

Underemployment of

educated/skilled migrants in

destination countries due to non-

recognition of skills

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Need for timely, comprehensive and harmonized databank on migration to aid evidence-based policy formulation and effective programs and services to protect overseas Filipinos

Compliance of receiving countries to provisions of Section 4 of Republic Act 10022 on criteria for deployment of migrant workers

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Please visit our website:

www.cfo.gov.ph

THANK YOU

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