Practices by Country

The Philippine Statistical Act of 2013 (Republic Act No. 10625) issued to reorganize and strengthen the Philippine Statistical System establishes in Section 10 several inter-agency statistical committees (IACs), created to coordinate and resolve agency and sectoral concerns on statistical matters.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is an attached agency of the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) created in 1977. Is it the lead government agency tasked to protect and promote the welfare and well-being of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents.

Involving Filipino communities abroad in times of crisis is one of the significant features in Filipino diplomatic posts’ contingency plans.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) fund is a single trust fund composed of membership contributions of land-based and sea-based workers. Among other services, the OWWA’s members are entitled to Insurance and Health Care Benefits.

The Republic Act No. 8042 is an act to institute the policies of overseas employment and establish a higher standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and overseas Filipinos in distress, and for other purposes, is known and cited as the “Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995”.

The P2-Billion Reintegration Program is a special loan program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Association (OWWA) in partnership with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), and the Landbank of the Philippines (LBP) intended to support enterprise development among Overseas Filipino Workers

The Oversea Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)’s Reintegration program covers two major components – economic and psycho-social.

Under the Return and Reintegration (R&R) program, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas seeks to become the clearinghouse and consolidator of information and program packages aimed at facilitating the reintegration of returning migrant Filipinos into mainstream Philippine social and economic l

Formerly known as the 10K Livelihood Assistance Program, the Livelihood Development Assistance Program (LDAP) has been reformulated in 2014, under the National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), to cater to undocumented OFWs.

The Balik Pinay! Balik Hanapbuhay! Program was created in 2011, under the National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), to enable women OFW returnees to start and to operate livelihood undertaking for self-employment.