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With the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and the People’s Safety Foundation, UP CIFAL Philippines contributed to take road safety to center stage in one of the busiest metropolises […]
Dr. Rene E. Ofreneo University of the Philippines Abstract: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has declared repeatedly its goal of transforming the Southeast Asian region into one ASEAN economic community (AEC). A major feature of this community-hood is the “free movement of skilled labor” across the region. […]
UP CIFAL Philippines hosted a roundtable discussion on the migration situation on March 5, 2018 at the Quezon Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman. Eighteen representatives from the government, the academe, civil society organizations, and the private sector tackled issues affecting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including the review of migration […]
CIFAL PHILIPPINES DISCUSSION PAPER Challenges to Implementing Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs): Effects on Human Capital Mobility in Southeast Asia Joefe B. Santarita, Ph.D. ABSTRACT To complement regionalism, new regionalism in particular, regionalization as a process is expected to come into full circle in facilitating wider mobility of people, […]
UP-CIFAL Philippines and the UP Diliman Asian Center co-organized a lecture-forum on the roles and positions of the Philippines in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which was held on Thursday, 08 February, at the Seminar Room of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines. The event […]
LUMBAN, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES—As part of its continuing partnership with the local government of Quezon City, UP CIFAL Philippines facilitated an SDG Orientation and Strategic Planning Workshop for the city’s Migration and Development (M&D) Council from the 23rd to the 26th of January. Twenty-four council members, representing various offices of the […]
About the Film A tribute to countless foreign domestic workers, A PIECE OF PARADISE is an intimate portrait of three Filipina women as they preserve to build their live as immigrants and foreign domestic workers in Toronto, Canada. Amidst their hardship, they find “pieces of paradise” through their participation in […]
CIFAL Philippines and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines jointly held a workshop on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for 48 officials and staff of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Central Office and Region 5 on December 18 and 19, 2017 in Legazpi, Albay. […]
TAGUIG CITY—With the goal of promoting sustainable development through inclusive business, CIFAL Philippines, in partnership with the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), conducted a forum titled “Collaborative Inclusivity, Business Performance, and Sustainable Development: Finding a New Role for Business” on December 4, 2017. Experts, practitioners, and students of business […]
QUEZON CITY—Members of the Quezon City Migration and Development Council (MDC) successfully completed CIFAL Philippines’ orientation workshop on gender, labor migration and sustainable development held on November 28, 2017. The workshop aimed to deepen the understanding of local government officials of the importance of a gender perspective in international labor […]