by Joy Gabrido October 19, 2019 Talk show with the Regional Line Agencies as part of the Regional Consultation Forum. (Photo by DSWD ...
October 19, 2019
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – In the aim to converge government initiatives to assist and respond to the needs of Overseas Filipinos (OFs), DSWD 4A provided a venue for Regional Line Agencies (RLAs) to engage with OFs in a consultation forum.
The Department Social Welfare and Development Region 4A (DSWD 4A) organized the Regional Consultation Forum with Overseas Filipinos and their Familiesthat gathered over 40 OFs and 30 Regional Inter-Agencies with DSWD Field Offices and Central Office within the Luzon Cluster at the Riverview Resort and Conference Center in Calamba City on September 26 to 27, 2019.
Part of the activity convened representatives from RLAs who shared about their programs and projects that the OFs may avail and imparted information that these OFs should know.
RLAs present in the event include the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Bureau of Immigration (BOI), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Calabarzon.
OWWA 4A Overseas Workers Welfare Officer Maricynne Peneiro of explained their agency offers livelihood and other assistance to active or documented OFs, and shared about the National Reintegration Centers for OFWs (NRCO) which could provide aid to the undocumented ones.
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“As Secretariat of Regional Committee on Migration of Development, we are monitoring reports of our provincial committees and one-stop migration resource center,” NEDA 4A OIC Supervising Economic Development Specialist Lovely Mores explained.
She said, part of their tasks as Secretariat of said committee is to monitor what assistance and services are being provided to the OFs.
Meanwhile, DILG 4A LGOO V Franz Allen C. Adel said DILG has an important role in monitoring the performance of LGUs in the delivery of services to its constituents including OFs, although this monitoring function have limitations considering the local autonomy vested with LGUs.
PIA 4A Information Officer Rachel Joy C. Gabrido shared about PIA’s advocacy that recently had a regional launch called the #CyberREADi campaign.
This campaign fosters media and information literacy and responsible use of the digital technology particularly social media. This is applicable to the situation of both the OFs and their families since they communicate most of the time through the internet.
Finally, Bureau of Immigrtion (BOI) Sr. Immigration Officer Dennis U. Opiña advised the OFs to practice compliance on legal processing of their documents to avoid dilemmas. (Joy Gabrido/PIA4A)
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| Talk show with the Regional Line Agencies as part of the Regional Consultation Forum. (Photo by DSWD 4A) |
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – In the aim to converge government initiatives to assist and respond to the needs of Overseas Filipinos (OFs), DSWD 4A provided a venue for Regional Line Agencies (RLAs) to engage with OFs in a consultation forum.
The Department Social Welfare and Development Region 4A (DSWD 4A) organized the Regional Consultation Forum with Overseas Filipinos and their Familiesthat gathered over 40 OFs and 30 Regional Inter-Agencies with DSWD Field Offices and Central Office within the Luzon Cluster at the Riverview Resort and Conference Center in Calamba City on September 26 to 27, 2019.
Part of the activity convened representatives from RLAs who shared about their programs and projects that the OFs may avail and imparted information that these OFs should know.
RLAs present in the event include the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Bureau of Immigration (BOI), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Calabarzon.
OWWA 4A Overseas Workers Welfare Officer Maricynne Peneiro of explained their agency offers livelihood and other assistance to active or documented OFs, and shared about the National Reintegration Centers for OFWs (NRCO) which could provide aid to the undocumented ones.
“As Secretariat of Regional Committee on Migration of Development, we are monitoring reports of our provincial committees and one-stop migration resource center,” NEDA 4A OIC Supervising Economic Development Specialist Lovely Mores explained.
She said, part of their tasks as Secretariat of said committee is to monitor what assistance and services are being provided to the OFs.
Meanwhile, DILG 4A LGOO V Franz Allen C. Adel said DILG has an important role in monitoring the performance of LGUs in the delivery of services to its constituents including OFs, although this monitoring function have limitations considering the local autonomy vested with LGUs.
PIA 4A Information Officer Rachel Joy C. Gabrido shared about PIA’s advocacy that recently had a regional launch called the #CyberREADi campaign.
This campaign fosters media and information literacy and responsible use of the digital technology particularly social media. This is applicable to the situation of both the OFs and their families since they communicate most of the time through the internet.
Finally, Bureau of Immigrtion (BOI) Sr. Immigration Officer Dennis U. Opiña advised the OFs to practice compliance on legal processing of their documents to avoid dilemmas. (Joy Gabrido/PIA4A)
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