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Good Practice: Good Practice: Pre-departure Orientation Pre-departure Orientation
ProgramProgramExperience of Experience of
Bangladesh, Philippines and Sri Bangladesh, Philippines and Sri LankaLanka
Presented by: A.K.M. Masud AliINCIDIN Bangladesh20 September 2005
Third Ministerial Consultation on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for
Countries of Origin in Asia
20-21 September 2005, Bali Indonesia
Outline of the PresentationOutline of the Presentation
An overview of the added value of An overview of the added value of PDOSPDOSThe institutional and legal The institutional and legal infrastructure within which the infrastructure within which the good practices are identifiedgood practices are identifiedThe elements of good practices in The elements of good practices in PDOS program in Bangladesh, PDOS program in Bangladesh, Philippines and Sri Lanka.Philippines and Sri Lanka.Examples of good practices in PDOSExamples of good practices in PDOSWay ForwardWay Forward
Stages in Processing Stages in Processing MigrationMigrationPre Departure:
Origin
Post Arrival:Destination
Reintegration:Origin
At every stage of migration process access to authentic information is
a precondition to safe migration and it starts at
pre-migration stage…
Pre-Departure Orientation Adds value Pre-Departure Orientation Adds value for allfor all
Origin CountryDestination
CountryIndividual Migrants
Managing migration
Benefit to:
Government
Economy
Migrants
Migrants
Aware on their Responsibilities
With
Enhanced
Capacity for
Integration
Maximize benefit from employment of migrant
labour
Informed decision
regarding safemigration
ReducedVulnerability
EmpowermentOf individual
Migrants
MaximumGain from Migration
The two aspects of PDOS The two aspects of PDOS programprogram
The enabling and supportive The enabling and supportive institutional institutional
and legal infrastructure for safeand legal infrastructure for safeLabour migrationLabour migration
PDOS Program
Institutional and Legal Institutional and Legal SetupsSetups
Mandatory and Enabling Pre-Mandatory and Enabling Pre-departure Registration and departure Registration and
OrientationOrientation:: in Bangladesh (BMET)in Bangladesh (BMET)Philippines (OWWA) Philippines (OWWA) Sri Lanka (SLBFE)Sri Lanka (SLBFE)
In the Philippines, POEA Memorandum Circular No. 3,
Series of 1983 provided guidelines for the conduct of a compulsory PDOS for “all first-time or re-contracted workers,
and every agency is responsible in providing each worker a
thorough PDOS”
Institutional and Legal Institutional and Legal SetupsSetupsInvolvement of private sector and NGOs
Philippines
520 agencies
OWWA
703 private agencies
NGOs
Institutional and Legal Institutional and Legal SetupsSetupsInvolvement of private sector and NGOs
Sri Lanka
Trade Union bodies
SLBFE
Private agencies
NGOs
Institutional and Legal Institutional and Legal SetupsSetupsInvolvement of private sector and NGOs
Bangladesh
NGO-self initiative
BMET
PrivateRecruiting Agencies
BOESL
Institutional and Legal Institutional and Legal SetupsSetupsInvolvement of international
organizations (Philippines)
IOM
Canadian Orientation Abroad (COA)
Gov. of Canada
Power to choose
GRP
Institutional and Legal Institutional and Legal SetupsSetupsInvolvement of international
organizations (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka)
IOM
Pioneer and piloting (90s)PDOS Training Module on
Safe MigrationLanguage Lab
Health awarenessNGO facilitation
Govt.
Indicators of Good PracticeIndicators of Good Practice
Existence of innovative curricula for Existence of innovative curricula for pre-departure programspre-departure programs
Rich content of pre-departure Rich content of pre-departure orientation seminarsorientation seminars
Standardization and certification of Standardization and certification of PDOSPDOS
Special need focused orientation for Special need focused orientation for specific group of migrantsspecific group of migrants
Indicators of Good PracticeIndicators of Good Practice
Information campaigns for Information campaigns for awareness and accountabilityawareness and accountability
Peer and community Peer and community involvement in PDOSinvolvement in PDOS
Enabling migrants to access Enabling migrants to access networks for support and redressnetworks for support and redress
Indicators of Good PracticeIndicators of Good Practice
Gender sensitive and Gender sensitive and empowering processempowering process
Country specific cultural, Country specific cultural, economic and social economic and social orientation/sustainabilityorientation/sustainability
Recent introduction of pre-Recent introduction of pre-employment orientation employment orientation seminars before PDOSseminars before PDOS
PDOS: Indicators of Good PDOS: Indicators of Good PracticePractice
Innovative Curricula for PDOS programes:
Introduction of new skills training to ensure access to new labour markets;
participation in the process of syllabus development, through consultation with
different stakeholders
development of curricula for specific occupations, experience
and destinations
Optimal allocation of timeEmpowerment through the acquisition of knowledge
and skills
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
Contents of PDOS:
Migrants’ Rights
&Responsibilities
FinanceHealth:HIV/AIDSTravel
Document
WorkplaceSafetyCoping Strategy
RemittanceWorksite
Info.Source of Support
at DestinationFamilyWelfareCultureLanguage
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
WorksiteInfo.
Migrants’ Rights
Travel Document
Coping Strategy
WorkplaceSafety
Culture
Finance RemittanceFamilyWelfare
LanguageNo single country covers all the topic but the list reflects great potentiality of learning from
each other.
Contents of PDOS:
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
Pre-employment orientation seminars
(Philippines)• illegal recruitment, list of licensed recruitment agencies, illegal agencies;
• procedures for application departure, on-site employment and return;
• job-site information, including culture of the country of destination;
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
Pre-employment orientation seminars
• remittances, financial management and livelihood projects, as protection against the insecurity
• of overseas employment insurance coverage for workers and their families.
Presently the policy makers are stressing on pre-employment
orientation as an essential element of pre-migration
preparation.
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
Enabling Network for Support and Redress
Philippines: Orientation on
Resource Centers
Sri Lanka & Bangladesh:
Stay-facilities at destination
Information on:Embassies in destination countries, on their role in supporting nationals;
Human rights organizations in destination countries;
Migrants’ associations and trade unions in destination countries;
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
Sustainability
FavourableInstitutional
Structure
Migrants’ Welfare
fund
CoordinatedEffort: GO,NGO, IO,
PS
PDOS: Example of Good PDOS: Example of Good PracticePractice
Gender sensitive policy
Entertainers:COPE in
the Philippines
FemaleHouseholdWorkers
Entertainers: Special legal Protection and
TrainingSri Lanka
PhilippinesBangladesh
Way ForwardWay Forward
Decentralization
Focus on rights
Destination specificity
Breaking away gender stereotype
Focus on Reintegration
The origin and destination countries must come together to ensure
that PDOS is seen as a Comprehensive process to make
Migration safer and beneficial for all.
Thank you and Thank you and Welcome to Welcome to
Discussion…..Discussion…..