SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

Day 1, April 10, 2002 Facilitated by Ms. Remedios “Remy” Guillena & Ms. Hidita “Ditz” Villas

• Opening Ceremonies

• Welcome Remarks

• Presentation of Conference Rationale

• Keynote Address

• Open Forum

• Workshop 1

• Plenary Session

DAY 2, April 11, 2002 Facilitated by Mr. Charlito “Kaloy”  Manlupig and Amelita “Melot” Atillo

• Recapitulation of Day 1’s session

• Problems, Issues & Responses

• Hon. Secretary Leonardo Montemayor’s Speech

• Day 2 Presentations

  • Presentation I - Mag-Atikha Para Maka-BalikaBayani – Planting the Seeds of a Comprehensive Reintegration Program for OFWs:  The Atikha/BalikaBayani Experience

  • Presentation II - The Globalized Philippine Seafaring Industry

  • Presentation III - The Development Potential of Cooperative Formation Among Migrants: A Small Migrants Coop Experience in Belgium.
  • Presentation IV - Information and Communications Technology- A Significant Tool for Linkages, Empowerment and Development
  • Presentation V - Current Government Initiatives for the Mobilization of Migrant Savings and Investments and the DFA Economic Empowerment Program for OFWs
  • Presentation VI - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
  • Presentation VII - Community & Partnership: The Linkapil Experience on Building Partnerships Between OFWs & Philippine Communities
  • Presentation VIII - Mobilizing Overseas Filipino Resources for Micro finance & Countryside Development
  • Presentation IX - Federation of People’s Sustainable Development

  • Presentation X - Overseas Filipinos-Cooperatives Linkages

• Workshop 2

• Plenary Session

• Synthesis of the workshop 2 results
• Netherlands Organization for International Development (NOVIB)
• The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)
• The National Anti-Poverty Program of Government: Prospects for Linking with Filipino Migrant Workers
• Open Forum
• Consensus on the Conference Statement/Action Agenda  
• Technical Working Group Formation

• Closing Ceremonies