RECOGNIZING Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) as indispensable contributors to the Philippine economy, the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday (Jan. 18) formally launched the Balik Bayani sa Turismo program to boost opportunities for the modern-day heroes and their families.ย
The Balik Bayani sa Turismo is a program of the DOT, in partnership with DMW in support of the National Governmentโs Reintegration Program for OFWs.
The MOU institutionalizes the commitments of both agencies to creating, instituting and establishing livelihood, entrepreneurship, savings, investments, and financial literacy opportunities for OFWs and their families through various tourism training programs of the DOT and reintegration programs of the DMW, through its National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (NRCO).
โ๐๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด,โ said Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco in her address.
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ’๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต,โ Secretary Frasco said.
The Tourism Chief stressed that the DOTโs focus on human capital development is also fueled by the Departmentโs desire to enhance the overall tourism experience in the country. This, as returning OFWs add so much value across the tourism value chain.
โ๐๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด’ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด, ๐๐ณ.’๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ–๐๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ-๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ,โ she stressed.
The ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was graced by DMW OIC-Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac.
Meanwhile, DOT Undersecretary Shahlimar Hofer Tamano, Assistant Secretary Maria Rica C. Bueno, DMW Undersecretary Patricia Yvonne Caunan, and Assistant Secretary Venecio V. Legaspi served as witnesses.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด [๐ฃ๐บ] ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด,โ Secretary Frasco said.
For his part, DMW OIC-Secretary Cacdac gave his commitment to the DOT for this second partnership with the Department.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ,โ he said.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ [๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฐ] ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต,โ he added.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐๐ช๐
The program also aims to strengthen the skills, aptitudes and competencies of OFWs and their families through the various tourism-related training opportunities in culinary tourism, retail business, farm tourism, homestay operations, and tour guiding, among others, and simultaneously allowing them to appreciate the value and instill the culture of tourism.
According to the DOT, this is also a way of reciprocating the contribution of the modern-day heroes to the countryโs local economy by bringing in foreign currencies through their remittances that contribute big time to the countryโs economic advancement.
Further, through the program, OFWs with senior positions and wide experience are also bringing back with them a range of knowledge and experience that can be tapped to be engaged as resource persons or trainers in the industry through the โTeach-It-Forwardโ Program.
It likewise aims to provide the returning OFWs with an alternative source of livelihood if they choose to stay in the Philippines to work or venture in tourism-related activities or businesses; equip them with proper information, and skills that will be useful in fulfilling their career in tourism in the country; and tap their skills acquired from many years of experience overseas and transfer it to enhance the skills of the local tourism workers.
Among the functions of the DMW under the partnership include the endorsement of the list of OFWs and their families to DOT qualified for the training sessions; allow the inclusion of graduates of the DOT training programs for livelihood, educational, entrepreneurial and other existing programs and services and/or financial assistance, subject to compliance with eligibility requirements.
The DMW is also expected to incorporate the Filipino Brand of Service Excellence (FBSE) module or core concepts in the Pre-Migration Orientation Seminar (PMOS) and other similar pre-deployment training or learning platforms/initiatives.
Together, both Departments shall jointly designate representatives for a Technical Working Group (TWG) to oversee the tasks, which will likewise include the conduct of strategic planning and regular meetings; monitoring and evaluation of the program; and promotion and strengthening of the implementation and expansion of this program through their offices, local and overseas, in coordination with local government units (LGUs), partner government agencies, and other stakeholders from the private sector.
The program will formally roll out in May.
