Translating Labour Market Information into Skills Matching

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Arrival of participants

Thursday, 22 October 2015

08:30

Registration

09:30

Opening Ceremony

• Dr. Kilsang Yoo, WAPES Vice-President for Asia-Pacific

• Mr. Simon Hills, Officer in Charge, a.i., ILO Country Office for Manila

10:00

Keynote Address

• Honourable Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippines

10:20

Photo Session, Coffee and Tea Break

10:40

Program Overview

• Ms. Dominique R. Tutay, Director, DOLE- BLE, Philippines

10:50

Special Featured Topics

• Harnessing and Developing Youth Employability: Labor Market Information on School-to-Work Transition by Mr. Kelly Bird, Director, Asian Development Bank

• Profiling  the 21^st Century Skills of Workforce by Mr. Luis Anastacio, President and CEO, Servicio Filipino Inc. (SFI) Group of Companies, Philippines

• Q & R

11:20

Panel Discussion I: Ensuring Timely, Accurate and Relevant Labour Market Information

Moderator: Ms. Ruth Rodriguez, Division Chief, DOLE-BLE

• Mr. Haruhiro Jono, Employment Expert, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

• Mr. Chong Gak Shin, Director, Korean Labour Market Information System, Republic of Korea

• Mr. Willem Vansina, Head of Labour Market Studies, VDAB Public Employment Service, Belgium

• Q & R

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Panel Discussion II: Translating Labour Market Information into Useful and User-friendly Intelligence to Users and Labour Market Agents

Moderator: Mr. Miguel Peromingo, Consultant WAPES

• Ms. Sally Sinclair, CEO, National Employment Services Association, Australia

• Ms. Kea Eilers, Managing Director for International Affairs, Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit (German Public Employment Service) Germany

• Mr. Ahmed Al-Mujaish, Employment Channels Director, and Dr. Ahmed Alzahrani, Deputy Director General, National Labor Observatory, Saudi Arabia

• Q & R

15:30

Coffee and Tea break

16:00

Open Forum

16:30

Briefing: Employers’ Needs for Labour Market Information and the Private Sector Role in a Changing Labour Market

      Mr. Rommel G. Roque, Asia-Pacific & Middle East Executive Director, and Country Manager—Philippines, Manpower Group

17:00

End of the first day

18:00

Networking Dinner

Friday, 23 October 2015

08:30

Panel Discussion III: Current Trends and Perspectives in Improving Labour Market Information Service Delivery

Moderator: Ms. Ruth Rodriguez, Division Chief, DOLE-BLE

• Mr. Jonathan Barr, Manager for Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (ESSSA) Initiative, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

• Mr. Pierre Brossier, Director for Statistics, Region Midi-Pyrénées, Pôle Emploi (French Public Employment Service), France

• Q & R

09:50

Open Forum

10:20

Coffee and Tea Break

10:40

Panel Discussion IV: PES Policies and Programs Supporting Good Governance and Cost Effectiveness of Labour Market Information Systems

Moderator: Mr. Miguel Peromingo, Consultant, WAPES

• Ms. Dominique R. Tutay, Director, DOLE-BLE, Philippines

• Mr. Sambath Kun, Economy Officer Labour Market Information, National Employment Agency, Cambodia

11:40

Open Forum

12:00

Forward Looking Agenda for WAPES on Labour Market Information Systems

• Ms. Lenka Kint, Executive Secretary, WAPES

12:20

Closing Remarks

• Mr Asim Keskin, WAPES Presidency

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Study Tour

• JobStreet.com – Mandaluyong City
• KidZania Manila– Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City

19:00

End of the event

Saturday, 24 October 2015

Departure of Participants