Translating Labour Market Information into Skills Matching

22.10.2015 to 23.10.2015

LMI Beyond the Numbers: Translating Labour Market Information into Proactive Interventions on Job-Skill Matching is a forum was hosted by the World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES) and the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE). The forum primarily examined the theoretical and practical rationale of the role of public employment services (PES) in improving LMI and maintaining efficient LMI systems.

CONCLUSIONS OF THE EVENT

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)