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CONCLUSION
The present report constitutes <strong>the</strong> Philippines’ additional contribution to <strong>the</strong> <strong>monitoring</strong> <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> WHO Global Code <strong>of</strong> Practice on <strong>the</strong> International Recruitment <strong>of</strong> Health Personnel. The
Department <strong>of</strong> Health (DOH) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philippines, being <strong>the</strong> designated national authority to
oversee <strong>the</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Code, accepted in March 2012 <strong>the</strong> proposal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
International Labour Organization to set up a participatory assessment process to collect
data, instead <strong>of</strong> having DOH single-­‐handedly collecting data, to include in <strong>the</strong> WHO National
Reporting Instrument. Under <strong>the</strong> organizing leadership <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> DOH, DOLE, <strong>the</strong> ILO and WHO
fed a process which through various preliminary meetings and two multistakeholder
assessment meetings yielded <strong>the</strong> information that became <strong>the</strong> basis for <strong>the</strong> on-­‐line
Philippines National Reporting Instrument (submitted on 31 May 2012) and this
supplementary, more thorough report.
Five stakeholders group were identified as relevant to <strong>the</strong> exercise: government, trade union
and employers’ organizations, recruitment agencies and pr<strong>of</strong>essional organizations.
As a way to conclude this report, below are some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> main points that were extracted
from <strong>the</strong> meetings with stakeholders and that <strong>the</strong> organizing committee would like to
submit to <strong>the</strong> WHO’s attention.
1. The <strong>monitoring</strong> instrument should be differentiated for sending and receiving
countries, respectively. The questions need to be applicable to respondents from
sending and receiving countries.
2. The WHO <strong>monitoring</strong> instrument can include o<strong>the</strong>r elements to track
implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bilateral and multilateral agreements/arrangements such as
<strong>the</strong> following: training, working conditions, grievance mechanism, skill recognition,
and responsibilities <strong>of</strong> recruitment agencies. They raised <strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
agreement/arrangement beingwritten in <strong>the</strong> language that workers can understand
and that can be monitored.There is still a need to set up a database <strong>of</strong> Philippine
laws and policies relevant to <strong>the</strong> WHO Code
3. Ensuring <strong>the</strong> circulation <strong>of</strong> information about <strong>the</strong> Code should be a priority. The
Code should be disseminated not only to government institutions but to by all
stakeholders, including recruitment agencies and migrant health workers in all
countries through multi media, <strong>the</strong> You Tube, comics, with <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> local language
and in <strong>the</strong> perspective <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> migrant workers.
4. A feedback mechanism should be made available (even by web) for all stakeholders
to determine <strong>who</strong> are practicing <strong>the</strong> Code and<strong>who</strong> are in need <strong>of</strong> information. A
formal feedback mechanism is also suggested to obtain information from <strong>the</strong> health
pr<strong>of</strong>essionals <strong>who</strong> undergo <strong>the</strong> recruitment process. For CHED to include <strong>the</strong> Code
into <strong>the</strong> curriculum <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> health pr<strong>of</strong>essions and <strong>the</strong> PRC to include this into <strong>the</strong>
licensure examinations
5. In terms <strong>of</strong> collaboration for effective <strong>monitoring</strong>, <strong>the</strong>re should be a stronger
tandem between countries’ departments <strong>of</strong> health and labor to ensure <strong>the</strong>
implementation <strong>of</strong> The Code. An example <strong>of</strong> collaboration may be done through
information dissemination using DOH, DOLE and o<strong>the</strong>r relevant government
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