Workshop on strengthening data collection and management of Quezon City Migrant Resource Center (MRC) (2023 - Present)

The International Labour Organization supports the strengthening of Migrant Resource Centers (MRC). As a one-stop service center – an MRC offers various programmes and services for migrants and their families in the whole migration cycle -- pre-departure, transit, on-site services, re-entry, return, and reintegration. Services vary depending on the context – considering needs of OFWs and their families and resources in the communities – and typically encompass access to information (policy and programmes advisories, overseas job requirements, etc.); provision of direct services, including psychosocial and economic-related interventions; grievance redress mechanisms; migrant database/registry, and support to OFW family groups, among others. At present, the ILO collaborates with the local government unit of Quezon City to operationalize and effective and gender-responsive MRC services to migrants and their families building. These areas are among the top regions where OFWs originate.