ASEAN bats for migrant workers’ protection, civil service professionalization
Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are pushing for the adoption of policies and measures to protect migrant workers, and the professionalization of the civil service among member countries. The 17th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council meeting held at the Iloilo Convention Center here on Wednesday is expected to finalize key policies and declarations on these these two concerns, which will be endorsed for approval to the ASEAN Leaders Meeting in April. Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, chair of the council meeting, said in a press briefing that the ASEAN Declaration on the role of the civil service would recognize and give focus on the importance of professionalization of the civil service “so that they serve as key implementers of our policies and programs.”
