DOLE: As of July 15, 2013, CBEP has generated 492,961 - TopicsExpress



          

DOLE: As of July 15, 2013, CBEP has generated 492,961 jobs Published: July 22, 2013. Latest update: July 22, 2013. From the Department of Labor and Employment Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday said that the number of jobs generated by various government agencies enrolled with the Community-Based Employment Program (CBEP) has reached 492,691, or 22% of the 2,283,863 jobs targeted to be generated for the whole year. “On the eve of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address [SONA], I am happy to report that the CBEP is one of the national government’s job generation programs that is benefiting Filipinos in the lower strata of society in the countryside,” Baldoz said. For the reference period, the following agencies have reported the number of jobs that were generated in the implementation of their various programs under the CBEP: Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 1,244 jobs; Department of Labor and Employment, 28,385; Department of Agrarian Reform, 6,838; Department of Foreign Affairs and People’s Credit and Finance Corporation, 6. Department of Tourism, 347; Department of Social Welfare and Development, 94,103; Department of Trade and Industry, 1,466; Department of Transportation and Communication, 231; Clark Development Corporation, 402; Commission on Filipinos Overseas, 88; and National Housing Authority, 366,689. A total of 45 national government agencies have enrolled their projects with the CBEP and Secretary Baldoz said she expects all of the agencies to make good with their commitments and help deliver the number of jobs under the CBEP at the second half of this year. To further strengthen the CBEP, the DOLE as chairperson of the CBEP Steering Committee and the lead agency monitoring CBEP performance, has conducted “house-to-house” training on the CBEP Online Monitoring and Reporting System. It publishes the Jobs Scorecard Bulletin featuring best practices and success stories of workers that have benefited from the CBEP. Started in 2011, the CBEP is among the priority convergence programs of the Aquino III administration that aim to contribute to the national goal of inclusive growth, poverty reduction and job creation, particularly in the countryside, or the local community. In 2012, the CBEP achieved a record of 2,324,311 jobs generated under the various projects enrolled by the participating agencies with over P94.717 billion budget. This is 78.79 percent of the total number of jobs targeted during the year. Of the number, 922,713 were infrastructure-related jobs, while 1,401,598 were non-infrastructure jobs. Baldoz said the CBEP is in pursuit of President Aquino’s instruction to the DOLE in his 22-Point Platform and Pronouncement on Labor and Employment to “work with relevant government agencies in enhancing social protection programs such as social security, workmen’s compensation, health insurance and housing for laid off workers while strengthening the Emergency Community Employment Program [ECEP] to create jobs immediately so people can still have income to spend for their basic needs.” The CBEP provides employment to skilled, semi-skilled, and low-skilled workers in the community where a program is implemented through a government agency, whether infrastructure or non-infrastructure. The program has been implemented for more than two decades now, though it is called in different names, i.e., Emergency Community Employment Program, Community Employment and Development Program, Kabuhayan 2000, Rural Works Program, and Emergency Employment Program.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 05:36:30 +0000

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