What we do
End Slavery
The Ople Center is currently the designated NGO Representative for the OFW Sector in the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT). As such, the Center is part of a special task force created within the IACAT Secretariat to monitor human trafficking cases involving Filipino migrant workers.
OFW Assistance
The Ople Center has a team of full-time case handlers providing OFW assistance. From repatriation to reintegration, our team believes that every distressed OFW is entitled to a dignified return and unlimited opportunities for self-recovery and economic growth.
Public Policy & Communication
One of the core competencies of the Ople Center is its ability to analyze and shape public policy as well as provide advice on strategic communications to clients and partners.
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About us
The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute (Ople Center) is a non-profit organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and accredited with the Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT). The Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Foreign Affairs, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, and other IACAT-member agencies are active partners of the Ople Center in its advocacies for migrant workers’ rights and welfare. The NGO is named after and draws inspiration from the late Senate President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Fajardo Ople, who has gained national acclaim as the Father of Overseas Employment and the Father of the Philippine Labor Code.
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OFW group urges DoLE to slow down deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait in light of airport rape incident
June 13, 2019 The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization that assists distressed migrant workers, called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to slow down on the deployment of Filipino domestic workers to Kuwait until the rape case involving a Filipino domestic worker who just landed at the Kuwait international airport […]
ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE CALL FOR BIDS: INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Bidding Process for the Development, Maintenance, and User Support for theIntegrated Case Management System has concluded. After thorough review and deliberationduring its meeting held last March 8, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Blas F. Ople PolicyCenter and Training Institute, Inc. selected the bid proposal submitted by LBS E-BusinessSolutions, Inc. The award was […]
OFW groups back plan to build new airport in Bulacan
November 26, 2018 Various OFW groups expressed support to the building of the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan in petition letters sent to the Department of Transportation and also to the Office of the President. In their letter, the OFWs cited the following reasons as the basis of their support: “Around 4,000 to 5,000 […]
Ople Policy Center asks: “Whatever happened to the Overseas Filipino Bank?”
November 26, 2018 A non-government organization that assists migrant workers urged the Overseas Filipino Bank to unveil its services and programs for more than ten million Filipinos overseas lest it be accused of merely using the names of Filipino migrants in vain. “After all the hoopla prior to its creation, our overseas workers have yet […]
