
Address: Unit A 2295 Roberts St., Pasay City, Philippines
Hotline: +63 917 777 9564
E-mail: main@blasoplecenter.org
18 Years of Service to
Filipinos Working Abroad
The Blas F Ople Policy Center & Training Institute
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.

Vision
The Ople Center’s Vision is for every OFW family to be happy, to have a better quality of life, and have more opportunities at home.
Mission
The Ople Center mobilizes partnerships to build the capacities of public and private sector stakeholders and sustain innovations in policies and practices that would benefit Filipino migrants and their families.

Partnerships
The Ople Center has memberships and partnerships with the following:
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Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) as long-time NGO representative of the migrant workers sector
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Bangsamoro Inter-Agency Committee Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women and Children (BIACAT-VAWC) as a Partner Institution
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Technical Working Group on Regulations, Information Management and Monitoring Committee of the Philippine Migrant Health Network (PMHN) as Co-chair
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Center for OFW Reintegration and Empowerment (CORE) as Founding Member
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POEA-Overseas Landbased Tripartite Consultative Council (OLTCC) as Member
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Stakeholders’ Chamber of the Sub-Committee on the SDGs, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) as Member
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Coalition Against the Trafficking of OFWs (CAT-OFWs) as Founding Member
Our Team

Marian Rica Lodripas
Monitoring and Evaluation

Haniejoy Paguital
Social Worker

Judith Ramirez
Program Technical Staff

Diana Ople San Jose
Executive Director

Riza Ramirez-Flores
Direct Service Manager

Jenny San Jose
Administrative Officer

Cecilia Hicaro
External Affairs Manager

Alhakim Palanggalan
Communication & Events
Management

Rosemarie Pamaybay
Office Staff

Sittie Faisah Macarampat
Project Assistant