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August 4, 2016GOVERNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 13-16WHEREAS, the Filipino seafarers continue to be the most sought after in the world, owing to their competence, industry, honesty and adaptability; WHEREAS, the POEA has established a Seafarer's Registry in order to maintain a pool of qualified seafarers and to have an essential source of valuable input to policy research such as supply and demand analysis;WHEREAS, seafarers are given a Seafarer's Registration Certificate Card with their perpetual ID number, for purposes of easy access to POEA personal records and efficient processing of employment documents;WHEREAS, the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 recommends the member states to maintain an arrangement for the collection and analysis of all relevant information on the maritime labor market, including the current and prospective supply of seafarers that work as crew classified by age, sex, rank and qualifications; ATICcSWHEREAS, the International Labour Organization adopted Seafarer's Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), which introduced modern security features into the seafarer's ID, that shall be recognizable to all members accessing the ID Cards through the implementation of...