Guidelines on the Implementation of the OFW Welfare Monitoring System (OWMS)

October 1, 2019POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 009-19TO:All Concerned   SUBJECT:Guidelines on the Implementation of the OFW Welfare Monitoring System (OWMS) Pursuant to Section 209, Rule I, Part VIII of the Revised POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers of 2016, Section 193, Rule I, Part VI of the 2016 Revised POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Seafarers, and POEA Memorandum Circular (M.C.) No. 12, Series of 2018, the following guidelines are hereby promulgated to govern the implementation of the monitoring system. AIDSTEI. DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVESThe OWMS is a web-based system that will be used by Philippine recruitment and manning agencies as a tool in reporting the status and condition of OFWs they have deployed. It is a sub-system and a component of the POEA's e-Services Help Desk Facility.OWMS aims to provide the agencies with easier, faster and more convenient way of submitting monitoring reports in compliance to the reportorial requirements prescribed by M.C. 12, Series of 2018. It also intends to standardize the monitoring reports,...