Objective
- Establish a computerized databank by June 2003.
- The databank to contain detailed information on child laborers benefiting from services under the National Program Against Child Labor (NPACL).
- Data to include numbers, socio-economic profiles, geographic distribution, and nature and extent of services received.
Coverage
- The master listing covers all regions and localities with ongoing child labor-related services under NPACL.
- Includes all children who have been:
- Rescued or removed from child labor,
- Currently engaged in child labor and provided with interventions,
- Prevented from engaging in child labor, such as those recruited but given interventions.
- Interventions include services like legal assistance, education assistance, shelter, livelihood training for families, and job placements for siblings.
Operational Procedures for DOLE Regional Offices and Attached Agencies
- Designation of a Chief Local Employment Officer (LEO) and at least one technical staff to manage master listing activities.
- All DOLE personnel encountering child laborers must complete the prescribed Master Listing Form.
- Attached agencies must refer child laborer cases to DOLE Regional Offices for inclusion.
- The designated personnel shall ensure collection, encoding, and accurate data management in the computerized databank.
- Regional Directors to ensure continuous updating and electronic submission of the master list to the Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW).
- Regular reporting to BWYW to be submitted every year by July last working day.
Operational Procedures for NPACL Partner Organizations
- Partners must designate responsible individuals for master listing activities.
- Use of Master Listing Form 1 to record detailed data on each child laborer encountered or serviced.
- Partners using other forms must derive and submit the data required in the Master Listing Form to DOLE Regional Offices.
- Submission of intake forms to be on a semester basis, with arrangements for form return after encoding if necessary.
Role of the Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW)
- Development and maintenance of a computerized national databank of child laborers.
- Facilitate easy access to data to support policy making and program development.
- Link regional databases into a consolidated national system for comprehensive data management.
- Ensure information confidentiality and restrict use to official and program purposes only.
Effectivity
- Guidelines and operational procedures take effect immediately upon adoption on December 12, 2002.
This Department Order mandates systematic data collection and management through master listing to enable effective intervention against child labor, providing a framework for stakeholder roles and responsibilities to ensure transparency, accuracy, and coordination.