ILO DIR GEN VISITS QC MIGRANTS RESOURCE CENTER
International Labour Organization (ILO) Director General Gilbert Houngbo has visited the Quezon City government’s Migrant Resource Center (QC MRC) on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of the country’s membership to the United Nations (UN) agency mandated to safeguard social and economic justice by setting international labor standards. The partnership between the Quezon City government and the ILO was strengthened with the signing of partnership last year through BRIDGE and Safe and Fair Programmes, funded by the Multi-Partner Trust Fund and the European Union. The Quezon City Migrants Resource Center (QC MRC) was established through the enactment of City Ordinance SP-2500 with the aim to serve more than 180,000 migrant workers who reside in the city. The Quezon City Migrants Resource Center is the first-ever such service facility created to assist migrant workers in the National Capital Region (NCR). The city government, through the Public Employment Servi