2/2/15! Administrative reform in the Philippine MET&C system M. Q. Mejia Jr., Ph.D., WMU’94, Administrator, Maritime Industry Authority (Philippines)! 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! Scope of presentation ✤ Philippine seafaring! ✤ STCW administrative reform in the Philippines! ✤ Role of WMU and its Alumni! ✤ Recap! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 1! 2/2/15! Philippine seafaring history Significance of Philippine seafaring ✤ ✤ Global context! ✤ 30% of seafarers in international shipping! ✤ 90% of trade carried by ships! National context! ✤ employment! ✤ hard currency! ✤ local economy! ✤ technology transfer! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 2! 2/2/15! History of Philippine seafaring ✤ Balanghays and SEA trade! ✤ Manila-Acapulco galleon trade! ✤ British South Seas expeditions! ✤ United States Navy! ✤ World shipping, post-1973 oil crisis ! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! Deployment of Filipino seafarers Year! in 000s! Year! in 000s! Year! in 000s! Year! in 000s! 1975! 23! 1988! 86! 1997! 188! 2005! 247! 1978! 37! 1989! 103! 1998! 193! 2006! 230! 1980! 57! 1990! 111! 1999! 197! 2007! 266! 1982! 65! 1991! 126! 2000! 198! 2008! 261! 1984! 51! 1993! 146! 2001! 204! 2009! 330! 1985! 52! 1994! 154! 2002! 210! 2010! 347! 1986! 55! 1995! 165! 2003! 216! 2011! 369! 1987! 67! 1996! 175! 2004! 229! 2012! 380! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 3! 2/2/15! Deployment of Filipino seafarers 400! 300! 200! 100! 0! 1962.5! 1975! 1987.5! 2000! 2012.5! 2025! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! STCW administration reform in the Philippines 4! 2/2/15! Impetus for reform ✤ Improvements required under three broad areas:! ✤ Quality standards system! ✤ Programme and course approval! ✤ Monitoring and evaluation of training and assessment! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! Challenges faced ✤ 1990s manning crisis; exponential rise in demand for Filipino seafarers! ✤ Unabated popularity of the seafaring career among Filipinos! ✤ Private-sector driven higher education system! ✤ Yo-yo effect in numbers of MET institutions! ✤ Rapidly changing developments in global shipping! ✤ Continued succession of STCW amendments! ✤ Labor-oriented STCW administration framework! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 5! 2/2/15! Evolution of STCW implementation in the Philippines MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! LOI 1404: Maritime Training Council (1984-2012) ✤ Issued in 1984 after Philippine accession to STCW’78! ✤ Created the Maritime Training Council (MTC) to give full and complete effect to STCW! ✤ MTC under DOLE ! ✤ MTC a Council of 11 government agencies + 2 private sector representatives! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 6! 2/2/15! LOI 1404: Maritime Training Council (1984-2012) ✤ Drawbacks of the MTC as STCW Administration! ✤ Numerous cabinet level departments/offices were involved! ✤ Sometimes divergent, sometimes overlapping mandates! ✤ Impossibility of exercising command and control functions = difficulty in aligning policies and regulations! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! LOI 1404 (MTC) MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 7! 2/2/15! Executive Order 75 (2012-2014) MARINA as STCW Administration, Phase 1 ✤ Issued by the President on 30 April 2012! ✤ MTC and its functions transferred to MARINA! ✤ …but, STCW functions retained by 5 other agencies! ✤ MARINA + CHED, NTC, DoH, PRC, TESDA! ✤ EO cannot supersede statutory mandates of affected agencies ! ✤ Challenges in exercising oversight function = difficulty in aligning policies and regulations! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! EO-75 (MARINA, Phase 1) MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 8! 2/2/15! Republic Act 10635 (from 2015) MARINA as STCW Administration, Phase 2 ✤ Enacted into law on 13 March 2014! ✤ Consolidates all STCW maritime education, training, and certification functions under MARINA! ✤ Residual STCW functions in other agencies! ✤ CHED – officers courses development! ✤ NTC – radiocommunications standards! ✤ DOH – health standards! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! RA-10635 (MARINA, Phase 2) MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 9! 2/2/15! Improved administrative control MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! The story of RA 10635 MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 10! 2/2/15! Significant milestones ✤ coordinating mechanism (CCSC)! ✤ third party certification of QSS! ✤ revision of operational & mgt level curricula! ✤ appointment of METSS! ✤ white listing of schools! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! The role of WMU 11! 2/2/15! WMU & Philippine STCW reform ✤ 3 of the 4 Philippine DOTC’s maritime agencies (MARINA, PCG, PMMA) are headed by WMU alumni!! ✤ WMU Alumni in MARINA! ✤ Administrator! ✤ Deputy Administrator for Regional Concerns! ✤ Deputy Executive Director, STCWO! ✤ 10 Directors, Central and Regional Offices! ✤ 6 Directors, STCW Experts/Evaluators! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! WMU & capacity-building in the Philippines ✤ 128 Filipinos have graduated from WMU (Classes of 1985I to 2014)! ✤ MARINA-WMU MoU for MSc programme! ✤ WMU PDCs commissioned by MARINA! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 12! 2/2/15! Recap Paradigm shift!!! ✤ Unity of command; council vs single administration! ✤ 1984-2012: labor + council approach! ✤ from 2012: maritime-technical + consolidated approach! ✤ Simpler alignment of QSSs! ✤ Harmonisation of procedures! ✤ Rapid response to ! ✤ ✤ Continuous updates to STCW standards! ✤ Ever-changing market conditions! Enhanced efficiency! MQ Mejia Jr, 1st WMU Regional Alumni Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, 26-27 January 2015! 13! 2/2/15! eက#$ဇ&$တင)ပ+သည)! THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION! maraming salamat po! 14!
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