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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies successfully completed the conduct an external audit for its ISO 9001:2015 surveillance 2 audit. The online audit was conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams last July 28 and was attended by all employees of the Institute.

The audit began with an opening meeting where the opening remarks was delivered by ILS Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba. She also introduced external auditors from SOCOTEC Certification International, Ms. Czaharina Buaquena and Ms. Merce Flores who conducted the surveillance 2 audit.

Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) conducted its very first remote General Assembly via Zoom last July 9, 2020 led by Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba and Acting Deputy Executive Director Patrick P. Patriwirawan, Jr.

The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) recently reconstituted its Project Team for the Public Campaign for “Safe and Fair Migration in the ASEAN Region,” with the issuance of Administrative Order No. 07-A Series of 2020 in line with the effectivity of Implementation Agreement No. 40281447 between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba has approved the drafted 2020 Gender and Development (GAD) Plan and Budget of the ILS-GAD committee submitted by its current chair Ms. Malorie Joy O. Mones this June.

The said plan, which takes into consideration the changes brought about by COVID-19 pandemic situation, was created in line with the National Budget Circular No. 580, s. 2020 and Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Memorandum Circular 2020-03 and for submission to PCW through its Gender Mainstreaming Monitoring System (GMMS).

The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) management, through its Quality Management Systems (QMS) Committee, and guided by Acting Deputy Director Patrick Patriwirawan, Jr. conducted its annual review of its QMS processes via Microsoft Teams video conferencing from June 15-23.