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The Philippines and seafaring labour export : state, non-state and international actors in the assembly and employability of Filipino seafarers

Abstract

Based on interviews, this article examines the Philippines as a sending state from the perspective of seafaring labour export. It analyses how the outsourcing of seafaring labour and global regulation of standards of seafarer education, training and certification have broadened and deepened the involvement of international actors in Filipino seafar-ing labour. It situates these developments in two phases of seafaring labour migration, thereby clarifying the role of these international actors and their relationship with state and non-state actors. These international actors have influ-enced Philippine policy on seafaring labour and employ-ment, are vitally involved in assembling Filipino seafaring labour through their investment in maritime education and training and are determining Filipino seafarers' employabil-ity through their inspection of Philippine compliance with the STCW convention. Compliance with this international instrument mobilised the state to reshape the functioning of its agencies to revitalise its capacity as a sending state.

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Authors

Galam, Roderick

Oxford Brookes departments

School of Law and Social Sciences

Dates

Year of publication: 2022
Date of RADAR deposit: 2023-12-21

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