The International Organization for Migration, the Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and SMC are cooperating on a research project that will review the Philippine government’s policy on the direct hiring of Filipino workers for overseas employment. Findings from the policy research will be used as basis for the development of Risk Assessment and Due Diligence Guidelines for overseas Filipino workers and foreign employers. The project was launched on 8 February 2019. Data collection is underway.