Services for Filipino Workers in Croatia Now Closer with Migrant Workers Office Vienna

DMW Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac addresses a question at the Filipino Community Town Hall Meeting in Zagreb. (Photo Credit: DMW)

VIENNA 30 October 2024 – Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac announced the opening of the new Migrant Workers Office (MWO) attached to the Philippine Embassy in Vienna. MWO Vienna will serve Filipinos in Croatia, Austria, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia, particularly on contract verification and employer accreditation. Croatia was previously under the jurisdiction of the MWO in Milan, a seven-hour drive from Zagreb.

Services for Filipino migrant workers in Croatia will now be closer with the opening of the MWO in Vienna. This was announced by Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac at the Filipino community town hall meeting in Zagreb last 02 October 2024 organized by the DMW and the Philippine Embassy in Vienna.

Senior-level Philippine government officials joined the DMW secretary at the town hall meeting, including DMW Undersecretary Patricia Yvonne Caunan and Administrator Arnell Ignacio of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Philippine Honorary Consul General to Zagreb Davor Štern, a.h. and officials from the Philippine Embassy in Vienna participated in the event.

During the town hall meeting, Filipinos were also briefed on the services of MWO Vienna as well as migrant workers’ privileges under OWWA and Social Security System (SSS) programs. END

Consul General Davor Štern delivers the opening remarks at the Filipino Community Town Hall Meeting in Zagreb (Photo Vienna PE)

Administrator Arnel Ignacio shares the programs of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration during the Town Hall meeting in Zagreb (Photo Vienna PE)

For more information, visit https://www.viennape.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philippine-embassy.at or https://www.facebook.com/PHinAustria, or https://www.instagram.com/phinaustria/.