US, Unilab Foundation link up to expand PHL’s skilled manufacturing labor force

Formalized last month, the P622-million ($10.6 million) linkage was made possible through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development Alliance (AMDev) aims to enhance the skills and resilience of the Philippine work force, enabling laborers to adapt to changes resulting from the adoption of automation, robotics and artificial intelligence in manufacturing.

Through AMDev, USAID and Unilab Foundation will offer apprenticeships, immersion programs and knowledge sharing to students and professors from a network of colleges and universities around manufacturing sites in the country. The project will also push for the academic recognition of its training programs to enable participants to pursue