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Dr. Rene E. Ofreneo
Professor XII, University of the Philippines (UP)

Dr. Ofreneo is Professor XII and Former Dean of the
School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR), University of

the Philippines (UP). He has a Ph.D. in Labor and the Economy
(from UP), an MA in Industrial Relations (UP), a Diploma in De-

velopment Economics (UP), a Certificate in Training Methodology
(from ILO Turin) and an AB in Journalism (UP). He has been
teaching labor economics, human resources development and

labor relations since 1978.

Dr. Ofreneo served as Undersecretary for Labor Rela-

tions of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in
1997-98, at the height of the Asian financial crisis. During his
stint as Undersecretary, he personally handled a dozen strikes

and the registration of around 160 new unions. He is one of
the country’s most active voluntary arbitrators. He is an ar-

dent advocate of bipartite and tripartite social dialogue as the
means of resolving industrial conflicts in a win-win fashion. He
also espouses integrated human resources development as a

weapon in strengthening the industrial and agricultural sinews
of the Philippines. He contributed in the enactment of the

law instituting the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in
the early 1990s and in assisting the National Manpower Youth

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