1st. and 2nd. DAY: SEP 23 - 24

3rd. DAY:
SEP 25

4th. DAY:
SEP 26



AGENDA

September 23
Tuesday

10:00 - 19:00 Registration and delivery of credentials
Lobby del 2º Subsuelo

September 24
Wednesday
9:00 - 17:00 Registration and delivery of credentials
Lobby del 2º Subsuelo

9:00 - 13:00 TIME FOR PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
9:00 - 12:30 Meeting - Technical Permanent Commission for Labor Issues - COTPAL
Gregório de Matos Room

10:00 - 11:00 Meeting - Directing Commission of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Committee - COSATE
Zélia Gattai I Room

11:00 - 12:00 Meeting - Board of Directors of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters - CEATAL
Zélia Gattai II Room

12:00 - 13:00 Meeting - Board of Directors of COSATE and CEATAL
Gregório de Matos Room

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
Cais da Ribeira

14:30 - 16:00 Meeting - Ministers of Labor and members of COSATE and CEATAL (open to all participants)
Gregório de Matos Room

16:00 - 17:00 PREPARATORY SESSION FOR MINISTERS ONLY (Regulation Art. 28)
Gregório de Matos Room
a. Establishment of the order of precedence;
b. Decision on rules of procedure;
c. Decision on election of the Chairman of the Conference;
d. Decision on the agenda;
e. Decision on the Committee on Credentials and the Style Committee;
f. Decision on the working method and the makeup of working groups;
g. Deadline for the presentation of proposals;
h. Consideration of the distribution of documents by working groups and of the drafts that are not clearly related to the topics of the agenda;
i. Decision on the approximate duration of the Conference, and
j. Other business.

19:00 - 20:00 OPENING SESSION
Gregório de Matos Room

19:00 - 19:10 Welcome remarks by Her Excellency Mrs. Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labor of Canada and Chair pro tempore of the XII IACML


19:10 - 19:20


Address by His Excellency Mr. Cesar Gaviria, Secretary General of the Organization of American States - OAS
(only available in Spanish)
19:20 - 19:40 Address by His Excellency Mr. Juan Somavía, Director General of the International Labor Organization - ILO
19:40 - 19:50 Welcome remarks by His Excellency Mr. Jaques Wagner, Minister of Labor and Employment of Brazil and President of the XIII IACML
19:50 - 20:00 Welcome remarks by His Excellency Mr. Paulo Souto, Governorof the State of Bahia.
20:00 - 20:10 Welcome remarks by His Excellency Mr. José Alencar, acting President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
20:30 - 23:00 Reception Dinner
Praça Luís de Camões