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RIAL - Cooperation Fund

Call for Proposals of the RIAL Cooperation Fund:

•  First Call for Proposals - 2007 >>

•  Second Call for Proposals - 2008 >>

•  Third Call for Proposals - 2009 >>

•  Fourth Call for Proposals - 2010 >>

Third Call for Proposals

The Third Call for Proposals of the RIAL Cooperation Fund was opened from January 15, 2009 to March 12, 2009.

Consult here the General guidelines of the Third Call for Proposals and the Selected and Scheduled Proposals

During this call, 47 proposals were received from 18 Ministries of Labor of the region. The high quality of the proposals made of the evaluation process and interesting and enriching exercise.

The following 20 cooperation activities were selected from the proposals received:

On-site visit from Argentina to the United States
Theme: Youth employment services
Place: Washington D.C. – December 7 to 10, 2009


Visit by experts from the Bahamas to the United States
Theme: Occupational health and safety
Place: On planning


On-site visit from Belize to Jamaica
Theme: Public employment service
Place: Kingston, Jamaica – September 7 to 11, 2009


On-site visit from Belize to Trinidad and Tobago
Theme: Occupational health and safety
Place: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago – March 15 to 19, 2010

  • Brief Description -  pending
  • Final Report -  pending

On-site visit from Chile to the United States
Theme: Improvement of the enforcement of labor laws / National Call Center
Place: Washington D.C. – September 20 to October 1, 2009


On-site visit from Colombia to Brazil
Theme: Social dialogue and freedom of association
Place: Brasilia and Sao Paulo, Brazil – September 21 to 25 de, 2009


On-site visit from Costa Rica to Uruguay
Theme: Enforcement of labor legislation regarding children and youth
Place: Montevideo, Uruguay – November 16 to 20, 2009


Visit by experts from Peru to Ecuador
Theme: Certification and evaluation of labor competencies
Place: Quito, Ecuador – November 9 to 13, 2009


On-site visit from El Salvador to Chile
Theme: National Employment Network
Place: On planning


On-site visit from Guatemala and Paraguay to Argentina
These activities have joined in one
Theme: Strengthening of the Labor Statistics Unit in the Ministry of Labor
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina – November 30 to December 4, 2009


On-site visit from Guyana to Barbados
Theme: Occupational health and safety
Place: Bridgetown, Barbados – October 5 to 9, 2009


On-site visit from Haiti to the United States
Theme: Occupational health and safety
Place: On planning


Visit by experts from Honduras to Argentina
Theme: Enterprise demography and employment dynamics
Place: Suspended


Visit by experts from Mexico a Canada
Theme: Occupational health and safety – Safe Work Program
Place: Mexico City - March 29 to 31, 2010

  • Brief Description - pending
  • Final Report - pending

On-site visit from Nicaragua and Paraguay to Brazil
These activities have joined in one

Theme: Public employment system
Place: Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil – October 19 to 23, 2009


On-site visit from Panama to Argentina
Theme: Public employment service
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina – September 20 to 25, 2010



Visit by experts from Peru to Chile
Theme: Employment service - new technologies
Place: On planning


On-site visit from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Canada
Theme: Occupational health and safety
Place: Winnipeg, Canada – October 20 to 22, 2009