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First Working Groups Meeting within the framework of the XVII IACML

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Place and Date


Place and Date : Washington D.C., October 9 to 11, 2012
Venue: Rubén Darío Room, 8th Floor, OAS Headquarters, 1889 F St. NW, Washington D.C.

In compliance with the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) Calendar of Activities for 2012-2013, the following events took place consecutively at OAS Headquarters in Washington D.C.:

• First Working Groups Meeting of the XVII IACML: October 9 to 10
• RIAL Seminar on Freedom of Association: October 11

Objectives:

1) Continue the discussion on the topics and tasks assigned by the 1) Continue the discussion on the topics and tasks assigned by the Declaration and Plan of Action of El Salvador 2011 to the Working Groups of the IACML:

• Working Group 1: “Sustainable Development with Decent Work for a new era of Social Justice”, and

• Working Group 2: “Strengthen Ministries of Labor to Promote Decent Work and Social Inclusion”.

2) Deepen the discussion and exchange experiences on promoting respect for freedom of association and collective bargaining within the hemisphere.

Participants:

• Representatives from the Ministries of Labor of the OAS Member States
• Representatives from the Permanent Missions to the OAS of Member States
• Workers’ and employers’ representatives grouped in COSATE and CEATAL
• Representatives from international organizations relevant to the IACML process and other special guests


FINAL REPORTS

• Working Group 1

• Working Group 2

 

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

• Final Agenda

• List of Participants

• Information Guide


PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS


Working Group 1 meeting: "Sustainable development with Decent Work for a new era of Social Justice”

Panel 1 - Job creation: the role of Ministries of Labor

Presentation from Brazil by the Moderator

Presentation from the World Bank on the “World Development Report on Jobs”. Samuel Freije-Rodriguez, Senior Economist, Social Protection Unit
• Presentation
• "World Development Report on Jobs" 

Presentation from ILO about the role of labor administrations in job creation. Fernando García Granara, Office of Labor Institutional Development, ILO Office in Costa Rica

Remarks from the Ministry of Labor and Employment of Perú. Edgar Quispe, Deputy Minister of Employment


Panel 2 - Youth Employment

Introductory presentation by OAS. Evelyn Jacir de Lovo, Director of the Department of Social Development and Employment

Results and recommendations of the G-20 Taskforce on Youth Employment. Eduardo Velasquillo, Sub-coordinator of Hemispheric Labor Policy, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico
• Presentation
• Conclusions of the Ministers of Labor of the G-20 and the G-20 Taskforce on Youth Employment

Actions to follow after the ILC/ILO in the area of youth employment. Erick Zeballos, Deputy Director, ILO Office in Washington, D.C.
• Presentation

Remarks from the Ministry of Justice and Labor of Paraguay. María Lorena Segovia Azucas, Minister of Justice and Labor


Panel 3 - Green Jobs

Presentation about Rio + 20. Raquel Aparecida de Carvalho Oliveira, Chief of Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Labor and Employment of Brazil
• Presention

Presentation about the concept, definitions, opportunities and threats of “green jobs”. Jonathan T. Rothwell, Ph. D., Senior Research Associate & Associate Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Comments from COSATE. Eulogia Familia, Vice Chair of COSATE and Representative of CNUS Dominican Republic

Remarks by USDOL. Robert Shepard, Director Office of International Relations

Remarks by Barbados. Victor Felix, Assistant Chief Labour Officer


Panel 4 - Other relevant topics of WG 1

Gender mainstreaming in the Ministries of Labor, update from OAS. María Claudia Camacho, Labor Specialist, DSDE and Maria Celina Conte, Specialist, Inter-American Commission for Women (CIM)
• Presentation
• Summary of activities carried out by OAS through the IACML

National initiatives – I National Conference on Employment and Decent Work of Brazil and other. Mario Barbosa, Special Advisor on International Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Employment of Brazil

Small Businesses Network of the Americas launched during the Summit of Americas. U.S. Department of State. Brett Hamsik, Assistant Summit Coordinator

 

Working Group 2 meeting: "Strengthen Ministries of Labor to Promote Decent Work and Social Inclusion”


Panel 1 - Labor cooperation and its contribution to institutional strengthening

General presentation on labor cooperation in the region by OAS. María Claudia Camacho, Labor Specialist, DSDE
• Presentation

Remarks by Costa Rica. Ana Lucía Blanco, Advisor to the Minister of Labor on International Cooperation
• Presentation

Remarks by Canada. José-Carlos Bazán, Senior Policy Analyst,Bilateral and Regional Labour Affairs, Labor Program
• Presentation

Report on the RIAL by the OAS: the building of a collective undertaking – advancements, new products, future activities. María Claudia Camacho, Labor Specialist and RIAL Coordinator and Carolina Ahumada, Consultant, DSDE
• Presentation
• Report of the RIAL 2006 - 2012

Remarks by the Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development of Trinidad and Tobago

• Power Point Presentation


Panel 2 - The demand for talent and the role of employment services

Presentation of the report “Global Talent 2021 – How the new geography of talent will transform human resource strategies”.
Debra D’Agostino, Editorial Director, Thought Leadership, Oxford Economics.
• Presentation
• Study “Global Talent 2021 – How the new geography of talent will transform human resources strategies”

Presentation “Putting jobs on a fast track in Latin America and the Caribbean” by IDB. Jacqueline Mazza, Lead Labor Markets Specialist

• Presentation

Presentation about skills and employment services, by ILO. Fernando García Granara, Labor Institutional Development Officer, ILO Office in Costa Rica

Remarks by the Ministry of Labor and Employment of Perú. Edgar Quispe, Deputy Minister of Employment

 • Presentation

Remarks by USDOL
. Pam Frugoli, Occupational Information Network (O*NET)/Competency Assesment Team Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Technical Administration (ETA)
• Presentation


Panel 3 - Other relevant topics of WG 2

Contents and objectives of RIAL Workshop on “Child Labor” (scheduled for 2013). Javier Rivas, Director of International Relations of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of El Salvador
• Presentation
• Proposal for RIAL Workshop on "Child Labor"

Contents and objectives of RIAL Workshop on “Fairer conditions in the workplace and non-discrimination” (scheduled for 2013). Proposal presented by the Moderator, Harcourt Brown, Bahamas
• Proposal for RIAL Workshop on "Fairer Labor Conditions"

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CONSULTATION DOCUMENTS

• Calendar of Activities of the IACML 2012-2013 

• Working Group 1 Final Report to the XVII IACML

• Working Group 2 Final Report to the XVII IACML

• Compilation: Answers to Guiding Questions - Working Group 1

• Compilation: Answers to Guiding Questions - Working Group 2

• Guidelines of the Voluntary Contributions Fund for the RIAL

• Navigation Guidelines of the Portfolio of Programs of the RIAL

• "Health in the Green Economy"- Pan-American Health Organization, 2012

• Collaboration beyond boundaries -Inter-American Networks (new publication)