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First Meeting of the Working Groups of the XVIII IACML

Place and Date : Bridgetown, Barbados - September 17 to 19, 2014
Venue: Hilton Barbados Resort - Needham's Point, St. Michael

In compliance with the Calendar of Activities for 2014-2015 of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML), the following events took place consecutively:

• RIAL Workshop “Social Dialogue for formalization” : September 17

• First Meeting of the Working Groups of the XVIII IACML: September 18 and 19


Objectives:

1) WG meetings - Continue the discussion on the topics and tasks assigned by the Declaration and Plan of Action of Medellin 2013 to the Working Groups of the IACML:

Working Group 1: “Employment as a pillar in the quest for equality and development”

Working Group 2: “Institutional strengthening for the protection of workers’ rights and the promotion of social dialogue”
 

2) RIAL Workshop - Hold a dialogue at the Americas level on the decisions made at the 103rd Session of the International Labour Conference, exchange information on policies and programs and determine actions to take at the hemispheric level to achieve the progressive formalization of informality.

DOCUMENTS

• Final Report WG1
• Final Report WG2
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Recommendations to address the phenomenon of informality  - resulting from the RIAL Workshop "Social Dialogue for Formalization"
• Calendar of Activities 2014-2015 of the IACML
• Report of  Activities of the RIAL 2006-2014
• Financial situation of the RIAL up to 2014
• Terms of Reference of the study on agreements on Social Security
• Proposal of inter-sectoral event of Social Protection and Employment
• Proposal of exchange on Labor Inspection
• Results of the 7th Call for Proposals for RIAL Bilateral Cooperation

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• Declaration of Medellin, adopted in the XVIII IACML
• Declaration of COSATE and CEATAL to the XVIII IACML, concerning informal economy
• Declaration of Asunción for the 44th General Assembly of the OAS: "Development with Social Inclusion"
• Recommendations from the Americas to the III Global Child Labor Conference
• Inequality and Social Inclusion in the Americas

PRESENTATIONS

Meeting of Working Group 1: “Employment as a pillar in the quest for equality and development”

• Guatemala. Elsa Marina Avalos, Vice Minister for Labor Administration, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare

• Costa Rica. Enrique Sánchez, Advisor to the Minister of Labor and Social Security

Meeting of Working Group 2: “Institutional Strengthening for the Protection of Workers' Rights and the Promotion of Social Dialogue"

• ILO. Gerardina Gonzalez-Marroquin, Deputy Director for Management, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean - Presentation on Regional  initiative launched after the III GCCL in 2013

• Ecuador. Alejandra Maya, Director of International Relations, Ministry of Labor Relations

• OAS. State of Voluntary Contribution Fund, activities and communications strategy by Maria Claudia Camacho, RIAL Coordinator and Carolina Ahumada, Labor program officer, Labor and Employment Section, DHDEE/SEDI

• Bahamas. Althea Albury, Deputy Director of Labour, Ministry of Labour and National Insurance

TRAVEL INFORMATION

• Information Bulletin
• Visa requirements
• Immunizations

PRESS COVERAGE

 • OAS
 • Colombia
 • Guatemala
 • International Organization of Employers(IOE)

 To view the photo gallery for these meetings, click here. To see Tweets from the meetings, visit www.twitter.com/RIAL_OEA