GALLERY OF PICTURES

RESULTS

During two days of work, the meeting of Working Groups of the XIX IACML and the First Preparatory of the XX IACML were held consecutively. The following are the main results:

• Participation of 17 delegations of Ministries of Labor, representatives of workers and employers, grouped in COSATE and CEATAL, and specialists from international organizations including the ILO, IOM, UNICEF, World Bank and CISS.
• Agreement on the Agenda of the XX IACML, to be held in Barbados from December 7 to 8, 2017, with the theme "Building on our achievements and advancing toward social justice, decent work and sustainable development in the Americas."The approved agenda can be consulted here"
• Analysis and exchange of experiences (programs and policies) from the Ministries of Labor, as well as perspectives from social actors and international organizations on issues of the highest priority for the region, such as: the transition from the informal economy to the formal economy, youth employment, labor inclusion of people with disabilities, effective enforcement of labor legislation, combating child labor and consideration of its linkages with social protection. The Report of the meeting will include lessons and policy recommendations from the experiences presented in each topic.
• Follow-up to the study "Analysis of bilateral and multilateral social security agreements as they relate to pensions". The CISS informed that it is developing the database of agreements requested by the Plan of Action of Cancun and reiterated its commitment to continue working with the IACML in the protection of migrant workers. The database is funded and coordinated by the CISS in partnership with the OAS and the Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS).
• Begin the planning of the RIAL Workshop on Labor Migration, to be held from July 13 to 14, 2017 in San José, Costa Rica. It will be organized in partnership between the Ministry of Labor of Costa Rica, the OAS, the ILO, the IOM, and CISS.
• Presentation of the results of the Inter-sectoral Workshop on Youth Employment, held in December 2016 in Brasilia, which brought together officials from the Ministries of Education and Labor, at the regional level for the first time. The document of conclusions is open to comments from the participants to the workshop.

• Financial and activity report of the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL). The Secretariat emphasized that the RIAL continues to show excellent results and invited Ministries to increase their contributions to ensure sustainability.
• Launching of the new website of the RIAL, more interactive and agile, with new sections and search engines. You can visit it clicking here

  PRESENTATIONS:

• Agenda

• Information Guide

• Calendar of Activities 2016-2017

• Results 10th Call RIAL

• Report RIAL 2006-2017

• Results Workshop on Youth Employment

• List of Participants

 

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS




• Declaration of Cancun, adopted in the XIX IACML

• Plan of Action of Cancun, adopted in the XIX IACML

• Declaration of COSATE and CEATAL to the XIX IACML 

PRESENTATIONS:

Meeting of Working Group 1: “Integrated public policies for productive employment and decent work with social inclusion”"

Panel 1: Transition from the informal to the formal economic

• OAS Maria Claudia Camacho, Chief, Labor and Employment Section, Department of Human Development, Education and Employment, SEDI.
• ILO Senior Social Protection Specialist, Technical Support Team on Decent Work, and ILO Country Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America.
• COLOMBIA Carlos Manuel Campo, Technical Deputy Director, Ministry of Labor of Colombia.
• MEXICO Alejandra Medina, Deputy Coordinator of Hemispheric Labor Policy, Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare.
• GUYANA Harold Keith Scott, Minister of Labor within the Ministry of Social Protection.
• COSATE Marta Pujadas, President of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council.
• CEATAL Lorena Segovia, Delegate of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters.

Panel 2: Labor equality, elimination of employment discrimination and labor inclusion of vulnerable groups – focus on youth and people with disabilities

SUB-PANEL: Youth

• OAS Maria Claudia Camacho, Chief, Labor and Employment Section, Department of Human Development, Education and Employment, SEDI.
• World Bank Truman Packard, Lead Economist of the Protection and Labor Global Practice.
• ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Vance Winkworth Amory, Minister of Nevis Affairs, Labour, Social Security and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
• PARAGUAY María Victoria Diesel, Technical Secretary of the National System of Labor Training (SINAFOCAL).

SUB-PANEL: People with disabilities

• CHILE Eliel Hasson, Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Social Prevision.

Meeting of Working Group 2: “Institutional strengthening to protect workers’ and employers’ rights and promote cooperation”

Panel 1: Strengthen enforcement of labor laws and regulations, beyond labor inspection

• ILO Humberto Villasmil, Specialist in Labor Legislation and International Labor Standards, Technical Support Team on Decent Work and ILO Country Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America.
• BARBADOS Mark Franklin, Chief Research and Planning Officer, Ministry of Labour, Social Security, and Human Resource Development.
• COSATE Marta Pujadas, President of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council.
• CEATAL Lorena Segovia, Delegate of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters.

Panel 2: child labor and social protection

• ILO Pablo Casalí, Specialist in Social Security, Technical Support Team on Decent Work, ILO Country Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America
• UNICEF Regina Castillo, UNICEF Representative in Paraguay.
• ARGENTINA Fernando Sanchís, Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina, Venue of the 4th World Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labor.
• PARAGUAY Natalia Sosa, Director General of Children and Adolescents, Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security.

Panel 3: Strengthening labor administrations: the Inter-american Network for Labor Administration (RIAL)

• RIAL/OAS General overview about the RIAL and launching of the new website, in charge of Maria Claudia Camacho, RIAL Coordinator and Alejandra Ospina, Program Officer.
• Financial Status of the RIAL María Claudia Camacho, Coordinator of the RIAL.