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Second Meeting of the Working Groups of the XVII IACML

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Place and Date

Place and Date : Nassau, The Bahamas, April 16 to 19, 2013
Venue: British Colonial Hilton Hotel, One Bay Street, PO Box N-7148, Nassau

 In compliance with the Calendar of Activities for 2012-2013 of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) , the following events took take place consecutively:

• RIAL Workshop “Towards fairer labor conditions: promoting labor inclusion with equity” :  April 16

• Second Meeting of the Working Groups: April 17 and 18

• First Preparatory Meeting of the XVIII IACML : April 19

Objectives:

1) To explore in greater depth the themes identified in the San Salvador Plan of Action, adopted in the XVII IACML in 2011, to facilitate the exchange of experiences, to provide relevant information and studies, and to follow up on related hemispheric initiatives.

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

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

2) Begin the preparatory process towards the XVIII IACML with the discussion of the Theme and Work Schedule of the Conference that will take place in Medellín, Colombia, on November 11 and 12, 2013.
 

• Final Report WG1
• Final Report WG2

DOCUMENTS

• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Information Bulletin
• IACML Calendar of Activities 2012-2013
• Report of the RIAL 2006 – 2013
• Results of the RIAL's 6th Call for Proposals for Bilateral Cooperation
• Summary of the Third Hemispheric Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety - RIAL
• Proposals of the Americas to the III Global Child Labor Conference (GCLC) resulting from the RIAL workshop against Child Labor 


PRESENTATIONS

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

Panel 1 – Coherence of labor, economic and education policies – employment at the center of economic policies

Introductory presentation
Brazil. Mario Barbosa, Special Advisor on International Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Employment

CEATAL. John Craig, Alternate Representative of CEATAL and Canadian Employers Council Lawyer
•Remarks

Panel 2 – The labor component of the Social Charter of the Americas, as a new hemispheric reference in social policy

The Social Charter and its labor component. Evelyn Jacir de Lovo, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, SEDI, OAS
•Presentation

Panel 3 – Strategies to reduce poverty and inequality

Introductory presentation to include current data on poverty, inequality, and discrimination linkages and groups most impacted:

IACHR. Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, in charge of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit of the IACHR and Rapporteur on the Rights of Afro-descendants and against Racial Discrimination

ILO. Elizabeth Tinoco, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
•Presentation

Panel 4 – Advancements on gender mainstreaming in the Ministries of Labor

Introductory presentations:
OAS, in partnership with ILO. Evelyn Jacir de Lovo, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, SEDI, OAS
•Presentation

Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM). Maria Celina Conte, CIM Gender Specialist
•Presentation

Comments from 2 countries that have participated in the Participatory Gender Audits exercise:

Barbados. Victor Felix, Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner, Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development

El Salvador. Oscar Morales, Vice-Minister of Labor, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare

Panel 5 – Other relevant topics of WG1

Support to Haiti – Support from the Ministry of Labor of Jamaica to the Ministry of Labor of Haiti under the RIAL
o Carolina Ahumada, Consultant, Dept. Social Development and Employment, SEDI, OAS
o Michael Kennedy, Chief Director, Industrial Relations, Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica
•Presentation


Meeting of Working Group 2 "Strengthen Ministries of Labor to promote Decent Work and Social Inclusion"

Panel 1 – Labor inspection and enforcement of labor legislation

Introductory presentation by the ILO. Rainer Pritzer, Specialist on Social Dialogue and Labor Administration, ILO Office for the Caribbean
•Presentation

Experiences and comments from Ministries of Labor:

Jamaica. Michael Kennedy, Director of Industrial Relations, Ministry of Labour and Social Security

Colombia. Gloria Ospina, General Secretary, Ministry of Labor
•Presentation

Dominican Republic. Valentin Herrera, Director of Labor, Ministry of Labor

Panel 2 – Update on the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL)

Presentation from the OAS – Activity and financial report by Evelyn Jacir de Lovo, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, SEDI, OAS and Carolina Ahumada, Consultant, Department of Social Development and Employment, SEDI, OAS
•Presentation

Panel 3 – Occupational Health and Safety

Introductory presentation on current situation and follow-up on RIAL Workshops on the issue by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). Julietta Rodriguez, Regional Advisor on Workers’ Health
•Presentation

Experiences and comments from Ministries of Labor:
Peru. Sylvia Caceres, Vice Minister of Labor, Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion
•Presentation

Bahamas. Harcourt Brown, Director of Labour, Ministry of Labour and National Insurance

Panel 4 – Child Labor – Results from the RIAL workshop and recommendations for the Global Child Labor Conference

Costa Rica. Eugenio Solano, Vice Minister of Labor

El Salvador. Oscar Morales, Vice Minister of Labor