Status
Active
Start
1963
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Since 1963 the Ministers of Labor of the OAS Member States gather periodically in this Conference to define policy priorities and actions.

At each Conference, labor authorities approve a Declaration and a Plan of Action, which reflect the broad consensus around current priorities and strategies to address structural and emerging employment challenges in the region. Reviewing these Declarations and Plans of Action helps identify global and regional trends, transformations, areas of opportunity and challenges for the world of work, and provides a historical overview for labor administrations and how they have evolved over time.

In the framework of the IACML, Ministers of Labor, with the input from workers’ and employers’ organizations, establish the Americas’ position, vision, and recommendations on global trends and challenges. Thus, the Conference is an opportunity to build a regional agenda that allows the Americas to interact in the global context with greater impact.

The IACML works under the leadership of the troika, conformed by its past, present and future Chairs.

Also, the IACML has two Working Groups, which are equivalent to an Inter-American Committee. The objective of the Working Groups is to provide advice to the IACML, discuss in great depth the topics identified in the Plans of Action, facilitate the exchange of experiences, provide information and relevant studies, follow up on related hemispheric initiatives, and guide the future work of the Conference.


Objectives
  • Build regional consensus on labor and employment matters
  • Establish hemispheric plans of action to respond to labor priorities and challenges
  • Define national and regional commitments
  • Facilitate dialogue, at a regional level, among governments, workers and employers on employment dynamics, labor rights, structural challenges, and emerging issues of the world of work in the Americas
  • Provide guidance and define priorities to the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL)


Activities
  • Meeting of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) every 3 years
  • Meetings of the Working Groups of the IACML every 2 or 3 years
  • Preparatory Meetings of the IACML
  • Virtual Forum to negotiate the draft Declaration and Plan of Action


More Results
Results
Ongoing dialogue of workers (COSATE) and private sector (CEATAL)
National and regional commitments established to create more and better jobs.
With 60+ years of experience, it’s the top forum for regional dialogue on employment dynamics, labor rights, structural challenges, and trends.
Ongoing dialogue and cooperation through the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL).
Beneficiary Countries
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Argentina
Barbados
Barbados
Belize
Belize
Bolivia
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil
Canada
Canada
Chile
Chile
Colombia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Cuba flag
Cuba
Dominica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ecuador
El Salvador
El Salvador
Grenada
Grenada
Guatemala
Guatemala
Guyana
Guyana
Haiti
Haiti
Honduras
Honduras
Jamaica
Jamaica
Mexico
Mexico
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Panama
Panama
Paraguay
Paraguay
Peru
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Suriname
The Bahamas
The Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
United States of America
Uruguay
Uruguay
Venezuela
Venezuela
Team
Maria Claudia Camacho
Technical Secretary of the IACML
Mariana del Carmen Vieyra
Consultant and technical support
Strategic Partners