Alice Abreu

Director, Office of Education, Science and Technology (OEST)

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (ESID)

Second Meeting of IACML Working Groups

Buenos Aires, April 11th - 13th, 2005

Presentation of Workshop on“Innovation and Decent Work”

for COSATE and CEATAL Buenos Aires, March 7th and 8th, 2005

Great Challenge and opportunity for

the IACML in 2005:

IV Summit of the Americas: “Creating Employment to confront Poverty and Strengthen

Democratic Governance”

• Represents a great opportunity to reorient priorities and actions

• It implies a great challenge – To achieve the active participation of the IACML in the process towards the Summit and to guarantee inclusion of social actors

The common objective of activities of the IACML must be: Assure that the Labor Ministries, COSATE and

CEATAL make substantive contributions to Summit process

Great Challenge and opportunity for

the IACML in 2005:

IV Summit of the Americas:“Creating Employment to confront Poverty and Strenghten

Democratic Governance”

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WGs AND PREPARATORY

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WORKSHOP ON “INNOVATION AND DECENT

WORK” COSATE AND

CEATAL

PLANNING MTG. XIV IACML

WORKSHOP ON DECENT WORK AND

IACML PREPARATORY

MTG.

IACML Activities:

SIRGSIRG and

Gral. As.

SIRG IV SUMMIT

Summit Activities:

Key Messages for the Summit

(SIRG June)

WG’s Draft Report

WG’s Final Report

(SIRG Sept.)

Working Groups 1 and 2 Meeting Buenos Aires, April 11 - 13, 2005

Group I Meeting

Labor Dimensions of Summit of the Americas

Process

President: Argentina

Vice-president: United States

Group II Meeting

Building the Capacity of Labor Ministries

President: El Salvador

Vice-president: Canada

Joint Meeting

Common topics regarding cooperation mechanisms

and proposals

First Preparatory Meeting

Discussion of the drafts of the XIV IACML Declaration

and Action Plan

Meeting of Working Groups 1 and 2 Buenos Aires, April 11 - 13, 2005

Group I Meeting

Labor Dimensions of Summit of the Americas

Process

Group II Meeting

Building the Capacity of Labor Ministries

• The Impacts on Economic Integration and Trade on Labor and Employment

• Professional Training

• Gender Perspective in Labor Policies

• Informal Work

• Labor Administration and Sustainability of Cooperation Projects

• Skills Certification

• Promotion of the ILO Declaration (Child Labor and Labor Relations)

• Occupational Health and Safety

• Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Meeting of Working Groups 1 and 2

Buenos Aires, April 11 - 13, 2005Joint Meeting First Preparatory

Meeting

• Report on the Workshop “Innovation and Decent Work” for COSATE and CEATAL

• Proposals on the Inter-American Cooperation Mechanism for Professional Labor Administration

• Proposal on an Inter-American Mechanism to Promote Decent Work

• Links between Labor and Economic Policies

• Discussion of the First Proposal of the Declaration and Action Plan of Mexico

• Definition of key messages to be presented in the SIRG Meeting on June, 2005

• Great opportunity for workers and employers (gathered in COSATE and CEATAL) to make contributions to the discussions towards the IV Summit of the Americas.

• Main Objective: To elaborate a joint document of proposals, that was presented by COSATE and CEATAL representatives to the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) on March 10th , 2005.

Workshop “Innovation and Decent Work” COSATE and CEATAL

Buenos Aires, March 7th and 8th, 2005

Main Topics:1)Technology, Innovation and Growth with Employment 2)Decent Work and Gender Dimension 3)Competitiveness, Productivity and Social Dialogue 4)Competitiveness, Corporate Social Responsibility and Employers Organizations

Participants•20 Worker Unions and Employer Organizations •Representation of 11 countries from all Western Hemisphere sub-regions

Workshop “Innovation and Decent Work” COSATE and CEATAL

• Unique and fundamental role played by Workers and Employers’ Organizations in the definition of employment and labour policies.

Key Actors in the context of civil society, therefore deserve a privileged role in the discussions towards the Summit.

Workshop “Innovation and Decent Work” COSATE and CEATAL

Proposal presented to the SIRG (Main topics):

Life-long learning and professional training are key tools and shared responsibilities

Equity and Gender Dimension should be cross cutting component in analysis and action. Patterns of gender

segmentation should be avoided

• Corporate social responsibility is of interest for all actors involved. It has voluntary character and cannot redeem the State from its obligations.

• Innovation is a joint commitment of Employers, workers and governments.

• Call on SIRG to take into consideration these proposals.

Workshop “Innovation and Decent Work” COSATE and CEATAL

Strengthening tripartite social dialogue at national, regional and hemispheric level. Promotion of collective negotiation

Linkages between economic and social-labour policies.Ministries of Labour and their participation should be

strengthened.

Recommendations Document presented to the SIRG (some topics):

Technical Secretariat of the IACML

Office of Education, Science and Technology

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)

Organization of American States

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