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Second Meeting of Working Groups 1 and 2 in the framework of the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) April 11-13, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alice Abreu Director of the Office of Education, Science and Technology
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Second Meeting of Working Groups 1 and 2 in the framework of the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) April 11-13, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina Alice Abreu Director of the Office of Education, Science and Technology Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)
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
WORKSHOP ON DECENT WORK AND IACML PREPARATORY MTG. SIRG and Gral. As. SIRG SIRG WG’s Draft Report WG’s Final Report (SIRG Sept.) Key Messages for the Summit (SIRG June) Great Challengeand opportunity for the IACML in 2005: IV Summit of the Americas:“Creating Employment to confront Poverty and Strenghten Democratic Governance” IACML Activities: WORKSHOP ON “INNOVATION AND DECENT WORK” COSATE AND CEATAL WGs AND PREPARATORY MTG PLANNING MTG. XIV IACML Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Summit Activities: IV SUMMIT
Working Groups 1 and 2 Meeting Buenos Aires, April 11 - 13, 2005 Group II Meeting Building the Capacity of Labor Ministries President: El Salvador Vice-president: Canada Group I Meeting Labor Dimensions of Summit of the Americas Process President: Argentina Vice-president: United States 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 II Meeting Building the Capacity of Labor Ministries Group I Meeting Labor Dimensions of Summit of the Americas Process • 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 • The Impacts on Economic Integration and Trade on Labor and Employment • Professional Training • Gender Perspective in Labor Policies • Informal Work
Meeting of Working Groups 1 and 2 Buenos Aires, April 11 - 13, 2005 First Preparatory Meeting Joint Meeting • 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 • 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
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