ENRIQUE BR

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BY ENRIQUE BRÚ DIRECTOR, SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE
FOR CENTRAL AMERICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI,
AND PANAMA
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Objectives

• Operationalise the Decent Work concept.
• Provide an appropriate statistical basis for the
  formulation of national Decent Work strategies
  and programmes.
• Display for each country the current trends,
  broken down for the different dimensions of
  Decent Work.

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1. Operationalisation of the Decent Work
concept

• Indicators have been formulated along the six
  Decent Work conditions as formulated in

Decent Work is defined as all work situations
or occupations which are productive, justly
remunerated and are subject to conditions of
freedom, equity and security, and respect human
dignity.  
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2. Provide an appropriate statistical basis for
the formulation of national Decent Work
strategies and programmes

• The indicators focus on the provision of national
  time-series, rather than international
  comparison-making, resulting in more available
  data being used.
• The indicators follow international methodology
  standards, such as applied by the ILO in general
  and the KILM in particular.
• The data collected are in conformity with
  official statistics.

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3. Display for each country the current trends,
broken down for different facets of Decent Work

• Although not all countries have data available
  for all indicators, all countries and indicators
  are sufficiently covered in order to present a
  Decent Work trends matrix for all countries.

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Example of a Decent Work trends matrix
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• The Decent Work trends matrix can also be made
  for each individual indicator, allowing for a
  detailed look at the Decent Work trends of a
  particular country.

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The Indicator Database

• is a combined effort of all MDT specialists and
  ILO projects in the sub-region
• is technically and financially supported by
  INTEGRATION, STAT and TRENDS
• consist of 52 indicators
• contains data for 10 countries, from 1990 to
  2002
• also contains methodology documentation and
  explanations
• is available online on http//www.oit.or.cr/estad

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on Internet, forms for each indicator
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on Internet results just a click away
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BY ENRIQUE BRÚ DIRECTOR, SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE
FOR CENTRAL AMERICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI,
AND PANAMA