Alice Abreu

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Presentation of Workshop on Innovation and
Decent Work for COSATE and CEATAL Buenos
Aires, March 7th and 8th, 2005
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
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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
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Great Challenge and opportunity for the IACML in
2005 IV Summit of the AmericasCreating
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
Sept
Oct
Aug
July
June
May
April
March
Feb
Jan
Nov
Summit Activities
IV SUMMIT
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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-preside
nt 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
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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

• 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

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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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Workshop Innovation and Decent Work COSATE and
CEATAL Buenos Aires, March 7th and 8th, 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.

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Workshop Innovation and Decent Work COSATE and
CEATAL

• Main Topics
• Technology, Innovation and Growth with Employment
  
• Decent Work and Gender Dimension
• Competitiveness, Productivity and Social Dialogue
  
• Competitiveness, Corporate Social Responsibility
  and Employers Organizations
• Participants
• 20 Worker Unions and Employer Organizations
• Representation of 11 countries from all Western
  Hemisphere sub-regions

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Workshop Innovation and Decent Work COSATE and
CEATAL
Proposal presented to the SIRG (Main topics)
Equity and Gender Dimension should be cross
cutting component in analysis and action.
Patterns of gender segmentation should be avoided
Life-long learning and professional training are
key tools and shared responsibilities
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Workshop Innovation and Decent Work COSATE and
CEATAL
Recommendations Document presented to the SIRG
(some topics)
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.

• 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.

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Technical Secretariat of the IACML Office of
Education, Science and Technology Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development
(SEDI) Organization of American
States http//www.oest.oas.org