Alice Abreu

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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)
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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 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

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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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Education, Science and Technology Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development
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