EVOLUTION OF THEMES AND

MANDATES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN

CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR
(IACML)

December 5, 2019 – Quito, Ecuador

GENERAL COMMENTS

• Each IACML has a main theme and topics – They are the “seal” of each
Ministerial

• Priorities and historic context

• Main theme and topics guide: 1) Declaration and Plan of Action and 2)
debates during IACML

• Mandates in Declaration and Plan of Action guide actions:

- At the national level – Inside Ministries of Labor and their relationship with
other authorities
- At the Hemispheric level – Regional labor agenda (cooperation)
PRIORITY TOPICS

Theme:
“Building on our achievements and advancing towards Social Justice,
Decent Work and Sustainable Development in the Americas”

Three Topics: Working Groups:

1. Coordination Education – WG1: “Integrated public policies
Labor (Future of Work, Youth for productive employment and
Employment) decent work with social inclusion”

2. Agenda 2030 – DW, Social

Dialogue, Sustainable
Enterprises
3. Gender Mainstreaming and
Inclusion of Vulnerable
Populations
WG2: “Institutional strengthening
to promote and protect workers’
and employers’ rights and
obligations and foster
cooperation.”
 Institutional
XV Challenges Gender Social Youth
strengthening
2007 of DW perspective Dialogue Employment
Labor Min.

Coordination of
XVI Role of Labor Social Dialogue Social
policies – Emp -
2009 Min. addressing and Collective Protection
crisis
crisis Bargaining
XVII Employment to Construction of
2011 create strong fairer labor Child Labor
Economies conditions

XVIII Articulation of Employment Protecting workers

2013 economic and labor and Equity rights and Social
policies dialogue
XIX Education and Labor: Equity and Labor Labor
2015 Integrated policy-making Inclusion Migration
Coop - RIAL
Intersectoral coordination: Gender Equality Social dialogue,
XX
education, training, labor Vulnerable Pop. sustainable enterpr.
2017
2030 Agenda
 Institutional
XV Challenges Gender Social Youth
strengthening
2007 of DW perspective Dialogue Employment
Labor Min.

Coordination of
XVI Role of Labor Social Dialogue Social
policies – Emp -
2009 Min. addressing and Collective Protection
crisis
crisis Bargaining
XVII Employment to Construction of
2011 create strong fairer labor Child Labor
Economies conditions

XVIII Articulation of Employment Protecting workers

2013 economic and labor and Equity rights and Social
policies dialogue
XIX Education and Labor: Equity and Labor Labor
2015 Integrated policy-making Inclusion Migration
Coop - RIAL
Intersectoral coordination: Gender Equality Social dialogue,
XX
education, training, labor Vulnerable Pop. sustainable enterpr.
2017
2030 Agenda
TOPICS - TRENDS

• Intersectoral Coordination – Focused now on Education and Employment

– Related to Future of Work and Youth Employment

• Inclusion and equity in the labor market (fairer conditions) – In 2017

gender equity gains importance again
– Related to FPRW, non-discrimination

• Social Dialogue
– Related to labor law compliance, freedom of association, collective bargaining, labor
standards
– In 2017 linked to sustainable enterprises under 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development