SEDI / DSPP - Departamento de Seguimiento, Políticas y Programas

MISSION

Provide assistance to Member States on their efforts to advance on development with equity, through the promotion of policies and programs of poverty reduction, decent work and employment creation.

The DSDE fulfills its strategic objectives through activities integrated in the following areas:

• promotion of inter-American dialogue on social development, labor and employment; through the support of specialized political fora;

• promotion of partnership for development, especially horizontal cooperation activities based on the exchange of knowledge and experiences in planning and implementation of public policies;

• coordination of actions with other international organizations, scholars, private sector and civil society.

The Department was formally established on December 15, 2005 by Executive Order No. 05-13 of the General Secretary of the OAS, incorporating under its responsibility all of the activities in the areas of social development, work and employment which the OAS has been developing since its creation in 1948.
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POLITICAL FORA

• Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML)

• Ministerial and High Level Meetings of Social Development

• Inter-American Committee on Social Development (CIDES)

• Social Network for Latin America and the Caribbean

• Draft Social Charter of the Americas
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NEWS

Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL): cooperation mechanism among the Ministries of Labor of the region
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International Workshop: Learning Communities: The experience of the Program Puente – Chile Solidario
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Support and Promotion of Micro enterprises as a strategy to create employment and combat poverty
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