SEDI - DSDL - Department of Social Development and Labor

The RIAL Cooperation Fund was created in January 2007 with the purpose of financing cooperation activities among the Ministries of Labor of the Americas , making it possible for them to share and analyze practices, receive technical assistance and strengthen their programs and initiatives. The activities funded should have been identified and negotiated directly by the Ministries involved.

The Fund, through an open call for proposals, covers travel expenses for representatives of Ministries interested in participating in either on-site or expert visits. On-site visits allow participants to get first-hand information and observe in the field the operation of a certain program or management process, or understanding a successful practice directly in the implementing country. The experts visits, on the other hand, are technical assistance activities undertaken in the country that is requesting such guidance.

Calls for Proposals:

Second Call for Proposals- January, 2008

The Second Call for Proposals of the RIAL Cooperation Fund was opened from January 15, 2008 to March 15, 2008.
Consult here the General guidelines of the Second Call for Proposals.

During this Call, 61 proposals were received from 21 Ministries of Labor of the region. This call exceeded in quantity, quality and representation the first call undertaken in 2007.

20 cooperation activities were selected to take place in 2008.

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First Call for Proposals- January, 2008

The First Call for Proposals of the RIAL Cooperation Fund was opened from January 25, 2007 to March 15, 2007.
Consult here the General guidelines and First Call for Proposals.

In this First Call for Proposals, 28 applications for funding were received, of which 9 were complete, and 8 were selected. The details on the 8 activities selected are described below:

	• On-site visit from the Secretariat of Labor of Dominican Republic to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina Theme: Labor conciliation Place: Buenos Aires , Argentina Date: May 29 to 31, 2007
	• On-site visit from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Costa Rica to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina Theme: Alternative resolution of labor conflicts Place: Buenos Aires , Argentina Date: June 4 to 6, 2007
	• On-site visit from the Ministry of Justice and Labor of Paraguay to the Ministry of Labor and Employment of Brazil Theme: Re-organization of the ML of Paraguay Place : Brasilia and Sao Paulo , Brazil Date: July 23 to 27, 2007
	• On-site visit from the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina to the Ministry of Labor and Employment of Brazil Theme: Labor Inspection in maritime and fluvial activities Place: Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Date: August 6 to 10, 2007
	• Experts visit to the Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment of Peru from the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina Theme: National Plan for Work Regularization (addressing the informal sector) Place: Lima , Peru Date: August 6 to 10, 2007
	• On-site visit from the Ministry of Labor and Small and Micro Enterprise Development of Trinidad and Tobago to the Department of Labor of the United States Theme: Occupational Safety and Health Place : Washington , DC Date: September 17 to 21, 2007
	• Experts visit to the Secretariat of Labor of Dominican Republic from the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina (Second Phase) Theme: Labor conciliation Place: Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic Date: October 1 to 5, 2007
	• On-site visit from the Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment of Peru to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina (Second Phase) Theme: National Plan for Work Regularization (addressing the informal sector) Place: Buenos Aires , Argentina Date: October 8 to 12, 2007

Access the list of applications received and selected here.

This first call for proposals had two sources of funding:

1) The OAS, using resources provided by HRSDC for the RIAL.
2) The ILO, using resources from the USDOL-funded ILO project to support the IACML.

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