Meeting of Working Group 2 – Building the Capacity of Labor Ministries 

Labor Administration and Sustainability of Cooperation Projects

• Status report on the Permanent Portfolio of Consolidated Programs of national labor administration policies and programs, by Maria Claudia Camacho, Specialist of the Office of Education, Science and Technology of the OAS

•  Presentation
•  Consolidated Programs Submission Form

• Status report on horizontal cooperation activities, by Leonardo Neves, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO-IACML Project, Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean , ILO

•  Document
•  Powerpoint presentation

Skills Certification

Progress report of the Virtual Course on Skills Certification, based on the Mexican System of Standardization and Certification of Skills, by Maria Claudia Camacho, Specialist, Office of Education, Science and Technology of the OAS

Promotion of the ILO Declaration

• ILO Document: Strategy to promote the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

•  Document
•  Powerpoint presentation, by Maria Luz Vega,ILO Specialist

Child Labor

• Presentation from the Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN), by Mr. Alejandro Bonasso, Executive Director a.i. of the IIN

• Progress report on best practices in the Americas to eliminate child labor, by Eduardo Araujo, Regional Specialist in Child Labor of the ILO

Labor Relations

• ILO Documento: Good practices in Labor Relations in the Americas (only available in Spanish)

Occupational Health and Safety

• Status report on the progress of the Strategic Alliance Working Group of the ministries of Health, Labor, Education, and Environment toward the 14 th IACML and the 4 th Summit , by Sofialeticia Morales, Advisor of PAHO

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

• Update on follow-up to commitment of the Inter-American Development Bank at the Extraordinary Summit of the Americas to increase its lending to micro, small and medium enterprises, by Sarah Xavier, Ministry of Labour and Employment of Brazil (only available in Spanish)

• Status report on the portfolio of permanent programs to support micro enterprises, by Francisco Pilotti, Chief of Division of the Office of Education, Science and Technology of OAS

• The Chilean experience with incentive programs for micro and small enterprises, by Carlos Calderón, Manager, Chile Emprende (only available in Spanish)

• The experience of the Fondo de Fomento y Garantía para el Consumo de los Trabajadores (FONACOT) of Mexico , by the Secretariat for Labor and Social Prevision of Mexico (only available in Spanish)

Draft of Working Group 2 Report