| Place and date: Bridgetown, Barbados, September 17, 2026
Venue: Hilton Barbados Resort - Needham’s Point, St. Michael, Bridgetown, BB 11000, Barbados
This Workshop was organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Human Resource Development of Barbados and in compliance with the IACML Calendar of Activities for 2014-2015. On this occasion, the Workshop was followed by the First Meeting of the Working Groups of the XVIII IACML.
General objective: Hold a dialogue at the Americas level on the decisions made at the 103rd Session of the International Labour Conference, exchange information on policies and programs and determine actions to take at the hemispheric level to achieve the progressive formalization of informality.
DOCUMENTS
• Recommendations
• Agenda
• List of Participants
PRESENTATIONS
Guiding Framework
- OAS. Maria Claudia Camacho, Coordinator, Labor and Employment Section, Department of Human Development, Education and Employment, SEDI
- Argentina, WG1 Chair. Julio Rosales, Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security
- ILO. Juan Chacaltana, Regional Specialist in Labor Economics, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Panel – Strategies for Formalization in the Region
- United States. Patricia Davidson, Deputy Administrator for Program Operations, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor
- Paraguay. Cesar Segovia, Vice Minister of Labor, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security
- Colombia. Marcela Mosquera, Deputy Director for Labor Formalization, Ministry of Labor
- Brazil. Mauricio Gasparino da Silva, Director, Department of Labor Inspection, Ministry of Labor and Employment (Português)
- Barbados. (Part 2) Victor Felix, Deputy Chief Labour Officer, Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Human Resource Development
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