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Venue: Radisson Hotel, Room Zurqui 4
The workshop was organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Costa Rica and the Organization of American States (OAS) and follows up on the agreements of the Summit of the Americas and the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML), especially the Declaration of San Salvador from 2011, and had among its objectives:
Authorities and officers of 24 Ministries of Labor of the OAS Member States responsible for the area of child labor, workers’ and employers’ representatives grouped in COSATE and CEATAL as consultative bodies of the IACML/OAS, representatives from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and other international organizations and ciivil society relevant to eradication of child labor such as Fundación Telefónica, UNICEF and Care International. RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS III Global Child Labor Conference Presentation by Brazil, Leonardo Soares de Oliveira, Consultant from the Labor Inspection Secretariat of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Introductory Session - Child Labor: Injustice and obstacle to the progress of society adn to the integral development of children and adolescents Presentation by Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) - Víctor Giorgi, Coordinator of Area of Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights Remarks by ILO, Virgilio Levaggi, ILO Director for Central America Panel 1 - Role of the State in the prevention and elimination of child labor, successful strategies Remarks by Mexico, José Rubí Salazar, Undersecretary of Labor Inclusion, Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare Remarks by Jamaica, Marva Pringle-Ximinnies, Director of the Child Labour Unit, Ministry of Labour and Social Security Remarks by Colombia, Eduardo Bejarano, Director of Fundamental Labor Rights, Ministry of Labor Remarks by Costa Rica, Juan Manuel Cordero, Vice Minister of the Social Area, Ministry of Labor and Social Security Panel 2 – Experiences of inter-institutional coordination and articulation for the prevention and elimination of child labor Remarks by Argentina, Vanesa Fernanda Paz, Technical Team of the National Commission for the Eradication of Child Labor, Min. of Labor, Employment and Social Security Remarks by United States, Marcia Eugenio, Director of the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Affairs; and George Victory, District Director, Columbus, Ohio District Office, Department of Labor Remarks by Ecuador, María del Carmen Velasco, Manager of the Eradication of Child Labor Project, Ministry of Labor Relations Panel 3 – The role of employers, workers and civil society in the prevention and elimination of child labor Remarks by CEATAL, Shane Todd, Canadian Employers Council Lawyer, representing the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters (CEATAL) Presentation by COSATE, Marta Pujadas, Vice President Remarks by Fundación Telefónica Colombia, Claudia Aparicio, Executive Director PANEL 4 – Work in subgroups - Recommendations to accelerate progress towards the elimination of child labor and its worst forms Remarks by OAS – Evelyn Jacir de Lovo, Director of Social Development and Employment CLOSING SESSION DOCUMENTS TO CONSULT
Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016 (The Hague, 2010) Statement of Commitments of Ministries of Labor of Central America, Belize, Panama and Dominican Republic (Panama City, August 8, 2026) ILO Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
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RIAL Hemispheric Workshop "Moving towards better horizons for children and adolescents in the Americas"
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