Place and date: Nassau, The Bahamas, April 16 to 19, 2013
Venue: British Colonial Hilton Hotel, One Bay Street, PO Box N-7148, Nassau

This Workshop was organized under the auspices of the Department of Labor of The Bahamas and in compliance with the IACML Calendar of Activities for 2012-2013. On this occasion, the Workshop was followed by the Second Meeting of the Working Groups and the First Preparatory Meeting of the XVIII IACML.

General objective: To identify key lessons learned and policy recommendations to promote labor inclusion of the most vulnerable populations, who have traditionally been marginalized or discriminated against in the labor market.

Specific objectives: 1) To analyze the various institutional arrangements that Ministries of Labor are implementing to improve labor inclusion and combat discrimination against the most vulnerable populations in the labor market. 2) To identify and discuss best practices in promoting and increasing labor inclusion of the most vulnerable populations, placing emphasis on initiatives that expand social protection among them.


DOCUMENTS

• Agenda
• List of Participants


PRESENTATIONS

Panel 1 – The situation of vulnerable groups in the region as it relates to their access to the labor market

Introductory presentation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, in charge of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit and Rapporteur on the Rights of Afro-descendants and against Racial Discrimination

Introductory presentation by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Giovanni di Cola, Officer in Charge, ILO Office for the Caribbean
• Presentation

Panel 2 - The institutional view: how are Ministries of Labor supporting labor inclusion of the most vulnerable in their institutional mandates and structure?

Presentation by Ecuador. Diego Herdoiza, Director of Attention to Priority Groups, Ministry of Labor Relations
• Presentation

Presentation by Argentina. Norberto Ciaravino, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security

Presentation by Colombia. Gloria Ospina, General Secretary, Ministry of Labor
• Presentation

Presentation by Panama. Samuel Vargas, Director of Employment, Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development
• Presentation


Panel 3 – The initiatives view: what programs or projects are in place that have been successful in improving labor inclusion of the most vulnerable? What initiatives have been adopted to promote social protection?

Presentation by Trinidad & Tobago. Errol Mc Leod, Minister of Labor and Small and Micro Enterprise Development

Presentation by Bolivia. Eliana Pimentel, Employment Policies and Labor Migration Specialist, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Welfare
• Presentation

Presentation by CEATAL. Peter Goudie, Representative of CEATAL, Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation