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Horizontal Cooperation
The Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) has recognized
horizontal cooperation and technical assistance as key tools for institutional capacity
building. Additionally, the IACML has established as a priority strengthening the
capacities of the Ministries of Labor to respond to the challenges of promoting decent
work in the context of globalization.
Responding to this priority, the IACML in recent years has been searching for new
alternatives to strengthen its channels for cooperation and assistance, which resulted in
the creation of the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL) after
the XIV IACML in 2005.
To consult the complete proposal for the RIAL, developed jointly by the OAS and the
ILO, click here (link: PropConjunta ING.doc)
The RIAL has developed two of its components:
1) Identification and systematization of programs and experiences, which are
gathered in the Permanent Portfolio of Consolidated Programs in the area of
Labor (link!!)
2) Implementation of workshop to exchange experiences: Second Hemispheric
Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety (link al web), San Salvador, May
16 and 17, 2006.
During the first semester of 2006 the RIAL, including its first workshop, has been funded
by the Labour Program of Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
What is the RIAL?
The RIAL is an integrating mechanism for dissemination of knowledge and experience
that is relevant for the strengthening and modernization of labor administration to meet
the challenges of globalization.
Specific objectives of the RIAL:
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Identify and systematically organize the collective experience and knowledge of the
hemisphere’s Ministries of Labor.
Process information on programs and projects of cooperation and technical assistance
in an orderly manner, with objective criteria.
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Encourage the countries to exchange information on programs carried out and
successful experiences, through cooperation activities that focus on the critical transfer
of the various experiences and lessons learned.
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Advise, support, and provide electronic communication among the Ministries of Labor
and with international organizations, financing agencies, and representatives of civil
society.
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Improve the national ability to define specific needs (in many cases, the region’s
Ministries of Labor have problems diagnosing their situation and developing proposals
that will enable them to request the necessary technical and financial assistance).
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Strengthen coordination and cooperation with international organizations and
cooperation agencies.
Background of the RIAL
The RIAL has its origins in the Feasibility Study (link – FINAL_Estudio_de_viabilidad
ING.doc) commissioned by the XIII IACML in 2003 to analyze the possibility of
creating an Inter-American Cooperation Mechanism for Professional Labor
Administration.
Ligas a la derecha:
Permanent Portfolio of Consolidated Programs (2005 version) (link!)
Second Hemispheric Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety, San Salvador, May
2006 (link!)
First Hemispheric Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety, San Salvador, April
2004 (link! -http://www.oas.org/udse/cersso/)
Workshop on Supporting Economic Growth through Effective Employment Services,
Cancun, September 2004 (link! http://www.oas.org/udse/english/cpo_trab_tallerservicios.asp )