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RIAL Workshop on Successful Labor Inspection Models

 

Place and date: Washington D.C., United States, May 19, 2009

Venue: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS Headquarters, 1889 F St. NW, Washington D.C. 

This Workshop was part of the IACML Calendar of Activities for 2008-2009, and it was attended by 26 delegations, representatives from the advisory bodies, COSATE and CEATAL, as well as the ILO.


RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

• Final Agenda

• Final List of Participants 


PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS

Inaugural Session >>
Panel 1 - Steps taken to attain greater effectiveness, impact, and coverage of labor inspection >>
Panel 2 – Actions to ensure compliance with standards and improve working conditions >>
Panel 3 – Strategies for optimizing oversight and supervision and for combating corruption in labor inspections >>
Final considerations regarding the challenges facing labor inspection in the current economic climate >>
Closing Session>>



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Inaugural Session

Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, OAS
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Paul Byam, Alternate Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the OAS
•Audio

Introductory remarks by the Moderator: Rafael Avante, General Director of Federal Labor Inspection, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

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Panel 1 - Steps taken to attain greater effectiveness, impact, and coverage of labor inspection

Presentation from ILO, by Jose Luis Daza, Director of the Andean Subregional Office
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Experience of the United States, by Sanji Kanth, Safety Engineer, Office of General Industry Enforcement, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA
• Power Point Presentation 
•Audio

Experience of Peru, by Orlando Chiong, Advisor of the Vice-Minister of Labor, Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion
• Power Point Presentation 
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Experience of El Salvador, by Carlos Zuniga, Chief of Labor Administration of FTAs, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare 
• Power Point Presentation
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Open dialogue among participants
• Audio

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Panel 2 – Actions to ensure compliance with standards and improve working conditions

Experience of Colombia, by Luis Ramiro Correa, Legal Advisor, Inspection and Control Unit, Ministry of Social Protection
• Power Point Presentation
•Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Experience of Canada, by Real Gagnon, Deputy Director (a), Bilateral and Regional Labour Affairs, Human Resources and Skills Development
• Power Point Presentation 
• Audio

Presentation from COSATE, by Robert Giuseppi, COSATE President
•Audio

Presentation from CEATAL, by Luz Maria Morales, COPARMEX Director
• Power Point Presentation
• Audio

Open dialogue among participants
• Audio (coming soon)

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Panel 3 – Strategies for optimizing oversight and supervision and for combating corruption in labor inspections

Experience of Argentina, by Juan Iacona, Regional Director for Buenos Aires region, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security
• Power Point Presentation
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Experience of Dominican Republic, by Valentín Herrera, Director General of Labor, Ministry of Labor
• Power Point Presentation
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Open dialogue among participants
• Audio

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Final considerations regarding the challenges facing labor inspection in the current economic climate

Presentation from Mexico on the actions undertaken on labor inspection in the current economic climate, by Rafael Avante, General Director of Federal Labor Inspection, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico
• Audio (Only available in Spanish)

Input and comments from participants
• Audio (coming soon)

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Closing Session

“Event Summary: Main ideas and lessons learned (Preliminar version subject to participants’ comments until June 30)”
• Summary
• Audio (Only available in Spanish) (coming soon)

Closing remarks – Francisco Pilotti, Director of the Department of Social Development and Employment, OAS
• Audio (Only available in Spanish) (coming soon)