- 54 - E. a. at the national level, as described in the previous section and other corollaries, comprising the actual and immediate environment for action for the governmental institutions; b. at the subregional and regional levels comprising the actions that correspond to commitments or intentions resulting from agreements on the formation of free trade areas or integration projects; c. at the hemispheric level, covering those actions derived from treaties and agreements of the Americas or identified with the architecture of shared and common projects; IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN OF ACTION: STUDIES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS 15. By December 2003, the past, present and future Chair pro tempore and the Working Groups will jointly develop a calendar of events, in consultation with the Member states, COSATE and CEATAL, as well as the participating regional and international institutions. 16. The Working Groups will schedule three seminars on the theme of integration of the economic and social objectives into national, subregional and regional development policies, the processes of integration and free trade, as well as on the responses of Ministers of Labor to the challenges of promoting decent work in those contexts. These seminars will focus on aspects of this theme, for example, the formulation of a shared vision, the public management of integration, or the creation of institutional means for integration. The preferences, priorities, and interests of the countries and regions of the Hemisphere should be considered in the organization of these seminars. 17. The Working Groups will develop, with technical and financial support from regional and international institutions acting in the social and labor area, a comprehensive study on the topic of promotion of decent work, in its various dimensions, in subregional and regional integration and free trade processes The study will take into account the social and labor aspects, including those of health and safety, of the subregional experiences of integration and should provide the Ministries of Labor with the theoretical and practical elements necessary for their affirmative participation in the process of negotiation and implementation of this enterprise. 18. The past, present and future IACML Chairs pro tempore will direct the development of a feasibility study, in consultation with the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the two Working Groups, for an “Inter-American Cooperation Mechanism for Professional Labour Administration” with the objective of deepening international collaboration and coordination to modernize labour administrations and support the IACML in its mandate to strengthen the capacity of the Ministries of Labour in the Hemisphere. The study will be administered by the Unit for Social Development and Education of the OAS and will consider the experiences and the resources available within Member states and the regional and international organizations, especially the OAS and ILO that seek to support the strengthening of administrative capacity of the Ministries of Labor. The feasibility study will present a set of specific options and recommendation to the IACML Ministers by the end of July 2004. An interim progress report will be presented to the Working Groups during their first meetings. If member states conclude that the mechanism is feasible, the leadership of the IACML and of the

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