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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