HORIZONTAL COOPERATION FACING LABOUR CHALLENGES IN THE AMERICAS

Unit for Social Development and Education of the OAS Technical Secretariat of the IACML

Dr. Sofialeticia Morales Garza, Director UDSE

Presentation at the Working Groups MeetingWashington, DC May 2004

HORIZONTAL COOPERATION HORIZONTAL COOPERATION

FACING LABOUR CHALLENGESFACING LABOUR CHALLENGESIN THE AMERICASIN THE AMERICAS

CENTRALIZED

KNOWLEDGE

HORIZONTAL

COOPERATION

HORIZONTAL COOPERATIONHORIZONTAL COOPERATION

STRATEGYSTRATEGY

CIVIL SOCIETYUDSE - OAS

INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS

MINISTERIAL

PROCESS

Horizontal

Cooperation

1. Identification of Consolidated Programs

2. Permanent Portfolio of Consolidated Programs

3. Demand and Supply

4. Knwoledge-Sharing Seminars

5. Learned lessons, follow-up and pilot project

STAGESSTAGES CURRENT SITUATIONCURRENT SITUATION

Identified

Developed

HORIZONTAL COOPERATIONHORIZONTAL COOPERATION

STRATEGYSTRATEGY

http://www.cersso.org/index.asp

CRITICAL TRANSFERENCECRITICAL TRANSFERENCE

PROCESS OF ACTION AND REFLECTIONPROCESS OF ACTION AND REFLECTION

Description:

What?

Who?

How?

When?

Where?

Why?

Historical

PlanningProjects’s Focus

Collaborative Learning

Systematization

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Prospects

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Workshop on Occupational Health and SafetyWorkshop on Occupational Health and SafetyCERSSO’s Subregional experienceCERSSO’s Subregional experience

San Salvador, El Salvador April 29 – 30, 2004San Salvador, El Salvador April 29 – 30, 2004

Ministers of Labour:Ministers of Labour:– Belize – Costa Rica– El Salvador – Honduras – Nicaragua – Guatemala

Representatives from the Ministers of Representatives from the Ministers of LabourLabour– Antigua & Barbuda– Argentina– Chile – Canada – Dominica – Grenada – Mexico – Perú – Republica Dominicana – Suriname – Trinidad & Tobago

Advisory Bodies Advisory Bodies CEATAL y COSATE

ExpertsExperts

Centers and Instances Centers and Instances of Occupational of Occupational Health and SafetyHealth and Safety

International International OrganizationsOrganizationsOAS, PAHO, ILO and FISO. .

Description: CERSSO: Decrease the number accidents and diseases linked to the workplace.

What?

Description:

What?



- CERSSO -- CERSSO -

Council of Ministers of Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic in the framework of the Assembly of Ministers of Labour within the SIECA in 2000

Description:

What?Who?




Political: political will of 8 ministers

Funding: USDOL –ABT Assoc.

Technical: 8 experts from countries and support from international experts and agencies (PAHO and ILO)

Description:

What?Who?How?




Stage 1 (2000-2004)

Creation of CERSSO and financial sustainability by USDOL

Stage 2 (2004-2008)

Transit from CERSSO to FUNDACERSSO.

Challenge: financial and technical sustainability

Description:

What?Who?How?When?




Stage 1

CERSSO in El Salvador with subregional impact

Stage 2

FUNDACERSSO: all countries with a rotary function

Description:

What?Who?How?When?Where?




Description: 1500 people in 200 factories in the maquila sector of the 8 countries found a return from 3 to 33%

Investing in OHS increases productivity and business competitiveness

Represents 11% of GDP reduction in Labour fatalities

Increase in productivity

Strategic issue in the free trade agreements

What?Who?How?When?Where?Why?




Historical

Description:


Interplay of: Political will at the highest level: ministers of Labour from 8 countries Political and financial cooperation will from the United States1991: Protocol of Tegucigalpa SICA – SIECA support to the central American integration systemNegotiation of the Central American Free Trade Agreement – USA and Central America and Canada and Central America Will from the agencies and organizations to support the central American processes. Unification of projects addressing the problem, PAHO, ILO, USAID, WHO




SituationalStakeholders

Ministers of Labour (Isidoro Nieto) and USDOL

Directors of CERSSO: Marvin Lan, Rafael Amador

Agencies: PAHO IDB, SIDA, AECI, ILO,

ABT Assoc.

Description:


Historical




Situational

Description:


Historical

1.1. Current:Current:

CERSSO ends (Funding ends in June 2004)

2.2. Factual:Factual:

Transformation into FUNDACERSSO with the financial sustainability in countries and with projects for external funding.

StakeholdersScenarios




Situational

• Dependent – interdependent – Dependent – interdependent – IndependentIndependent

• Entrepreneurial Sector – Union Sector (workers) – Government Sector

Forces in conflict

Description:


Historical

StakeholdersScenarios




Stregthen Central American integrationStregthen Central American integration Strengthen inter sectoral effortsStrengthen inter sectoral efforts IV Summit of the Americas and the XIV IV Summit of the Americas and the XIV

IACMLIACML

Areas of Opportunity

Description:


Historical

SituationalStakeholdersScenariosForces in conflict




Transition

CERSSO – FUNDACERSSO

•Instance of homologation, coordination and consensus of 8 countries

•Critical transference to other regions

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Description:


SituationalActors

ScenariosConflict forces

Opportunity Areas

Lessons froms other sub-

regions

(Strategy EIC)

• Media

• OHS content included in curriculum (undergraduate and graduate levels)

• Linkages with Academia

Information Systems

National/ Sub-regional




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ActorsScenariosConflict forces

Opportunity Areas

Challenges

• Respect for work rights and principles.

• Adjustment to State structures in the context of the challenges of the globalization process.

• Informal Sector

•Vulnerable populations

•HIV/AIDS

• Strengthening and universalization of laws

• Development and improvement of information systems

Situational




FINAL RECOMMENDATIONSFINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

FUNDACERSSOFUNDACERSSO

FUNDACERSSO as an action responding to the commitments of the Summit of the Americas and the XII and the XIII IACML in all 8

Central American countries and the Dominican Republic Support project for FUNDACERSSO with the collaboration of the ILO

and the PAHO to submit a Project Concept to the CIDI’s Multilateral Special Fund of the OAS

Promote the Central American experience of FUNDACERSSO in the International Fora such as the Hispanic Forum at the National Safety Council’s Congress in the US, and at the XVII World Safety and Health Congress sponsored by the ILO, the International Social Safety Association (ISSA) and the National Safety Congress of the US

Promote greater cooperation between the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), in its capacity as collaborative center of PAHO/WHO, with FUNDACERSSO and with other subregional initiatives


CENTRAL AMERICACENTRAL AMERICA

Meeting of the Central American Ministers of Labour with IDB, OAS, ILO and PAHO authorities to explore mechanisms to support FUNDACERSSO

Seek for mechanisms to strengthen information systems

throughout the Central American Region.

CARICOMCARICOM Support CARICOM and the counterparts of the OECS in

strengthening a subregional mechanism in

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

TROIKA presents the issue of OHS during the next Meeting of PAHO’s Directive Council.

Identify virtual and presential mechanisms that will allow to continue offering Masters and Diplomas in Occupational Health and Safety with the support of the OAS Educational Portal of the Americas, the Inter American University Organization, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Pan American Health Organization in order to promote joint certifications with national and foreign universities.

Promote subregional initiatives that draw from the lessons learned from CERSSO’s subregional cohesion in the area of Occupational Health and Safety with special emphasis on the strengthening tripartite work.

Work with the Trade Unit of the OAS in order to strengthen the

discussion of this issue in the context of the Trade Agreements.


MINISTERSMINISTERS Include the issue of Occupational Health and Safety as a key thematic

area within the Plan of Action of the XIV IACML in Mexico.

Promote greater linkage and work between Ministers of Labour and Ministers of Health, as well as between Ministers of Labour and Ministers of Education

Negotiate through the presidents of the Councils of Ministers of Labour of MERCOSUR, CAN, CARICOM and the Central American countries and Dominican Republic, Panama and Belize, the development of a joint plan to coordinate actions on Occupational Health and Safety

Establish a network of focal points in Occupational Health and Safety to support the joint work of the OAS, PAHO, ILO and the European Agency of Safety and Health at Work (European Union).

Promote yearly workshops on Occupational Health and Safety organized by the Ministers of Labour from the different subregions with the support from the OAS as Technical Secretariat of the IACML, the PAHO, ILO, IDB and other agencies

SUB-REGIONAL ANALYSISSUB-REGIONAL ANALYSIS

SUB-REGIONSUB-REGION ANALYSISANALYSIS

NORTH AMERICANORTH AMERICA Increase inter-governmental relations Integration processes: reinforcement of national laws, strengthening of the capacity of labor administration,commitment with the principles and rights of the ILO Declaration.

ANDEAN AND ANDEAN AND MERCOSURMERCOSUR

Integration processes:Occupational accident and illnesses information systems, demographic, occupation and economic development profiles, training and technical assitance South/South and South/North. Consultation Period with Ministers for aproval of Agreements between countries and sub-regions. Presentation at the Working Group II Inter sectorial Coordination Labor - Health. Priority action regarding the informal sector, child labor,attention to the old and new professional risks’ epidemies.


SUB-REGIONSUB-REGION ANALYSISANALYSIS

CENTRALCENTRAL

AMERICAAMERICA

Sub-regional working groups especialized in OHSSub-regional working groups especialized in OHS Negotiate agreements and share material and methodology from CERSSO. Expand the number of country participants and benefitiaries Integration processes:regular meeting of the National OHS Committes, sincronization of legal norms. Occupational accident report and ilnesses information system. Based on the relevance of OHS, activities such us the International OHS Workshop (XIII IACML) should be institutionalized. This activity could be held every year, in a location chosen by the participating countries and with a special feature topic (maquila, mining, construction, migrant workers, child labor…)Coordinated efforts between Labor and Health


SUB-REGIONSUB-REGION COMMITMENTCOMMITMENTCARICOMCARICOM Letter of Commitment:

“ We stronly recommend the topic of OHS to be included in the Agenda of the next Meeting of the CARICOM Ministers of Labor where Belize’s experience as a member of CERSSO will be examined with the purpose of analyzing the best way to adapt CERSSO to our context, in the light of the need to establish common standars in the context of the FTAA. CERSSO, PAHO and the OAS will support Belize on the presentation of CERSSO during CARICOM’s Labor Meeting”

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