1. Planning Meeting of the IACML
RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO THE MINISTRIES OF LABOR BY THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT
Maria Claudia Camacho
Planning Meeting of the IACML
December 15 and 16, 2005

2. WG1 RELEVANT TOPICS LOW INTEREST MEDIUM INTEREST HIGH INTEREST
f) Forced labor
g) Non-discrimin.
d) Gender
e) Child Labor
h) Migrant workers
i) SMEs
c) Informal Scr.
Labor dimension of FTs and integration
Articulation of policies
Employment policies

3. WG1 RELEVANT TOPICS BY SUBREGION
LOW INTEREST
MED. INTEREST
HIGH INTEREST
Gender (d) – Priority for C.A. and N.A.
Child Labor (e) – Priority for C.A. and USA
Migrant workers (h) – very important for S.A. and Mexico
Labor dimension of FTAs (a) – high importance for N.A., C.A. and Caribbean. Medium importance for S.A.
Articulation of policies (b) – highest priority of the Caribbean

4. WG2 RELEVANT TOPICS MEDIUM INTEREST HIGH INTEREST
k) Promotion of ILO Dec.
o) Strategic Alliance
p) Labor Relations
m) Horizontal Cooperation
n) International Cooperation
l) Capacity-building of labor administrations

5. WG2 RELEVANT TOPICS BY SUBREGION
Promotion of ILO Dec. (k) – less relevant for S.A.
Strategic Alliance (o) – very important for the Caribbean
Cooperation (m,n) – very important for C.A. and S.A.
Capacity-building (l) – consistent and high relevance

6. OTHER TOPICS
Social Protection Systems (r) – Medium relevance for every subregion. High relevance for Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Dominica.
Active and passive policies on labor markets (q) – Very high relevance for C.A., then for S.A., N.A. and lastly the Caribbean.