Hemispheric Workshop “Social Dialogue for a sustainable, just and equitable recovery”

Organised by the OAS together with the Colombian Government

Aim of the meeting

General objective:

• Strengthen the human and institutional capacities of the Ministries of Labor and social actors to promote, consolidate and achieve more agreements through institutionalized national social dialogue mechanisms.  

Specific objectives:  

• Exchange and analyze experiences on the functioning of social dialogue instances during the pandemic, especially those where responses, solutions, and policies to address the health and economic crisis were agreed upon in a tripartite way.  
• Identify elements or characteristics within the social dialogue instances that allow the achievement of agreements.
• Prepare recommendations to strengthen and institutionalize national social dialogue instances.
• Prepare recommendations to ensure the full exercise of freedom of association and collective bargaining at different levels.

IOE Role

To coordinate the participation of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters (CEATAL).