ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Inter-American Council for Integral Development
(CIDI)
XVI INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML)
October 6-8, 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OEA/Ser.K/XII.16.1
CIDI/TRABAJO/doc.3/09 rev.2
7 October 2009
Original: Spanish
SCHEDULE
“Facing the Crisis with Development, Decent Work and Social Protection”
(Approved at the first plenary session held on October 6, 2009)
Palacio San Martín
Monday, October 5
15:00 - 18:00
Registration of Delegations
Venue: First floor – Palacio San Martin
Tuesday, October 6
8:00 - 18:00
Registration of Delegations
Venue: First floor – Palacio San Martin
9:00 – 13:30
PARALLEL MEETINGS OF ADVISORY BODIES
9:00 – 13:00
Meeting of the Technical Permanent Commission for Labor Issues –
COTPAL – For representatives of the Ministries of Labor
Libertador Room
9:00 - 10:30
Meeting of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council – COSATE
Dining Room of the Third House
10:30 - 12:00
Meeting of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor
Matters – CEATAL
Dining Room of the Third House
12:00 - 13:30
Joint Meeting of COSATE and CEATAL
Dining Room of the Third House
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
PREPARATORY SESSION FOR MINISTERS ONLY (art. 31 of the
Rules of Procedure)
Libertador Room
a. Establishment of the order of precedence;
b. Decision on rules of procedure;
c. Decision on election of the Chairman of the Conference;
d. Decision on the agenda;
e. Decision on the Committee on Credentials and the Style Committee;
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f. Decision on the working method and the makeup of working groups;
g. Deadline for the presentation of proposals;
h. Consideration of the distribution of documents by working groups and
of the drafts that are not clearly related to the topics of the agenda;
i. Decision on the approximate duration of the Conference, and
j. Other business.
15:30 - 17:00
MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF LABOR WITH THE
MEMBERS OF COSATE AND CEATAL
Libertador Room
18:00 - 19:30
INAUGURAL SESSION
Libertador Room
Remarks by:
- Jorge Taiana, Minister of External Relations, International Trade and
Religion of Argentina
- Roslyn Khan-Cummings, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Labor and Small and Micro Enterprise Development of Trinidad and
Tobago, Chair of the XV IACML
- Juan Somavía, Director General of the International Labor
Organization
- Alfonso Quiñónez, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for
Integral Development, OAS
- Carlos Alfonso Tomada, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social
Security of the Republic of Argentina
19:30
Cocktail Reception offered by the Hon. Minister of Labor, Employment
and Social Security of Argentina to Ministers and Delegations
Mirrors Hall – Palacio San Martin
Wednesday, October 7
9:00 – 9:30
FIRST PLENARY SESSION - Follow-up Reports
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Ratification of the agreements adopted during the Preparatory
Session
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Report of the OAS, on the follow-up of the Plan of Action of the
XV IACML, by Francisco Pilotti, Director of the Department of
Social Development and Employment, SEDI
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Report of the ILO, by Jean Maninat, Regional Director for Latin
America and the Caribbean
9:30 – 13:00
SECOND PLENARY SESSION - Coordination of policies and
programs for promoting employment: a guiding framework in facing the
crisis
9:30 – 10:30
Presentations from authorities of the economic and social development
sectors

Debora Giorgi, Minister of Industry of Argentina
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Alan Krueger, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and
Chief Economist, United States Department of The Treasury
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Antonio Henrique Silveira, Secretary for Economic Monitoring
of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil
Juan Mauricio Ramírez, Deputy Director of the National
Department of Planning of Colombia, Chair of the InterAmerican Committee of Social Development (CIDES)
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30
Presentations from Ministers of Labor

Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor of the United States
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André Figueiredo Lima, Vice Minister of Labor and
Employment of Brazil
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Carlos Alfonso Tomada, Minister of Labor, Employment and
Social Security of Argentina
11:30 – 13:00
Inter-ministerial Dialogue
13:00 – 13:15
Group Picture of Ministers and Heads of Delegation - Palace’s Hall
Entrance stairs
13:15 - 15:30
Luncheon for Ministers and Heads of Delegation hosted by the
Honorable Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security of
Argentina
Golden Room – Palacio San Martin
13:00 – 15:30
Luncheon for Delegations offered by the Ministry of Labor, Employment
and Social Security of Argentina
Mirrors Hall – Palacio San Martin
15:30 – 18:00
THIRD PLENARY SESSION - The role of Ministries of Labor in
addressing the crisis
15:30 – 16:30
Introductory Presentations:

Claudia Serrano, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare of Chile
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Daniel Ludlow Kuri, Chief of the International Affairs Unit,
Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico

Andrew Gallimore, Minister of State of the Ministry of Labor
and Social Security of Jamaica
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Alejandro Boscán, General Director of Employment, Ministry of
Labor and Social Security of Venezuela

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Republic of
Argentina
16:30 – 18:00
Ministerial Dialogue
Thursday, October 8
9:00 – 11:00
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION - Encouraging social dialogue and
collective bargaining
9:00 – 10:00
Introductory Presentations:
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Héléne Gosselin, Deputy Minister of Labour of Canada
Julio Baraibar, Minister of Labor and Social Security of Uruguay
Max Puig, Minister of Labor of the Dominican Republic
Remarks by the Chair of COSATE
Remarks by the Chair of CEATAL
10:00 – 11:00
Ministerial Dialogue
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30
FIFTH PLENARY SESSION – Strengthening social protection in the
crisis
11:30 – 12:30
Introductory Presentations:

Alma Cortés Aguilar, Minister of Labor and Labor Development
of Panama
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Richard Espinosa, Minister of Labor Relations of Ecuador
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Roslyn Khan-Cummings, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Labor and Small and Micro Enterprise Development of Trinidad
and Tobago
12:30 – 13:30
Ministerial Dialogue
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 16:00
CLOSING SESSION
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Election of the Chair pro tempore of the XVII IACML
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Remarks by the Chair pro tempore of the XVII IACML
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Adoption of the Declaration and Plan of Action of Buenos Aires
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Closing Remarks by Hon. Carlos A. Tomada, Minister of
Labour, Employment and Social Security of the Republic of
Argentina
16:15 -16:45
Press Conference offered by the Ministers that lead the IACML and the
OAS - Chairs of the XV (Trinidad and Tobago), XVI (Argentina) and
XVII (t.b.d) IACML, and Presidents of Working Group 1 and Working
Group 2
19:30
Dinner for Ministers and Heads of Delegation hosted by the Honorable
Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Argentina
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