SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – A three-day conference addressing inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) gets underway on Tuesday.
The “Third Regional Seminar on Social Development,” which will bring together academics and specialists from the United Nations and multilateral organizations, is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, German Cooperation, and the Ford Foundation.
The organizers said the aim is to reflect on the promotion of labor inclusion policies to enable progress in reducing gaps and that the hybrid event will debate the strategies and innovations being proposed in the field of labor policies as part of a transformative recovery with equality and sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.
They said special attention would be paid to successful experiences in the region and that the event’s six panels will address issues such as labor informality, child labor, youth labor inclusion, the present and future of work, skills development for labor inclusion, and the articulation between labor policies and social protection.
On Tuesday, an will be held to launch the book Inequalities, “Labour Inclusion and the Future of Work in Latin America, produced by ECLAC in the framework of an agreement with the Ford Foundation.”
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