Workshop attended by representatives of the Trade-Union Federations
of the Southern Cone Countries

CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONTENTS OF REVIEW OF
ILO RECOMMENDATION Nº 150 ON HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

I. BACKGROUND

1.1 An ILO document informs that "at its 280th Meeting of March 2001, the ILO Governing Body decided to include in the agenda of the 91st Meeting of the International Labour Conference (2003) an Item on the development of human resources and training, for preliminary consideration of the adoption of a reviewed standard in 2004. This decision was based on a proposal contained in the Conclusions about Training and the Development of Human Resources, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 88th Meeting after a general debate on the subject. The Conclusions suggested that the ILO should draft a new recommendation reflecting new approaches to training".

1.2 Consequently, a report entitled Learning and training for work in the knowledge society was circulated in 2002, together with a questionnaire asking governments and employers' and workers' organisations about the possibility of adopting a new recommendation and putting forward some considerations on the contents of such a reviewed text.

1.3 More recently, the ILO has produced Report IV (2) that summarises and comments on the opinions and points of view of governments and social sectors on that questionnaire, and establishes in its final part some Proposed conclusions intended to serve as a basis for the debate of the fourth Item on the agenda at the 91st Meeting (2003) of the International Labour Conference.

2. JUSTIFICATION

2.1 Vocational training has gained unprecedented importance in current labour contexts. In individual labour relationships, training updates workers' qualifications and competencies to deal with technological innovations in equipment or work management in enterprises, it constitutes an effective instrument to raise competitiveness, acts as a supplement to support measures for the unemployed and improves the employability of persons.

2.2 Debating and designing a new international instrument in the field of training, one of the Items on the agenda of the forthcoming International Labour Conference, should elicit deep reflection and response from trade union organisations, for which purpose it is essential to create a favourable space for thought in the region.

3. OBJECTIVES

3.1 General objectives:

- Contributing to the debate and preparation of a new recommendation on the training of human resources, reviewing Recommendation Nº 150;
- Generating consensuses and strategic agreements among union federations in the region regarding the various aspects of the forthcoming debate on review of Recommendation Nº 150;

3.2 Specific objectives:

- Updating existing information on the agenda Item that refers to the review of Recommendation Nº 150;
- Evaluating the contents of the document "Proposed conclusions", which is the basis for discussion at the 91st Meeting of the International Labour Conference;
- Presenting and elaborating on aspects that may be deemed of interest to workers, for introduction in the deliberations and summaries of the ILO;
- Setting up a working team to follow up the subject in the future.

4. ROLE OF CINTERFOR/ILO

The co-operation of Cinterfor/ILO is requested in its capacity of specific organisation in the field of vocational training in the region, for complying with the above objectives.

5. PARTICIPANTS

- Representatives of trade-union federations of the Southern Cone countries.
- Cinterfor/ILO experts.

6. DATE AND PLACE

The meeting will take place at Cinterfor/ILO on 29th and 30th April 2003.

7. PROGRAMME

1st. day

Morning:

- Accreditations
- Introduction and purpose of the event by Cinterfor/ILO and the JUNAE workers' delegation
- Report on the initiative, preparatory work and existing documents regarding the review of Recommendation Nº 150 (by Cinterfor/ILO)

Afternoon:

- Report by Union Federations about their replies to the questionnaire on the International Labour Conference
- Debate on the contents of the questionnaire and the replies to it
- Presentation of main aspects of Document Proposed conclusions (by Cinterfor/ILO and/or representative of Union Federations)
- Debate on Document

2º day

Morning:

- Continuation of debate
- Conclusion and devising of common strategy to follow up the subject at the Conference and subsequent meetings

8. SUPPORT MATERIAL

Before the event, participants will be able to become acquainted with the following documents:

- Conclusions on training and development of human resources adopted by the 88th Meeting of the International Labour Conference.
- Reports 1 and 2 of the ILO Governing Body on the fourth Item on the agenda of the 91st Meeting of the International Labour Conference
- Basic document for discussion, Proposed conclusions
- CD of the ILO InFocus Programme on Theoretical and Practical Knowledge and Employability concerning review of the recommendation on human resources development.

 

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