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Abdala E.; Jacinto C.; Solla A. (Coord.). La inclusión laboral de los jóvenes: entre la desesperanza y la construcción colectiva. (Youth labour inclusion: Between discouragement and collective construction). Montevideo: Cinterfor/ILO, 2005. (Training features, 21).

This publication deals with the questions that arise at the time of analysing training meant both to improve employability conditions and develop entrepreneurship.
Some of the questions are: what do we refer to when we talk about "labour" or "labour participation" today?, What happens with young people after training?, What are the pedagogical and methodological paths to achieve good training?, What are the elements of a "quality" job and to what extent such inclusion helps young people to fulfil their life project?, In what political and active participation context youth inclusion takes place?, To what extent is the life of young people and their families improved?, What is the role played by the different sectors and actors of the community?
It tries to recover, analyse and present some of the experiences shared during the first "Latin American Meeting on Labour Inclusion" held in 2004 in Argentina.

Castillo, G; Orsatti, A. (Comp.). Informal work and trade unionism in Latin America and the Caribbean: good training and organisational practices. Montevideo: Cinterfor/ILO, 2005. (Trade unions and training, 5).

In this new publication of the series entitled "Trade Unions and Training," an updated scenario is provided, both of trade union experiences and of reflections in their regard, relating to workers of the informal economy in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Both practice and reflection have been, during the last twenty years, the result of merging several factors and initiatives. Among the factors, it is important to highlight the increasing power acquired by informality, both in terms of its economic importance and employment generation, the conditions of low productivity and labour precariousness that frequently run alongside its expansion, and the challenge posed to trade union organisations that have, historically, structured their bases of organisation and representation in the formal - predominantly industrial - economy and in salaried labour relations. Among the initiatives, we point out the concurrence of both the trade unions of the different branches, national offices and regional trade union organisations, and the joint influence of the ILO throughout the period.

Chiappe,M.; García y Santos, R. Chiappe, M.; García and Santos, R. Participation, productivity and training: The path of the Uruguayan Association of Rural Women - AMRU. Montevideo: Cinterfor/ILO, 2005. 91p.

In order to fight against poverty and promote sustainable and inclusive rural development, adopting a gender dimension and articulating with the local productive and social environment are widely acknowledged imperatives. This requires building up networks, mobilising multiple resources and actors and, above all, a global analysis and a variety of changes in which personal, family, productive and socio-political dimensions are indivisibly articulated. In this sense, and as an example, promoting a higher female participation and representation through strong organisations committed to these principles has proved to be a powerful and effective contribution.

Cinterfor/ ILO. Training for the informal economy. In: Cinterfor/ILO. The new ILO Recommendation 195. Human resources development: education, training and lifelong learning. Montevideo, 2006. Chapter II, p. 33-38.

Cinterfor/ILO. Training strategies for the informal sector. In: Training and labour: past and future. Montevideo, 1998. (Papers from the Technical Office, 1). Chapter IV, p. 31-38.

This book summarises the results obtained from the research carried out between 1997 and 1999 in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
The results of the project are a substantial contribution verified in practice regarding training of poor youth in Latin America. It is expected to contribute to the design and execution of social policies directed to this critical sector and to increase justice and equity in American countries in this century.

Gallart, M.A.; Bertoncello, R. Current training matters. Montevideo: Cinterfor/ILO, 1997. (Technical office papers, 2).

This publication presents a series of articles on the following subjects: urban informal sector, middle technical education, small and microenterprises, industrial restructuring and productive networks, women employment and qualification, youth in poverty situation, link school-enterprise, labour competencies, reinforcement of basic skills: reading and writing and maths applied to training, follow-up studies on graduates. In many cases, the articles are accompanied by a commented bibliography or reviews on allied programmes that offer a broader vision on the subject.

Gender and employability: challenges and opportunities for vocational and technical training in the 21st century in Latin America. Silveira, S. Inter-American Technical Bulletin on Vocational Training. Training in the informal economy. Montevideo, Cinterfor, N° 153, 2002.

Inter-American Technical Bulletin on Vocational Training. Training in the informal economy. Montevideo, Cinterfor, N° 155, 2003.

In this issue of its Technical Bulletin, Cinterfor/ILO endeavours to contribute to the systematisation of knowledge on, and exchange of experiences in support strategies to the workers and microenterprises of the informal sector, fundamentally in connection with training.
Several of the papers included here were prepared for the Informal Economy series of the ILO InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability.

Inter-American Technical Bulletin on Vocational Training. Vocational training, productivity and decent work. Montevideo, Cinterfor, N° 153, 2002.

This issue of the Cinterfor/ILO Technical Bulletin compiles the main papers presented at the Tripartite Inter-American Seminar on Vocational Training, Productivity and Decent Work, and also includes other articles which tackle the subjects dealt with at that important event from different perspectives.
Moreover, it introduces a series of charts which were prepared from the national reports presented by each delegation at the Seminar and gives a general overview of vocational training in the countries represented as well as some private initiatives taken by different social actors in this field.

Leite, E. M. The recovery of qualification. Cinterfor/ILO, 1996. (Tools for change, 1)

This book analyses some recent tendencies in productive restructuring in the industrial sector, and underlines the effects of this process upon labour and qualifications. As a consequence, it points out the incidence of changes going on in the way of training and its repercussion in enterprises, workers and, eventually, on society.
As a starting point, the author assumes the premise that labour and qualification are important as objectives of sociological investigation, to the extent that they reflect the current process of globalization of the economy and the reorganization of modern society. Labour and qualifications become multidimensional phenomena and challenge sociology to widen its classical empirical and theoretical approaches.
It examines in theory and in practice the new dimensions of qualification, aiming at a conceptual revision in the way we undertake the phenomenon. It also analyses technological change, characterizing it less as an innovation of machinery, equipment or systems, and more as a way of restructuring the organizational models of labour, and of productive management.

Leite, E. M. Work, qualification and training: vulnerability and modern age issues. Montevideo: Cinterfor/ILO, 2003. (On arts and crafts, 4).

This book gathers essays and reports written in the '80s and '90s and it particularly focuses on two points of view: technological modernisation and social vulnerability, two aspects which in Brazil - and certainly in many other Latin American countries - challenge public policies trainers and managers, especially in the fields of work and vocational training.

Pieck, E. (Coord.) Los jóvenes y el trabajo: la educación frente a la exclusión social. (Youth and labour: education to counteract social exclusion). Mexico: Universidad Iberoamericana; Instituto Méxicano de la Juventud; UNICEF; Cinterfor/ILO; CONALEP; RET, 2001.

The papers included in this book are the result of a symposium on "Youth and labour: education v. social exclusion" carried out in Mexico City from June 7 to 9 2000.

Young women employment in Central America and Panama. Fernández-Pacheco, J. Inter-American Technical Bulletin on Vocational Training. Labour training of youth. Montevideo, Cinterfor, N° 150, 2000.