International seminar "Labour informality: challenges posed by technological change, territorial inequality and the need for social protection"

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This virtual seminar aims to promote regional and interregional dialogue, based on the main findings of the project “Technological transformations in Latin America: promoting productive jobs and confronting the challenge of new forms of informal employment”, which has been implemented in seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Uruguay), identifying policy recommendations and key milestones for implementation.

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Rapid technological progress has changed Latin American societies and labour markets profoundly. It has facilitated the expansion of new business models, mainly those related to services mediated by digital platforms. This includes web-based work, where a platform intermediates between the worker and the employer, who can be anywhere in the world, and location-based work. Although the latter has generated many employment possibilities mainly in large cities, the jobs in question lack a standard employment relationship and thus access to social protection. Similarly, technological advances have impacted the daily work of many occupations, transforming the worker skills that are most highly valued. In this context, the workers who are most adaptable and have greatest access to technology and digital skills will benefit the most.

These changes are occurring in societies in which labour informality is a structural phenomenon, where many workers lack the minimum conditions of decent jobs (no employment contracts, no health or pension coverage or other social protection services). The phenomenon of informality cuts across the axes of social inequality in the region, giving rise to significant gender, ethnic and racial, age and, especially, territorial inequalities.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has hastened these changes and, unless rapid action is taken, there is a risk that the gaps that already exist will widen. In the next few years, governments must prepare to build a solid institutional framework that will enable them to take advantage of technological progress to promote decent work and reduce inequality.

Objective: The seminar aims to promote regional and interregional dialogue, based on the main findings of the project “Technological transformations in Latin America: promoting productive jobs and confronting the challenge of new forms of informal employment”, which has been implemented in seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Uruguay), identifying policy recommendations and key milestones for implementation.

https://www.cepal.org/en/technological-transformations-latin-america-productive-jobs

Programme of work

7am,

Apertura

6 October 2021, 7am - 6 October 2021, 7am

Daniel Titelman, Director de la División de Desarrollo Económico, CEPAL

Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director de la División de Desarrollo Social, CEPAL

7am,

Panel 1

6 October 2021, 7am - 6 October 2021, 8am

Modera:

Jürgen Weller, Consultor Internacional, División de Desarrollo Económico, CEPAL

Colombia “Promoción del trabajo decente para los trabajadores de plataforma en Colombia” David Bardey, Consultor CEPAL, Universidad de los Andes

México “Ocupaciones emergentes en la economía digital y su regulación en México” Graciela Bensusan, Consultora CEPAL

Chile “Trabajo de plataformas en Chile y desafíos para el trabajo decente” Pablo Morris, Consultor CEPAL

Caribe “Trabajo decente para los trabajadores del Caribe” Reynold Simons, Especialista en Mercado Laboral

Presentation(s)

8am,

Comentarios

6 October 2021, 8am - 6 October 2021, 9am

Sr. Andrés Uribe Medina, Viceministro de Empleo y Pensiones, Ministerio de Trabajo de Colombia

Mtro. Omar Nacib Estefan Fuentes, Director General de Previsión Social, Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social, México

Sr Arturo Arriagada - Fairwork

Presentation(s)

Omar Nacib Estefan Fuentes

https://youtu.be/kAOyYu04jlM

9am,

Preguntas y respuestas

6 October 2021, 9am - 6 October 2021, 10am
10am,

Cierre

6 October 2021, 10am - 6 October 2021, 10am
11am,

Panel 2: Cambio tecnológico y habilidades para el futuro

6 October 2021, 11am - 6 October 2021, 12pm

Modera:

Sonia Gontero, Oficial de Asuntos Económicos, División de Desarrollo Económico, CEPAL

Medición de desajuste de habilidades en América Latina, Rafael Novella, Consultor CEPAL

O*NET Uruguay. Metodologías para la utilización de información sobre habilidades a partir de encuestas ocupacionales, Miguel Velardez, Consultor CEPAL

Big Data. Utilización de vacantes de empleo para la identificación de demanda y oferta de habilidades, Emanuel Menendez, Consultor CEPAL

Presentation(s)

1pm,

Preguntas y respuestas

6 October 2021, 1pm - 6 October 2021, 1pm
6am,

Saludo de bienvenida

7 October 2021, 6am - 7 October 2021, 6am

Martín Abeles, Director de la Oficina de la CEPAL en Buenos Aires

6am,

Panel 3: La protección social de los trabajadores informales

7 October 2021, 6am - 7 October 2021, 7am

Modera:

Claudia Robles, Oficial de Asuntos Sociales, División de Desarrollo Social, CEPAL

Políticas para enfrentar los desafíos de las antiguas y nuevas formas de informalidad en América Latina, Laís Abramo, Consultora Internacional, División de Desarrollo Social, CEPAL

La protección social de los trabajadores informales ante los impactos del COVID–19, Mario Velásquez, Consultor Internacional, CEPAL

Política social en el contexto COVID y la recuperación. La experiencia de la Argentina, Vanesa Wainstein, Asesora Especial para Asuntos y Relaciones Internacionales de la Unidad Ministro, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, Argentina

Políticas de protección social frente al COVID-19, Representante del Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Perú (TBC)

Presentation(s)

Mario Velásquez

https://youtu.be/I_oTejySJ8E

File

https://youtu.be/I_oTejySJ8E

Vanesa Wainstein

https://youtu.be/q9vHpo8-4xo

7am,

Comentarios

7 October 2021, 7am - 7 October 2021, 7am

Roxana Maurizio, Especialista Regional en Economía Laboral para América Latina y el Caribe, Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)

Laura Alfers, Directora del Programa de Protección Social, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Presentation(s)

7am,

Preguntas y discusión

7 October 2021, 7am - 7 October 2021, 8am
11am,

Panel 4: Informalidad laboral a nivel subnacional

7 October 2021, 11am - 7 October 2021, 12pm

Modera: Soledad Villafañe, Oficial de Asuntos Económicos, Oficina de Buenos Aires, CEPAL

Propuesta de estimación de la Informalidad a nivel subnacional y resultados de la estimación de la informalidad a nivel distrital en Perú, Andrés Espejo, Consultor, División de Desarrollo Social, CEPAL

Estimación de la informalidad en los departamentos de Argentina, Lucía Trujillo, Consultora CEPAL

Estimación de la informalidad en las comunas de Chile, Felipe Livert, Consultor, CEPAL y Fidel Miranda, Consultor, CEPAL

Estimación de la informalidad en los municipios México, Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo, Consultor CEPAL

Presentation(s)

12pm,

Comentarios

7 October 2021, 12pm - 7 October 2021, 1pm

Humberto Soto, Oficial de Asuntos Sociales de la Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México (TBC)

Fabio Bertranou, Director Oficina de la OIT para el Cono Sur de América Latina

1pm,

Preguntas y discusión

7 October 2021, 1pm - 7 October 2021, 1pm

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8 October 2021 | News

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor

An international seminar organized by ECLAC on October 6-7 announced the key findings of a project financed by the United Nations Development Account.

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