Labor Market Observatory of MERCOSUR

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Labor Market Observatory of MERCOSUR
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MERCOSUR

• On 1991 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
  signed the Agreement of Asuncion which gives
  formal origin to MERCOSUR, considering the
  economical and social integration as a
  fundamental condition to accelerate the
  economical development processes with social
  justice (Asuncion Agreement).
• The main objective is the integration of the four
  Member States, through
• Free circulation of goods, services and
  productive factors,
• The establishment of a common external fare,
• Adoption of a common trade policy,
• Coordination of sector and macro economic
  policies,
• The harmonization of legislations in pertinent
  areas.

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MERCOSUR

• The Declaration of Ouro Preto on December-2004
  highlights the advancements of the integration
  process
• Strengthening of Customs Union.
• Agreement on Free Residency for Nationals of the
  Member States, as a tool that will contribute on
  the way towards free circulation.
• Full running of the Review Committee of MERCOSUR.
• Deployment of MERCOSUR Parliament on 2006.
• Creation of the High Level Group for the
  elaboration of MERCOSUR Strategy on Employment
  Growth.

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The Social-Labor Issue

• The Social-Labor Scopes
• Meeting of Ministers of Labor.
• Work Subgroup N 10 of the MERCOSUR Labor,
  Employment and Social Security Affairs.
• Follow up Committee of the Social- Labor
  Declaration of MERCOSUR.
• Achievements on the field of Social-Labor
• Multilateral Agreement on Social Security.
• Social-Labor Declaration of MERCOSUR.
• Recommendations on professional training
  practices.
• Regional Conference of Employment (2004).

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Functional Structure of the Observatory

• The Observatory is a tripartite organism composed
  by
• A Management Council (1 representative for sector
  and country)
• Establishes the periodically priorities and
  actions of the Observatory.
• Identifies and establishes different cooperation
  types and exchange with public and private
  institutions, and national and international
  institutes.
• A Technical-Executive Secretariat (with yearly
  rotation by country) that
• Carries out the administrative tasks.
• Monitories the compliment of projects and work
  plans.
• Gathers and systemizes information and studies.

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The Labor Market Observatory of MERCOSUR

• A tool to measure the economic, trade and social
  integration impact.
• The Observatory studies labor issues
• Development of harmonized labor indicators.
• Labor Conjuncture Bulletin.
• Specific studies ( Employment policies, child
  labor, gender, migrations, etc.).
• The Observatory spreads the labor issues
• Seminar Integration, MERCOSUR and employment
  policies
• Website www.observatorio.net

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The Observatory studies Labor Issues

• The study of labor issues at regional level
  requires homogeneous measurement tools.
• Harmonization Project of Labor Indicators of
  MERCOSUR (International cooperation with ILO).
• Promote an Common Living Inquiry among the
  countries of the region.

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The observatory studies labor issues

• MERCOSUR Conjuncture bulletin
• Annual periodicity.
• Analyzes the conjuncture of labor markets of
  MERCOSUR countries from a regional perspective.
• General Indicators (activity, employment,
  unemployment, under employment y non-registered
  work).
• Wage Indicators.
• Employment Policies.

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The observatory studies labor issues

• Specific studies
• Regional Analysis of MERCOSUR labor problematic.
• Analyzed thematic
• Policies of employment (description, diagnosis,
  evaluation and recommendations).
• Child labor (diagnosis, normative frame, policies
  and recommendations).
• Diagnosis of the non-working population and
  protection systems (composition and evolution of
  unemployment, identification of vulnerable
  groups, proposed actions, programs coordination).

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The Observatory spreads labor issues

• Seminary Integration, MERCOSUR and employment
  policies
• Gave room to the debate on the coordination of
  employment policies in the region.
• Precedent for the Regional Employment Conference
  of MERCOSUR.

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The Observatory spreads labor issues

• Website of the Observatory
• Key diffusion medium.
• Integrates dispersed information.
• Permanent follow up.
• The content of the site is organized as follows
• Statistics.
• Studies.
• Normative.
• Employment Policies.

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The Observatory spreads labor issues

• Statistics Section
• Integrated access to main labor, economic and
  demographic indicators.
• Methodological definitions.
• Linkage with studies and another contents.

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The Observatory spreads labor issues

• Employment Policies section
• Bank of interactive data of employment policies
  executed in MERCOSUR.
• Classification of policies according to different
  criteria.
• Homogenous presentation of data.
• Labor list of MERCOSUR
• Analysis of Labor legislation.
• Comparison of effective norms in the Member
  States.
• Access to the text of main laws.