OAS appreciates the progress of the Pacific Alliance in terms of recognition and standardization of labor competencies

May 5, 2023.- On May 4 and 5, 2023, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Intersectoral Workshop “Towards a greater articulation between education and work in the Americas” was held, organized in hybrid format by the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration of the OAS, under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security and the Ministry of Education of Argentina.

The event, which is part of the 2022-2024 Work Plan of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (CIMT) and the 2022-2025 Work Plan of the Inter-American Commission on Education (CIE), brought together representatives of Ministries of Labor and Ministries of Education of the Americas, representatives of workers and employers, and international organizations.

The workshop allowed for the exchange of lessons learned and policy recommendations to achieve a better articulation between the Ministries of Labor and Ministries of Education of the Americas and the development of national qualifications frameworks, as well as laying the foundations to move towards a regional framework of qualifications.

During the meeting, the Department of Human Development, Education and Employment of the OAS, through the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration, highlighted the progress of the Technical Labor Group (GTL) of the Pacific Alliance in terms of recognition and homologation of labor competencies and their articulation with the Regional Qualifications Framework, which is also being developed by the Technical Education Group (GTE) of the integration mechanism.

The coordinator of the Network of Experts in Certification of the Pacific Alliance, Igor Dedic, from Chile, made a presentation of the progress in the preparation of a pilot of the operating system for the recognition and homologation of labor competency certifications in the countries of the Pacific Alliance, which incorporates standards and profiles from the construction, tourism, marketing, hotel, gastronomy and personal care sectors. It is a presidential mandate adopted on December 11, 2020 during the Santiago Summit under the pro tempore presidency of Chile.