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During the inauguration of the I Meeting of Labor Ministers of Latin America which is being held in our country with the support of the International Labor Organization ILO the head of Labor and Employment Promotion Betssy Chavez Chino stated that its management aims to promote formalization processes that place people at the center of the design and implementation of State interventions. This will be done he explained from a perspective of inclusive sustainable responsible and resilient development in accordance with the commitments assumed by our countries in accordance with the eighth sustainable development goal of the United Nations Agenda and aligned with the right to decent work. During her speech at the opening ceremony of this event that takes place in person in our country Minister Chavez Chino affirmed that during the various processes of formalization of the economy and the labor market that contributes to strengthening both workers and Employers must become catalysts for decent and safe work. This will be done he stated within the framework of decent work aimed at guaranteeing minimum floors of social protection in a context of global uncertainty in which it is more necessary than ever to have people as the axis and goal. Recovery of pre-pandemic levelsIn Peru we are registering a certain level of recovery of economic activity however we observe that this recovery is partial and needs to be strengthened in various aspects especially that of the minimum conditions for the different activities of the labor market to be able to perform in a dignified and safe manner he highlighted. He reported that for this purpose since assuming the Labor and Employment Promotion portfolio he established as his management objective to lead a process of strengthening and ordering the Peruvian labor regulatory framework in order to have a coherent and harmonized corpus that advances and guide us firmly on the path of protecting fundamental labor rights and the duties and responsibilities of the parties involved in any labor relationship. In this sense he recalled that at the last meeting of the National Council for Labor and Employment Promotion workers and employers reached a consensus that the Labor Code should arise from both actors and then take it jointly to the Congress of the Republic for democratic debate. Labor Code in the regionLet us have the historical and social responsibility to provide the country even in moments of anxiety with a Labor Code that allows us to improve our legislation and that provides the working class and the employer class with direction and order. That is what we are looking for to keep moving forward she added. On the other hand Betssy Chavez enthusiastically greeted the holders of the Labor portfolio and authorities who participated in this meeting because it allowed them to share experiences and learn from the lessons that each country has on their way oriented towards meeting the expectations of the millions of men and women who function in the labor market of our respective States. For her part the Minister of Labor Employment and Social Welfare of Bolivia Patricia Navia Tejada praised the management of her counterpart from Peru for the preparation of the Preliminary Draft of the Labor Code in Peru which she described as a great advance because she is facing it from a social dialogue with all the parties involved workers employers and the State. It is a good and successful management of the minister Chavez. It is important because of the consensus and the context because labor legal protections are needed she said. In this regard the Vice Minister of Public Service of the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador Jorge Benavides Ordoez considered that the Labor Code that our country prepares is an important task because it allows improving the world of work. Ecuador has had a Code for 80 years and today it must be adapted to new contexts such as teleworking and this post-pandemic world. Peru is exchanging experiences in the face of the implementation of new labor regulations which includes what is indicated in the international treaties that we have signed as States he added. Coordinated work with the ILOIt should be noted that Peru organizes with the support of the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean the meeting Addressing Informality in Latin America Consolidating the Transition to Improve Peoples Quality of Life in the form face-to-face aimed at promoting consensus regarding necessary and urgent policies and measures to promote the transition from the informal economy to the formal economy in line with Recommendation 204 of this international organization. The event was attended by the Minister of Labour Employment and Social Welfare of Bolivia Vernica Patricia Navia Tejada the Vice Minister of Public Service of the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador Jorge Benavides Ordoez the Regional Director of the ILO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Claudia Coenjaerts. Likewise talo Cardona director of the ILO Office for the Andean Countries Edilberto Jaime Ros Vice Minister of Labor Jos Reyes Llanos Deputy Minister e of Employment Promotion and Labor Training and Secretary General of our Ministry among other officials.
