Tripartite Regional Knowledge Sharing Forum

Innovative approaches to promote the transition to formality.

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The Tripartite Regional Knowledge Sharing Forum: Innovative Approaches to Promote the Transition to Formality seeks to strengthen the capacities of labour actors in Latin America and the Caribbean to address the challenges of informality through the implementation of innovative formalization policies in the areas of productive development, employment and skills development, social protection, labour rights enforcement, and incentives.

Background

Organized by ILO in 2024, the Tripartite Regional Forum is a key space for discussing innovative solutions to promote labour formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where one in two workers remains in informality, particularly in sectors such as agriculture, domestic work, construction, trade, and transport. This situation disproportionately affects women, youth, and migrants. Through Recommendation No. 204 of 2015 and the inclusion of formalization in the Sustainable Development Goals, ILO has emphasized the importance of moving toward formal work to achieve economic growth and social justice.

In 2024, ILO launched the FORLAC 2.0 Strategy for the period 2024-2030, focused on skills development, social protection, labour incentives, and the enforcement of rights in the region. This strategy prioritizes technical assistance and the design of sectoral formalization policies through social dialogue, adapting solutions to the needs of each sector. This tripartite forum brings together representatives from governments, workers, and employers to identify priority challenges, and its outcomes are expected to inform the General Discussion at the International Labour Conference in 2025, while strengthening multilateral collaboration in the fight against labour informality.

Reference documents

Agenda

Technical note

Background

Biodatas

Objetives

Speakers

Ana Virginia Moreira

Director of the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Frédéric Lapeyre

Director of the ILO's Priority Action Programme for Formalization

Specialized panels

Impact of Formalization Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean - Verónica Escudero (ILO)

Challenges to Strengthening the Link Between Productivity and Formalization - Gabriel Ulyssea (University College London)

Overview of Productive Development Policies and Their Link to Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean - Marco Llinás (ECLAC)
Experiences on innovative solutions for formalization based on digital technologies in LAC and EU countries: Toolkit for Formalization - Juan Manuel García (ILO)

Anti-Fraud Tool - Juan Luis Martínez de Vega (Ministry of Labour and Social Economy of Spain)

Labor Registration Credential - Eleonora Peliza (International Labour and Employment Relations Association) and Marta Pujadas (Construction Workers' Union of the Argentine Republic)

Digital Inspector - Joel de Rosa (Ministry of Human Capital of Argentina)
The importance of promoting the transition to the formal economy from a sectoral approach through social dialogue - Waltteri Katajamaki (ILO)

Implications of the European directive on sustainability in value chains, and its contribution to the transition to formalization - Ralf Sauer (EU)

How to promote value chains for productivity and formalization? - Piero Ghezzi (International Expert on Economic Development and Informality)

Learn more

The forum is organized within the framework of the Strategy for Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean (FORLAC 2.0), the ILO project Innovative Solutions for Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-financed by the European Union, and the Action Programme for Formalization (AP/F).

For the development of the forum, partnerships have been established with the European Union (EU), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA), and Hacer Perú. Additionally, the event is supported by the ITCILO as a key partner in organizing and implementing the forum.