BRICS Labour & Employment Ministerial Meeting
Tomorrow
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Curtain Raiser
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BRICS
Labour & Employment Ministerial Meeting begins tomorrow( being held on
September, 27th- 28th, 2016) in New Delhi. Ministers will deliberate to
adopt the BRICS Labour & Employment Ministerial Declaration. The Two day
Meeting will have dedicated sessions on key thematic areas, i) Employment Generation,
ii) Social Security, iii) Inclusive Development
Including Formalization. International Organizations viz. ILO, ISSA and
Academia’s are also participating and providing their research inputs to the
deliberation. Following the tripartite model of dialogue, the national social
partners of BRICS countries are also participating in the deliberations. At
Valedictory Session, there would be Adoption of BRICS Labour and Employment
Ministers’ Declaration.
The
1st Meeting of BRICS Employment Working Group (BEWG) was held on 27th – 28th
July, 2016 at Hyderabad. During this Meeting broad consensus were achieved on
‘Employment Generation for Inclusive Growth’, ‘Possible Social Security
Agreement among BRICS nations’ and ‘Networking of Labour Institutes of BRICS
nations’ to include in the BRICS Ministerial declaration for their subsequent
discussion.
India
has assumed the Presidency of BRICS in February,2016 and hosting the 8th BRICS Summit 2016
under India’s Chairmanship scheduled to be held on 15th-16th
October, 2016 at Goa. The theme of India’s BRICS
Chairmanship is “Building Responsive, Inclusive
and Collective Solutions”.
In the prelude to the final meeting of BRICS, a series of
Meetings from participating Ministries are being held at various places in
India. Following the recommendation of BRICS Labour & Employment
Ministerial Meeting in Ufa, Russia under Russia Presidency. The BRICS
Employment Working Group has been constituted to deliberate on common issues
and challenges facing the world of work in BRICS nations and to formulate
appropriate & coordinated policy reforms.
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