THE ANDEAN LABOR OBSERVATORY

The Andean Community Advisory Council of Labor Ministers, gathered in La Paz in December 2001 at its Second Meeting, approved the initiative of setting up an Andean Labor Observatory with headquarters in La Paz, Bolivia.  Subsequently, with the signing of the Tripartite Framework Agreement in Lima in December 2002 by the Chairs of the Andean Advisory Council of Labor Ministers and of the Andean Labor and Business Advisory Councils, these sectors expressed their willingness to work together to set up the Andean Labor Observatory and their interest in making the Observatory the basic instrument of the Simón Rodríguez Convention for analyzing, defining and following up on Community socio-labor policies in the subregion.   

The Andean Labor Observatory pilot Plan, assigned for development to the Andean Labor Institute (ILA) in coordination with the Andean Community General Secretariat, is currently under execution.  A data base will be built during this initial stage to collect and systematically organize statistical, regulatory and documentary information mainly about the key sociolabor subject areas with which the Advisory Council of Andean Community Labor Ministers is concerned and will serve as a reference tool to orient pertinent Community efforts.