ATILRA in the Argentina 2020 federal encounter
July 3, 2012
On Friday June 29 took place, in the city of Rosario, the first federal encounter “Argentina 2020: Continuing Education for Competitiveness and Employment in the Context of Strategic Plans,” with the presence, among different individuals, of the minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security of the Republic, Dr. Carlos Tomada and the Secretary General of the ATILRA, Hector Luis Ponce.
As stated by Tomada from the 15,000 trainings provided by the portfolio of Labour in 2003, they have now come to 1,600,000. Tomada also noted that took an important step has been given in “the pursuit of competitiveness through high, which is based on technological innovation of enterprises and improvement of skills of Argentine workers.” He added further that “the goal is to reach more than 3,000,000 workers who go through this process of updating knowledge or incorporation of new qualifications and skills for the next decade.”
M24Digital consulted Ponce, who said the ATILRA will spare no effort in everything that can contribute to the project because “the next world needs better and more human resources to produce and process the material resources for human survival, and we are aware that our organization focuses neither more nor less, workers from one sector of the industry, such as the dairy, which has a clear potential to be a protagonist in the process that the world is demanding. “
Taken to the issue of job training he said it “requires an integral and medium term.” The minister noted that “training is not only a right of workers”, but “at this point is a shared duty between employers, workers and the state to create public policies to strengthen these processes of learning.”
Fabio Bertranou, Labour Market Specialist of the ILO, gave a presentation on “Skills for improved productivity, employment growth and development.”
Significantly, the ILO Office in Argentina is involved in organizing the project activities with the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, the Ministry of Industry, and various unions, among which is the ATILRA.