The Latin America Conference of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network is convened by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a side event to the Third OECD Ministerial Summit on Social Inclusion. The general objective of the conference is to discuss how companies can be supported to promote and improve the employment of people with disabilities in Latin America.

Bogota

Latin American regional conference of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network

Claudia Coenjaerts

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Opening of the meeting

Regional Director a.i. for Latin America and the Caribbean

José Antonio Ardavín

Head of the LAC Division at the OECD Global Relations secretariat

Iván Daniell Jaramillo

Vice-Minister of Employment, Ministry of Labour

Jürgen Menze

PANEL 1: Regional trends and challenges for the employment of people with disabilities

Moderator and ILO Global Business and Disability Network Coordinator

Ana Mohedano Escobar

Deputy Secretary General at the Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS), host organisation of the Ibero-American Network of Inclusive Enterprises (RIEI)

Juan Ángel De Gouveia

President of the Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of People with Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS)

Santiago Libertella

Chief Revenue Officer de Incluyeme.com

Fernanda Hopenhaym

Chair, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Uruguay

Eduardo Dall'Oglio

Trade Union Counsellor of the Inter-Union Plenary of Workers

Natalia Privee

International Organisation of Employers (IOE)

PANEL 2: Good corporate practices and lessons learned on inclusion of persons with disabilities

Moderator and Adviser

Cartagena

Colombia

Adriana Salazar

Director of Pre-Sales and Alliances Colombia at Atos

Santiago

Chile

Carla Bartolucci

Vice-President of the Chilean Network of Inclusive Companies

Mexico

María Antonieta Uribe

Senior Social Impact Specialist at the United Nations Global Compact Network Mexico

Claudia Martínez

Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank

Yulieth Johana Garcia Alvarez

Head of Employment, COMFAMA Inclusive Business Forum

Andrés Yurén

Conclusions and final remarks

Employers' Activities Specialist (ACT/EMP), ILO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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