Specific Funds: Some specific examples of SEDI activities Employment: 1 and a half year, the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL) In 1 and a half year, the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL) has organized and achieved: 5 5 Hemispheric workshops (Migration, employment services, health and occupational safety, labor dimension of FTAs) 8 8 bilateral cooperation activities among ministers of labor 247 247 representatives of ministries of labor, union and business sector trained 10 10 international organizations participating (ILO, IDB, among others) 11 11 centers of research and participating NGOs 1 1 technical study on gender and employment Social Development: Network/based Capacity Building on Social Protection Strategies: Since 1991 holds annual Conferences of the Social Network of Latin America and the Caribbean 4 Hemispheric Workshops (on social protection systems) Effective promotion of cooperation between the Caribbean and Latin America 1 technical study on the effectiveness of social policy in providing of social services Close collaboration with international organizations (ECLAC, IDB, World Bank, among others) Strong support of the academic sector (UWI, Universidad de Chile, among others) APPROX.
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