Digitizacion of EBMO's
"ACT/EMP Digit@l", the new resource centre for Latin American business organisation
The launch of this new resource centre took place during the "Regional Workshop on South-South Cooperation: Developing Digital Services in Business Organisations to Support SMEs".
On 14-15 February, the "Regional Workshop on South-South Cooperation: Development of Digital Services in Business Organisations to Support SMEs", organised by the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) and funded by the ILO South-South Cooperation Programme 2022-2023, took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The workshop launched the ACT/EMP Digital platform, which makes available to employers' organizations reports, guides, manuals and technical notes developed by the ILO specifically for employers' organizations.
During the workshop, the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the road to digitalisation? A look at Latin America", which includes five national experiences as case studies, good practices, data on the current situation and recommendations for business organisations embarking on the journey towards digitalisation.
In line with this, one of the key points of the meeting was the exchange of experiences between the representatives of the different business organisations and the implementation of activities around the productive digitalisation processes of their member companies.
The event was attended by representatives of various business organisations from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. The opening session was attended by Diego Coatz, Executive Director of the Union Industrial Argentina (UIA), Claudia Coenjaerts, Acting Director of the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Deborah France-Massin, Director of the Employers' Activities Bureau (ACT/EMP), Andrés Yurén, ACT/EMP Regional Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Maria Paz Anzorreguy, Director of Coordination with the ILO of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), and Roberto Villamil, ACT/EMP Senior Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean, who also actively participated in the workshop, underlined the importance of South-South cooperation in the field of SMEs, considering that the countries of the participating organisations have common objectives in this area, and that mutual support is therefore important in order to strengthen institutional capacities through the exchange of experiences, skills, resources and know-how.
Deborah France-Massin stressed that "the world in which business operates is becoming increasingly complex and challenging. Business organisations, as legitimate representatives of business, need to understand and navigate this complexity in order to deliver quality services and promote the priorities of the productive sector. This means challenging old ways of working, reinventing and diversifying business services, accelerating digitalisation and being at the forefront of building a vision of inclusive and productive economies and labour markets.
The workshop launched the ACT/EMP Digital platform, which makes available to employers' organizations reports, guides, manuals and technical notes developed by the ILO specifically for employers' organizations.
During the workshop, the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the road to digitalisation? A look at Latin America", which includes five national experiences as case studies, good practices, data on the current situation and recommendations for business organisations embarking on the journey towards digitalisation.
In line with this, one of the key points of the meeting was the exchange of experiences between the representatives of the different business organisations and the implementation of activities around the productive digitalisation processes of their member companies.
The event was attended by representatives of various business organisations from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. The opening session was attended by Diego Coatz, Executive Director of the Union Industrial Argentina (UIA), Claudia Coenjaerts, Acting Director of the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Deborah France-Massin, Director of the Employers' Activities Bureau (ACT/EMP), Andrés Yurén, ACT/EMP Regional Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Maria Paz Anzorreguy, Director of Coordination with the ILO of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), and Roberto Villamil, ACT/EMP Senior Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean, who also actively participated in the workshop, underlined the importance of South-South cooperation in the field of SMEs, considering that the countries of the participating organisations have common objectives in this area, and that mutual support is therefore important in order to strengthen institutional capacities through the exchange of experiences, skills, resources and know-how.
Deborah France-Massin stressed that "the world in which business operates is becoming increasingly complex and challenging. Business organisations, as legitimate representatives of business, need to understand and navigate this complexity in order to deliver quality services and promote the priorities of the productive sector. This means challenging old ways of working, reinventing and diversifying business services, accelerating digitalisation and being at the forefront of building a vision of inclusive and productive economies and labour markets.