Conference paper prepared for an ILO Regional Conference on the role of ILO regarding technical cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean - covers human resources planning and employment policies, migration policies and population policies, rural development, decentralization, labour administration and labour relations, and international cooperation, etc., and ratification of international labour standards and ILO Conventions. References and statistical tables. Conference held in medellin 1979 September 26 to October 5.

Summarizes the principal outcome of ILO work in the region. Includes listings of technical cooperation projects and of books, reports, CD-ROMs, videos, and CINTERFOR publications issued.

Presents an overview on ILO activities in Latin America and the Caribbean in each of the four dimensions of the decent work agenda : fundamental principles and rights at work, employment, social protection and social dialogue. Covers the period August 1999 - June 2002.