Mozambique: Minister addresses International Labour Conference in Geneva

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Mozambique: Minister addresses International Labour Conference in Geneva

11:14 CAT | 14 Jun 2024

Photo: Ministério do Trabalho e Segurança Social

Mozambique’s Minister of Labour and Social Security, Margarida Adamugi Talapa, has been participating since last Monday, June 10, 2024, in the International Labour Conference, an event that takes place annually at the headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and brings together ministers who oversee the area of labour and social security.

Talapa spoke on the morning of June 10th, lauding the approach to the theme chosen for the organization’s report, whose title is “Towards a Renewed Social Contract”, which unfolds into four chapters, namely: The Universal Importance of the Social Contract, Social Contracts Under Pressure, The Social Contract: Adaptation or Reinvention? and Renewing the Social Contract.

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Minister Talapa sees the approach as pertinent and necessary because the world is living in a time in which technological innovation, instead of being at the service of the person in the context of work, tends to promote the precariousness of working conditions, which significantly impact the lives of workers and their dependents.

“On the other hand, the approach to the topic is justified by the fact that we understand that, in the world of employment and work, the social contract must be designed with a focus on people, as well as the need to promote decent and sustainable work because work is not a commodity, and the worker is a human being, with rights, needs and aspirations,” Talapa said.

These proposals can only be possible, Talapa noted, if countries consolidate mechanisms for consultation and tripartite social dialogue and focus on creating concrete conditions that ensure the creation and consolidation of institutions that protect workers from the risks to which they are exposed as a result of technological advancement.

Talapa observed that the Government of Mozambique had redoubled its efforts to strengthen tripartite social dialogue, and one of the fruits of these efforts being that, in February this year, the new Labour Law came into force, approved by consensus by the Assembly of the Republic after intense debate on the part of the social partners (workers and employers), as well as other vital forces in civil society.

Mozambique was elected as an alternate member of the ILO Board of Directors for the 2024-2027 period.

Margarida Talapa took the opportunity to thank the ILO, on behalf of the Mozambican government and people, for their trust, emphasising that the country would spare no effort to contribute, in the best possible way, to achieving the organization’s objectives and goals.

Talapa ended her speech by recognizing and thanking the ILO for the support and assistance that Mozambique has received, with emphasis on the areas of employment promotion, combating child labour, actuarial studies of compulsory social security and training of sector staff in various areas of labour and employment administration.

Mozambique reiterated its commitment to continue focusing on combating child labour, implementing strategies that promote employment and decent work, as well as consolidating tripartite dialogue with all social partners.

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