By Jonathan Paoli
South African Employment and Labour Minister Meth Nomakhosazana is in Russia this week to attend high-level talks with her Brics counterparts on a number of priorities impacting workers in the group’s emerging economies.
The Ministry of Employment and Labour said the two-day discussions, which kick off on Monday, would include developing a system of vocational guidance and lifelong professional education, and deliberate the role of web-based platform workers in the labour market and how to regulate their work.
Ensuring safe work and the social security for citizens would also be discussed during the two-day meeting that ends on Tuesday. Global organisations, including the International Labour Organisation and the International Social Security Association, provide technical support to the Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting (LEMM).
Ministers will share experiences and good practices on the meeting’s priorities.
“The gathering is important for South Africa, as the main objective is to facilitate cross-collaboration, knowledge-sharing and monitoring and evaluation in achieving our goals,” Meth said in a statement.
The first Brics LEMM took place in New Delhi in India last year. It set the stage for future collaboration by bringing together labour and employment ministers from member countries to discuss common challenges and opportunities.
Encouraged by the success of the initial meeting, members of Brics agreed to convene annually to continue addressing pressing employment issues and to strengthen their collaborative efforts.
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