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A World of Decent Work: Labor Diplomacy for the New Century Report of the Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy to the Secretary of State and the President of the United States, September 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Executive Summary Introduction The Labor Diplomacy Program      Overview of the Labor Diplomacy Program      Labor Positions Overseas      Labor-Related Positions at the State Department      FY 2001 Budget Request      Authority Over Labor Officers      Organization and Career Path of Foreign Service Officers and of Labor Officers      The Labor Department/State Department Exchange Program      Labor Training at the State Department      Strategic Planning at the State Department Recommendations for Effective Labor Diplomacy in the 21st Century      Recommendation 1:  The Role of the Ambassador in Labor Diplomacy      Recommendation 1.1:  The President's Letter of Instruction to Ambassadors      Recommendation 1.2:  Consultations      Recommendation 2:  The Role of Labor Officers in the Missions and the Number of Labor Officers      Recommendation 2.1:  New Labor Officer Positions      Recommendation 2.2:  Key Senior Labor Officer Positions      Recommendation 2.3:  Labor Officers' Time Spent on Labor Issues      Recommendation 2.4:  Labor Officer Placement and the Embassy "Country Team"      Recommendation 2.5:  Support for Labor Officers          Information Technology          A Labor Travel Fund          Human Resource Support at Missions      Recommendation 3:  Expansion and Development of the Cadre of Labor Officers and Recruitment of Foreign Service Generalists      Recommendation 3.1:  The Labor Promotion Track      Recommendation 3.2:  Recruitment of Generalist Foreign Service Officers into Labor Positions      Recommendation 3.3:  Diversity in the Foreign Service      Recommendation 3.4:  Labor and Other Global Experience as a Factor in the Ambassadorial      Selection Process      Recommendation 3.5:  The Joint Award for Excellence in Labor Diplomacy      Recommendation 3.6:  The "Up or Out" System      Recommendation 3.7:  Hiring Persons with Labor Expertise into the Mid-Level Ranks      Recommendation 3.8:  Limited Non-Career Appointments      Recommendation 3.9:  Placement of Organized Labor Representatives on the Selection      Boards      Recommendation 4:  The Labor Department's Role in the Labor Diplomacy Program      Recommendation 4.1:  A New Interagency Labor Diplomacy Committee      Recommendation 4.2:  The Role of the Labor Department with      Respect to Overseas Labor Positions      Recommendation 4.3:  Labor Department/State Department Exchange Program      Recommendation 5:  The Labor Function in Washington      Recommendation 5.1:  The Responsibility of the Special Representative for International Labor      Affairs for Labor Officers      Recommendation 5.2:  The Permanence of the Special Representative Position      Recommendation 5.3:  Ambassador-at-Large Status for the Special Representative      Recommendation 5.4:  The Resources of the International Labor Affairs Office      Recommendation 5.5:  Placement of a Senior Regional Labor Advisor      in Each Regional Bureau      Recommendation 5.6:  Placement of a Labor Advisor in the Economic and Business Affairs      Bureau      Recommendation 5.7:  The International Organization Bureau Officer Covering the ILO      Recommendation 5.8:  Labor in the Strategic Planning Process      Recommendation 6:  Increasing Awareness of Labor Issues at All Levels of the State Department      Recommendation 6.1:  Labor-Related Training in the State Department      Recommendation 6.2:  The Annual Worldwide Labor Officers Conference Conclusion Biographies of Members of the Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy [end of document] || Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Department of State ||