Events and meetings

March 2020

  1. Workshop on Labour Market Contingency Plan for Saint Lucia (POSTPONED due to COVID19)

    17 March 2020

    The Workshop is organized by the Labour Department of Saint Lucia, in cooperation with the Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean. The Labour Market Contingency plans are planning tools to build resilience of disaster-affected and vulnerable populations through a both job-rich and inclusive recovery process anchored on decent work.

December 2019

  1. ILO training - Building resilience through public employment programmes (PEP), 16-20 December 2019

    16 - 20 December 2019

    This training is addressed to senior officials from government ministries and agencies; local and regional authorities, public investment and employment policy advisors, project managers, and donor organizations that are working on or are poised to work on public investment programmes and employment policy and strategy. Countries invited are Guyana, Dominica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

November 2019

  1. ILO workshop on skills anticipation and matching with emphasis on green skills, 18-21 November 2019, Georgetown, Guyana.

    18 - 21 November 2019

    The training workshop targets national stakeholders in Guyana.

October 2019

  1. Training workshop on public employment services in the context of disaster / crisis preparedness and response, 28 October-1 November 2019

    28 October - 1 November 2019

    Training developed in collaboration with the Saint Lucia Department of Labour (Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labour).

  2. Symposium on the Future of Work We Want

    7 - 8 October 2019

May 2019

  1. 11th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour: Shaping a brighter future of work for the Caribbean

    14 - 15 May 2019

    The meeting celebrates the ILO's 100th Anniversary and offers an opportunity for the Ministers of Labour to chart the way forward addressing issues around the Future of Work in the Caribbean.

  2. The Future of Work in Trinidad and Tobago: Why Does Decent Work Matter?

    3 May 2019

    The ILO, in collaboration with the Employers' Consultative Association, breakfast meeting on the future of work in Trinidad and Tobago: Why does decent work matter?

April 2019

  1. ILO Essay Competition on the Future of Work

    11 April - 28 June 2019

    Open to Undergraduate students from the University of the West Indies, University of Trinidad and Tobago, University of Belize, University of Guyana and all other Caribbean universities.

February 2019

  1. The Future of Work We Want: Workers' Perspectives from the Caribbean

    14 - 15 February 2019

    The conference will bring together together representatives from trade unions, governments, academia as well as employers to discuss the developments that are driving the world of work in the future.

October 2018

  1. ILO Subregional Tripartite Meeting: Key selected topics for the future of work in the Caribbean

    1 October 2018

    This will take place in the lead up to the 19th American Regional Meeting scheduled for 2-5 October at the same venue.