The International Labour Organization (ILO) Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean will host a virtual panel next week entitled Creating a post-pandemic Future of Work in the Caribbean: Recommendations for achieving resilient labour markets, to discuss the most recent data on how COVID-19 is affecting the world of work in the Caribbean.

During the event, the ILO will present the main findings of the report “COVID-19 and the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean labour market. A rapid assessment of impact and policy responses at the end of Q3, 2020”. The presentation will be followed by a discussion on the potential way forward for national- and regional-level responses featuring a panel of expert speakers from the ILO, as well as tripartite representatives from government, employers’ organizations and workers’ organizations.

Speakers, panelists and moderators will include:

• The Honourable Colin E. Jordan, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Barbados;
• Mr Andre Lewis, President, Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL);
• Mr Wayne Chen, President, Caribbean Employers' Confederation (CEC);
• Mr Vinicius Pinheiro, Director, ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean;
• Mr Dennis Zulu, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean;
• Mr Lars Johansen, Deputy Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean;
• Ms Vanessa Phala, Senior Specialist, Employers' Activities, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean; and
• Mr Diego Rei, Specialist, Employment and Labour Market Policies, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean.

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For more information contact Shireen Cuthbert at cuthbert@ilo.org