RO - Latin America and the Caribbean

ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
(Based in Lima)

Regional Coordinator for youth employment:
Guillermo Dema: dema(at)oit.org.pe

Website

Projects

Online platform: Plataforma de información sobre empleo juvenil (2012 - ongoing) - Latin America and the Caribbean

Promoción del Empleo Juvenil en América Latina - PREJAL (2005 - ongoing) - Latin America and the Caribbean

Events

"Hacer frente a los problemas de empleo juvenil" - Online training workshop (5 September -20 December 2011) - Latin America and the Caribbean

Foro "Empleo, Juventud y Gobernabilidad Democrática" (12-13 December 2012) - Latin America and the Caribbean

Juventud y Trabajo Decente (11 October 2011) - El Salvador

Publications

Los jóvenes hablan: Foros Nacionales de Empleo Juvenil en América Latina y el Caribe
2012 - Latin America and the Caribbean

ILO Liaison Office with the United Nations and ILO Washington

ILO Country Offices for Canada and the United States

Focal point for youth employment

Website

CO - Brasilia

ILO Country Office for Brazil

Focal point for youth employment:
Lais Abramo: abramo(at)oitbrasil.org.br

Website

Projects

Security with Citizenship: preventing violence and strengthening citizenship with a focus on children, adolescents and youth in vulnerable conditions in Brazilian communities
(2009 - 2012) - Brazil - Donor: Multi-donor

Events

Trabalho Decente para os Jovens: Fortalecendo a Agenda Nacional de Trabalho Decente para a Juventude (2009 - 2012) - Brazil

CO - Buenos Aires

ILO Country Office for Argentina

Focal point for youth employment:
Alejandra Pangaro: pangaro(at)oit.org.ar

Website

Events

Foro Nacional Trabajo Decente para los jóvenes (13 March 2012) - Argentina


Un nexo por construir: jóvenes y trabajo decente (27 March 2012) – Argentina

Empleo Juvenil en el Sector Turismo en Argentina: oportunidades y desafíos (1 August 2012) – Argentina

Publications

"Un nexo por construir: jóvenes y trabajo decente" (3 July 2012) – Argentina

CO - Mexico

ILO Country Office for Mexico and Cuba

Focal point for youth employment:
Regina Galhardi: galhardi(at)oit.org.mx:

Website

Events

Foro del Empleo Juvenil en México (20 March 2012 and 19 April 2012) - Mexico

CO - Lima

ILO Country Office for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela

Focal point for youth employment:
Juan Chacaltana: chacaltana(at)oit.org.pe
and
Italo Cardona: cardona(at)oit.org.pe

Website

Projects

Promoción del Empleo y el Emprendimiento y Gestión de la Migración Laboral Internacional Juvenil (2009 - 2012) - Peru

Youth, Employment, Migration – Reducing Inequalities in Ecuador (2009 - 2012) - Ecuador - Donor: MDG-Fund

Promotion of employment and MSEs for youth and management of juvenile labour migration (2009 - 2012) - Peru - Donor: MDG-Fund

Plan sectorial de accion para la promocion del empleo juvenil (2009 - 2012) - Peru


Events

Foro Nacional de Empleo Juvenil (23 March 2012) - Peru


Workshop: Trabajo Decente para los Jóvenes del Sector Público (17 - 20 July 2012) - Peru

Trabajo decente para los jóvenes en Foro Nacional Tripartito (12 April 2012) - Colombia

Trabajo y juventud en el Perú: Empleo y Demandas Laborales (28 June 2012) - Peru

Taller Nacional de Diálogo Intersindical Juvenil sobre Trabajo Decente (17 July 2010) - Peru

Mesa de Diálogo Social Juvenil para el Trabajo Decente de Perú (2 July 2011) - Peru

Diálogo Nacional Juvenil (21 March 2011) - Peru

CO - Port of Spain

ILO Country Office for Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Focal point for youth employment:
Giovanni di Cola: dicola(at)ilocarib.org.tt

Website

Events

Addressing the Employment Challenges of Caribbean Youth in Times of Crisis (29 - 31 march 2012) - Saint Lucia

My work, my future, my life (27 March 2012) - Trinidad and Tobago

CO - San José

ILO Country Office for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic

Focal point for youth employment:
Dunia Flores: floresd(at)sjo.oit.or.cr
and Mauricio Dierckxsens: dierckxsens(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

National Development Capacities for Improving Employment and Self-Employment Opportunities for Young People
(2009 - 2012) - Nicaragua - Donor: MDG-Fund

Joint Programme on Youth, Employment and Migration: A One-Stop Shop for Youth Employment (2009 - 2012) - Costa Rica

A one-stop shop for youth employment (2009 - 2012) - Costa Rica

Human development for youth: overcoming the challenges of migration through employment (2009 - 2012) - Costa Rica

Human development for youth: overcoming the challenges of migration through employment (2009 - 2011) - Honduras

Plan de empleo juvenil 2011-2013 (2009 - 2011) - Honduras

Politica Nacional de Juventud 2011-2014 (2011) - El Salvador

Events

Foro sobre Trabajo Decente para la Juventud (22 March 2012) - Costa Rica


"Trabajo Decente para la Juventud Salvadoreña”: un espacio de discusión y análisis sobre el empleo (August 2012) - Guatemala

Jóvenes y Derechos Fundamentales: la acción sindical (13 March 2012) - Guatemala


Formación técnica, profesional y empleo para la juventud guatemalteca (31 July 2012) - Guatemala

Reto EMPLEATE en Guanacaste (23 July 2012) - Costa Rica

CO - Santiago

ILO Country Office for Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay

Focal point for youth employment:
Patricia Roa: roa(at)oitchile.org

Website

Projects

Crece Protegido (website) (June 2012) - Chile


Economic Capacities and Opportunities for Social Inclusion (2009 - 2012) - Paraguay - Donor: MDG-Fund


Events

Para superar los retos de la migración (23 March 2012) - Chile

Trabajo decente para los jóvenes en Uruguay. Foro Nacional Tripartito (20 March 2012) - Uruguay


Publications

Informe sobre erradicación del trabajo infantil y protección del adolescente trabajador (July 2012) - Chile