All events: Americas + Caribbean
Opportunities and challenges in the post-pandemia era
International European, Latin America and the Caribbean Businesswomen Forum Launch
The Programme "Win-Win: Gender Equality means good business", implemented by ILO and UN Women, and financed by the EU, in collaboration with the International Organisation of Employers – IOE is launching this Forum. It aims to create a space for...
Launch of Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Assessment Report: Jamaica
The Report identifies deficiencies in the conditions affecting the emergence and sustainability of women�owned enterprises and their capacity to access the necessary resources and support for sustainability and growth.
#EndChildLabour2021
Launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour (2021) in the Americas
Next Thursday, February 11, from 9:30 am to 11:00 am (GMT-5), governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, employers’ and workers’ organizations and civil society, will unite under one voice to advance towards the achievement of target 8.7 of the...
COVID-19 and the world of work
Creating a post-pandemic Future of Work in the Caribbean: Recommendations for achieving resilient labour markets
Registration is required to attend this Zoom webinar
ILO and the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Barbados, virtual training workshop
National Educational Seminar on Actions for Achieving SDG Target 8.7 – Eliminating Child Labour and Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2025
The training will include a mix of live, highly interactive, online sessions hosted via Zoom; and self-paced learning materials and discussion boards.
COVID-19 and the world of work
Strengthening the capacity of workers’ organizations in building back better: Advancing social dialogue for solutions
This meeting is to establish an in-depth virtual discussion roundtable on the importance of the fourth pillar, the existing conditions of social dialogue there are in the Caribbean during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially during the phase of...
ILO and the Ministry of Labour, Trinidad and Tobago, virtual training workshop
Training workshop on child labour for Labour Inspectors/Officials and Members of the National Steering Committee
The training will include a mix of live, highly interactive, online sessions hosted via Zoom; and self-paced learning materials and discussion boards.
Women Entrepreneurs Network for Latin America and the Caribbean
Lessons and learning: promoting innovation and growth
The “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” programme is hosting a series of activities, in cooperation with companies and businesses’ networks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay, which aim at the creation, launch...
Resilience Business in Latin America and the Caribbean
Boosting Business in the new Scenario. Opportunities for Woman
The “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” programme is hosting a series of activities, in cooperation with companies and businesses’ networks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay, which aim at the creation, launch...
International Youth Day 2020
#MyFutureofWork
Young people and their look to a future that is #postCOVID in Latin America and the Caribbean. What comes after the crisis? The International Labour Organization (ILO) is calling for an urgent conversation: we want to hear youth voices through...
2nd Meeting of the Women Entrepreneurs Network for Latin America and the Caribbean
Innovation: a horizon of opportunities
The “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” programme is hosting a series of activities, in cooperation with companies and businesses’ networks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay, which aim at the creation, launch...
COVID-19 and Workers'Organizations
COVID-19 in the Americas: Strengthening social dialogue, collective bargaining and mechanisms in labour relations
The Covid-19 pandemic does not justify any restriction on the fundamental rights at work enshrined in international labour standards, and full respect for these rights is a precondition for effective social dialogue. Strengthening social dialogue...
ILO COOP 100 Webinar III - Cooperatives for Climate Action on the occasion of the 2020 International Day of Cooperatives
On the eve of the International Day of Cooperatives (IDC), the ILO will hold the third in a series of webinars as part of the Centenary of its Cooperatives Unit, focusing on this year's theme of the IDC - Cooperatives for Climate Action.
Virtual Roundtable (COVID-19 webinar series)
Saving jobs, creating new ones and making people more employable. Shaping good labour market policies for post COVID-19 response
This virtual roundtable will present some of the underlying principles and current practices on how governments and social partners can engage and undertake measures aimed at preserving jobs and creating new ones. It will also focus on how they can...
Virtual Roundtable (COVID-19 webinar series)
Social protection responses in the Caribbean to the COVID-19 pandemic
Launch of the Women Entrepreneurs Network for Latin America and the Caribbean
Women's Leadership in the Region: exchanging ideas and inspiring initiatives
The “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” programme is hosting a series of activities, in cooperation with companies and businesses’ networks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay, which aim at the creation, launch...
Virtual Roundtable (COVID-19 webinar series)
Termination of employment and the aftermath in times of COVID 19 and related legal issues
ILO Caribbean Resilience Project
ILO and SALISES-UWI virtual research presentation and panel discussion on labour markets and resilience in the Caribbean
The research is part of on-going collaboration with SALISES-UWI, and IDB, and is financed within the framework of the ILO’s Caribbean Resilience Project.
Virtual Roundtable (COVID-19 webinar series)
Mitigating the effects of COVID 19 on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and how can we build back better?
COVID-19 and the world of work
ILO-CoESL two-hour clinic to discuss challenges and solutions for Caribbean micro, small and medium enterprises in times of COVID-19
A virtual webinar hosted by ILO Office for the Caribbean and the Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods (CoESL)