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ILO Media Advisory: Caribbean Employers' and Workers' Organizations to meet in Grenada
Representatives from Caribbean Employers' and Workers' Organizations to develop positions on social and economic issues to be furthered at the regional level
Media Advisory: National bipartite workshops for CARIFORUM member States
A series of national bipartite workshops to be conducted in the CARIFORUM member States of Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Media Advisory: National Bipartite Meetings for social partners continue in Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Representatives from national employers’and workers’ organizations will discuss labour issues pertinent to each member State.
Caribbean Employers’ Confederation and Caribbean Congress of Labour sign MoU in Brussels
The MoU was signed at the ILO’s Brussels Office, which CEC and CCL were visiting as part of a study tour to gain insight into social dialogue mechanisms within the European Union.
Caribbean Employers’ and Workers' Organizations to visit European Tripartite Council in Brussels
The study tour forms part of a Project funded by the EU, executed by the ILO and implemented by CEC and CCL, which aims to strengthen Caribbean regional organizations to give effective input into economic and social policies at a regional level.
ILO and Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean launch new course in Labour Diplomacy
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean, in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), has created a new module in Labour Diplomacy. It is one of a series of diplomacy courses offered by the Academy
Caribbean Forum to challenge conventional wisdom
The Forum on the Future of the Caribbean is being co-hosted by The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with United Nations System and regional inter-governmental partners,...
Caribbean Labour Ministers commit to strengthening social dialogue, while focusing on youth employment and the greening of the economy
The 9th International Labour Organization (ILO) Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers concluded with a commitment to strengthen social dialogue further both at the national and regional levels, and with renewed impetus to focus on creative solutions...
ILO launches regional social dialogue project with CEC and CCL
A number of activities, covering the first 12 months of the Project, will serve to strengthen workers' and employers' organizations to engage more effectively in social dialogue at the regional level.
ILO opens Ninth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in The Bahamas
ILO is strongly committed to convening the Caribbean Ministers of Labour Meeting every two years, to listen to the constituents and to respond to their needs with practical solutions, says ILO Director-General.
9th ILO Meeting of the Caribbean Ministers of Labour in The Bahamas to address ‘Decent Work for Sustainable Development’
The Meeting will bring together Ministers with responsibility for Labour, Permanent Secretaries and high-level officials of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, as well as representatives of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), and the...
Canada and International Partners support successful UWI Symposium on Caribbean Court of Justice
Experts discuss the experience of other Commonwealth countries in replacing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom with their own final appellate courts and the judgments and role of the Caribbean Court of Justice.
Promoting closer economic integration for full employment and decent work in the Caribbean
Panelists call for the labour movement, private sector and government to work together to achieve regional outcomes.
4th Caribbean Academy for Management of Employers’ Organizations
Senior Officials of Caribbean Employers’ Organizations to attend ILO’s 4th CAMEO in Antigua and Barbuda
Senior Officials of Caribbean Employers’ Organizations to attend ILO’s CAMEO IV in Antigua and Barbuda
Workshop will focus on strategic issues of management and leadership.
ECLAC and ILO Predict that Unemployment will Fall Again to 6.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012
Publication reviews recent experiences of the region's countries in terms of policies and programmes to boost employment
Caribbean countries join in commemoration of World Day for Safety and Health at Work – 28 April
With a focus on promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) in a green economy.
OECS labour officials and statisticians prepare for introduction of Labour Market Information System
A two-week training course to support the introduction of a new Labour Market Information System for members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
OECS members adopt common strategy for achieving decent work
With the support of the International Labour Office, Decent Work Programmes (2010-2015) have been developed by the tripartite constituents in each of the seven full members of the OECS
Antigua and Barbuda ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
Antigua and Barbuda is the third Caribbean country, after the Bahamas and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.