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The Bahamas validates new National Apprenticeship Policy
ILO Caribbean Office facilitates process as key outcome of country’s Decent Work Country Programme.
New ILO Caribbean report analyzes how EMBOs can benefit from digitalization that enhances data management
Publication examines opportunities and challenges related to use of digital tools.
ILO assists The Bahamas in the development of a National Apprenticeship Policy
The policy will lay out guidance for elaborating and implementing an inclusive and sustainable National Apprenticeship Programme.
ILO assists Caribbean EBMOs in harnessing CRM software to improve processes
The ILO assisted Antigua and Barbuda Employers’ Federation (ABEF), the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC), the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), the Grenada Employers’ Federation (GEF), the Jamaica...
Courtesy call: ILO Team visits the Industrial Tribunal, The Bahamas
The Bahamas ratifies two ILO Conventions that ensure a future of work based on equity, security, dignity and respect for all
The country deposited the instruments of ratification for the two Conventions on 30 November 2022.
Caribbean Ministers of Labour meet with ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at 110th session of the ILC
The meeting focused on continued assistance to Caribbean member States. Additionally, the Ministers unanimously expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to Mr Ryder for advancing the work of the ILO in the Caribbean region over the last ten...
ISSA webinar highlights the need for unemployment insurance in the Caribbean region
Keynote speaker, Ariel Pino, ILO Specialist, Social Protection and OSH, examined the key aspects of unemployment insurance – namely the why, the what and the how - vis-à-vis international experience and the International Labour Standards.
ILO and the NTC conclude successful RBM training workshop in The Bahamas
Through presentations, discussions and working groups, participants engaged in creating the building blocks for a model that supports greater sectoral and stakeholder engagement for the successful implementation of the country’s 2nd generation...
Media Advisory: ILO and NTC conduct Results-based Management (RBM) and Work-planning workshop in The Bahamas
ILO DWT and Office for the Caribbean to provide specialized advisory support in the development of a roadmap on the priority areas that are outlined in the DWCP 2021-2026.
Building the Caribbean’s first COVID-era Decent Work Country Programme
ILO collaboration with tripartite partners in The Bahamas leads to important milestone
The Bahamas launches new Decent Work Country Programme
Five-year Programme seeks to achieve tripartite solutions to comprehensive national labour issues
Unemployment insurance in the Caribbean: An urgent call to protect workers and their families
A major social protection gap in the Caribbean is the protection of the unemployed, which is the least developed social security branch in the subregion, as recognized in the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention No. 102.
Decent Work Country Programme
The Bahamas prepares to launch new Decent Work Country Programme
Priorities include jobs and skills; social dialogue and governance.
Business resilience is a key driver of economic prosperity in the Caribbean
Made up of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Caribbean faces multiple vulnerabilities to climate hazards such as hurricanes, flooding, landslides, heatwaves, drought and sea level rise
Pivoting social dialogue to enhance the role of unions in COVID-19 recovery
Greater inclusion can encourage more human-centred approaches to labour solutions in the Caribbean
Occupational safety and health is at the heart of COVID-19 recovery: Mainstreaming policies on infection prevention and control,...
Prioritizing TVET in COVID-19 recovery efforts for the Caribbean: How CARICOM Member States can address delivery, continuity and resilience
51st Anniversary of the ILO Caribbean Office
Message from Dennis Zulu, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean on the Anniversary of the ILO Caribbean Office
As we observe the 51st anniversary of the opening of the Office, we look forward to a better tomorrow working together as ILO tripartite constituents, the UN family and other partners towards a more resilient and sustainable recovery, which will...
ILO: 34 million jobs lost in Latin America and the Caribbean due to crisis
COVID-19 leaves behind a drastic contraction in employment and income in the region. Signs of an early recovery suggest that millions could return to seek employment in the coming weeks, highlighted the ILO in a new edition of its Labour Overview.