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The Government of Canada and ILO expand their partnership to strengthen institutional capacities in the governance of labour migration in...
Two new projects seek to strengthen the work of Ministries of Labor, Foreign Affairs, migration institutes, public employment services and vocational training institutions, as well as employers' and workers' organizations to integrate migrants and...
ILO holds an orientation session on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives
During the two day orientation session, organized by ILO COOP Unit and the STATISTICS Department, ILO staff, partners and representatives from national advisory committees for the five country case studies discussed the best way forward in...
The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy
The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy – High-level panel 2: Partnerships for inclusive and sustainable development: SSE ecosystems...
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the SSE
ILO COOP contributes to the 2021 CIRIEC international conference
The ILO initiative on the implementation of the guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives was introduced to the global research community on social and solidarity economy.
ILO COOP held meetings with Statistics Korea and SK for pilot testing of international guidelines on statistics of cooperatives
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Costa Rica reaffirms its commitment to eradicating forced labour
On 16 November 2020, Costa Rica became the 47th country worldwide to ratify the Forced Labour Protocol and the fifth to do so in Latin America and the Caribbean. Costa Rica reinforces its firm commitment to combat all forms of forced labour by this...
ILO COOP 100 Interview
ILO Interview with Mr Manuel Marino, previous Regional Director for International Cooperatives Alliance (ICA) Americas, Cooperative and...
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...
Women in Business and Management
Sharp rise in women-owned businesses in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
ILO participates in the ICA Americas 21st Regional Conference in San José, Costa Rica
An ILO official participated in the conference and presented on the key trends and challenges in the world of work and possible responses by cooperative enterprises.
43rd meeting of the ILO/CINTERFOR Technical Committee - Reinventing vocational training to face the future of work
Institutions and specialists from Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting in Costa Rica to analyse the challenges posed in the areas of education and training by the transformations taking place in the world of work. The ILO has proposed a...
The 7th Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy
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Informal workers’ rights have a home in Costa Rica and El Salvador
An ILO-supported project aims to counsel informal workers and establish institutional partnerships to create collective strategies to promote workers’ transition from the informal to the formal economy.
Latin America and the Caribbean assume the commitment to completely end child labour
The Focal Points Network of the “Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”, launched its first face-to-face meeting in Brasilia
Reflections on the case of Costa Rica
Costa Rica President attends International Labour Conference
Costa Rica’s President highlights the importance of decent work as a tool for economic growth. She spoke on the first day of the International Labour Conference.
ILO presents findings and recommendations on Costa Rica's labour inspection system
The ILO presented the results from its recent needs assessment on Costa Rica's labour inspection system in San José. The Labour Minister, Ms. Sandra Piszk, was present and thanked the ILO for its valuable recommendations.
Gender: Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA)’ Training for Worker Facilitators on the ILO Participatory Gender Audit(PGA)
The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), together with the Bureau for Gender Equality of ILO and TUCA, held a joint Americas Regional Training for Worker Facilitators on the ILO Participatory Gender Audit(PGA), in San José (Costa Rica), from 12...
The banana agribusiness in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica: rich ground to create green jobs
The ILO, through the Joint Program for strengthening the Banana value chain by Growing Inclusive Markets, invited a delegation of fifteen technicians and producers of bananas from the Dominican Republic to visit Costa Rica to learn about the...