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International Labour Standards
Cuba joins efforts to promote decent work at sea
Cuba is the 113th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Maritime Labour Convention
ILO, Cuba strengthen ties to advance support for persons with disabilities in Zambia
ILO and Cuba are strengthening cooperation to improve support for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia, including revamping the National Vocational and Rehabilitation Centre and expanding cataract surgeries. The partnership aims to enhance skills,...
Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum
Just Transition in Small Island Developing States is key to economic resilience
The ILO is promoting just energy transitions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as a key strategy to boost workforce and economic resilience, as highlighted at the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum in May 2025.
ILO COOP 100 Interview
Dr Sonja Novkovic, the Chair of the ICA Committee on Cooperative Research and a Professor at Saint Mary’s University in Canada
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...
COVID-19 pandemic
ILO: COVID-19 eliminates the equivalent of 1.5 million jobs in the Caribbean
The region records significant losses in working hours, marked by a severe deterioration in the second quarter of 2020 from the first quarter of the same year
Child labour
Cuba ratifies the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Cuba is the 180th ILO member State to ratify this instrument, which calls for the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour