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Launch of Financial education programme for migrant workers communities in Italy
New programme equips Embassies, Consulates and migrant community leaders to deliver certified financial education training and promote decent work for migrant workers in Italy.
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20th ILO American Regional Meeting concludes with adoption of the Punta Cana Declaration
Tripartite declaration sets out shared priorities to promote social justice, decent work, and inclusive and sustainable development across the Americas.
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ILO unveils key data on web-based platform work in Latin America and the Caribbean
New ILO report provides unprecedented data on workers in web-based digital platforms in Latin America and the Caribbean.
ILO and Ministry of Economy exchange on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Guatemala
The International Labour Organization (ILO) presented a study on the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) in Guatemala, highlighting key actors and the impact of current policies on the SSE in the country, and establishing a baseline for future...
A U.S. Department of Labor and ILO Event
Fair Recruitment for Decent Work: A Dialogue on Promising Practices in the Western Hemisphere
Eliel Hasson Nisis takes over as new ILO Director for Central America, Haiti, Panama and the Dominican Republic
Eliel Hasson Nisis, a Chilean lawyer with extensive experience in labor issues and international relations, has taken over as Director of the ILO Office for Central America, Haiti, Panama and the Dominican Republic. His management will focus on...
Guatemala ratifies the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention, 2023 (No. 191)
Guatemala is the first of the two Member States whose ratification is required for the entry into force of Convention No. 191.
Unions Express a Common Perspective for Latin America and the Caribbean Towards a New Social Contract
Union representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean meet in Costa Rica to create a platform for regional dialogue, allowing them to define and articulate their perspectives and proposals towards a new social contract in their countries and...
ILO Director-General briefs Chilean constituents on work to advance social justice
During his first visit to Chile, the Director-General met government officials, and representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations.
Emerging Insight: Developing an impact monitoring system for Sida’s guarantee instrument
ILO participates in the Framework Conference of the Ibero-American Network for the Promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)
This network, driven by Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain and Portugal, aims to consolidate a regional group that promotes the SSE.
Twelve private employment agencies in Guatemala present their Action Plan and new recruitment agencies commit to their Code of Conduct
The ILO provided technical assistance in developing both strategies with the aim of promoting fair recruitment principles in labour migration.
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Respecting values and customs: ILO and CIERTO launch protocol on the recruitment of indigenous peoples for work abroad
The document has been developed based on the experiences of indigenous peoples in Mexico and Guatemala, and serves private employment agencies recruiting for companies abroad.
Emerging Insight: How partnerships benefit aggregators and clients alike
Ministries of Labour from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico exchange experiences on fair recruitment of migrant workers
By hosting this exchange, the ILO seeks to contribute to efforts to improve fair recruitment processes for migrant workers.
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...
Part-Time Work Convention
Guatemala ratifies the Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175)
Guatemala becomes the 17th country to have ratified Convention No. 175
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
New Report
ILO: Social protection helps people living with HIV keep their jobs
New ILO study shows that social protection plays a key role in helping people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow treatment.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People - 9 August 2009
Community tourism: respecting nature, local culture and indigenous peoples’ rights while on vacation
Indigenous peoples throughout the world share a common experience of marginalization and discrimination. The non-recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights to their traditional lands, territories and resources has impaired their opportunity to engage...