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ILO conducts Workshops focused on productivity improvements for SMEs in 14 CARIFORUM member countries
A CEC position paper on productivity informed by the outcome of the Workshops is currently being drafting for adoption at the CEC Regional Meeting carded for 10-11 April 2017
ILO Team to facilitate a new tripartite Decent Work Country Programme in Guyana
This is the second step following a scoping mission last June and preparatory analytical work shared with the constituents for their assessment.
ILO Director and Decent Work Team for the Caribbean participate in CARICOM tripartite consultations on Social Protection, Social Dialogue...
The advancement of the Decent Work Agenda in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also on the agenda.
ILO signs MOU with CARICOM to provide assistance on a regional LMIS
The MOU foresees further collaboration in the area of labour market information.
2015 Labour Overview
ILO: 1.7 million people joined the ranks of the unemployed in 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean
The ILO’s 2015 Labour Overview indicates that the economic slowdown has caused a rise in unemployment, particularly among women and young people, and there are signs of increased informality. The situation is worrying and poses policy challenges to...
Caribbean Congress of Labour and Caribbean Employers’ Confederation agree to establish formal national bipartite forums
Youth unemployment, TVET curriculum and strategy development, child labour, discrimination and freedom of association among key issues discussed
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.
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.
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
Guyana and Suriname: Inspection manual for the mining sector being developed
Manual intends to decrease the number of accidents and injuries by inducing small miners to develop a safety culture.
Guyana: Stakeholders discuss sustainability of child labour prevention initiatives
Guyana has been examining ways to sustain several initiatives undertaken to prevent child labour over the past four years.
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.