All news: Suriname
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024
Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate
New ILO report finds high shares of youth NEETs, regional and gender gaps, and growing youth anxiety about work, despite encouraging global youth unemployment trends.
Generative AI could transform millions of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean but digital divide poses challenges
Up to half of the jobs in the region for which GenAI could improve productivity – some 17 million – are hindered by gaps in digital access and infrastructure, according to a new ILO and World Bank study.
ILO in Action
New skills for business growth for Suriname’s agro-cooperatives
Agro-cooperatives help farmers to pool their resources and strengthen their bargaining position. But in Suriname, they face multiple barriers that make growing their business difficult. Thirty agro-cooperatives in the Caribbean country are now...
Caribbean and South African labour officials host knowledge exchange on dispute resolution
Event part of ongoing regional forum and south-south cooperation initiative of the ILO Caribbean Office.
Sustainable tourism and wood-processing earmarked by ILO as growth sectors in Suriname’s indigenous and marron communities
ILO Caribbean conducts meetings to determine pathways to decent work.
Suriname’s National Decent Work Commission hosts stakeholder session on labour market governance and labour rights
Event provided overview of DWCP implementation progress.
ILO meetings in Suriname focus on DWCP advancements
Assessments covered overall achievements, challenges and opportunities faced by constituents.
ILO conducts enterprise formalization training in Suriname
Sessions focused on sectors identified as having green job potential.
Suriname officials validate National Social Protection Strategy
Process contributes to successful implementation of DWCP.
ILO hosts meeting aimed at developing robust cooperative sector in Suriname
Key concepts based on internationally renowned approaches.
Suriname strengthens the application of labour laws through tripartite efforts
ILO support includes technical expertise as well as international and comparative insights and information.
ILO-led training builds business capacity of 30 agro-cooperatives in Suriname and leads to discussions with Government on national plan
Programme designed through collaboration with FAO under Suriname Agriculture Market Access Project.
ILO hosts tripartite workshop on just transition strategies as part of Suriname’s DWCP
Participants introduced to approaches to social dialogue for green policymaking.
FAO/SAMAP, in collaboration with ILO, launches new training for strengthening cooperatives in Suriname
The ILO will implement the programme based on its globally-recognized training approaches including My.Coop and Start.Coop.
Suriname's Decent Work Monitoring Committee concludes successful training in Trinidad and Tobago
The workshop, which was conducted by the ILO Caribbean Office’s Senior Programme Officer, Ingerlyn Caines-Francis, had a primary focus of understanding the strategic responsibilities of a DWCP monitoring committee through an exploration of the...
ILO participates in trade union seminar on securing pensions in Suriname
The event brought together experts from different fields to share their knowledge and expertise on pension policy, while also providing a platform for participants to exchange ideas and strategies for advancing workers' rights.
ILO continues work on comprehensive review of Suriname’s Social Protection System
The work that is being conducted is intended to lead to a reform proposal aimed at providing rights-based, universal, adequate, sustainable and responsive social protection coverage throughout one’s life cycle.
Suriname signs Decent Work Country Programme III
On Friday 10 February 2023, Suriname officially signed its third DWCP. DWCPs are the main vehicle for delivery of ILO support to countries and have two main objectives: to promote decent work and its normative framework as a key component of...
Suriname conducts minimum wage setting workshop with support from the ILO
ILO supported a request by the Council of Trade Unions (RAVAKSUR) to conduct a workshop on minimum wage setting in the framework of the country’s second Decent Work Country Programme. The workshop took place at the Suriname Labour College (SIVIS)...
Caribbean trainers successfully complete ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Academy
The Academy, held from 30 November to 6 December 2022, was conceived to build the capacity in supporting youth entrepreneurship in the areas of business planning, general entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship for young women, digital innovation and...