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Media Advisory: National bipartite meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

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.

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.

Caribbean Employers’ Organizations hold Forum to develop policy positions

Prior to the Forum a survey had been completed by each Employers’ Organisation to have them prioritise issues of key importance at national and enterprise levels.

Caribbean Employers’ Confederation and Caribbean Congress of Labour sign MoU in Brussels

The MoU was signed at the ILO’s Brussels Office, which CEC and CCL were visiting as part of a study tour to gain insight into social dialogue mechanisms within the European Union.

UNTT photo competition winners announced

Winning photographs to be exhibited at the launch of the Youth Forum of the Caribbean 2015 at the UNIC (Victoria Avenue), and thereafter at UN house (Chancery Lane).

Caribbean Employers’ and Workers' Organizations to visit European Tripartite Council in Brussels

The study tour forms part of a Project funded by the EU, executed by the ILO and implemented by CEC and CCL, which aims to strengthen Caribbean regional organizations to give effective input into economic and social policies at a regional level.

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.

Emerging technologies in tourism sector could offer new employment opportunities in the Caribbean

The findings are the result of a 7-month virtual training Programme, a South-South joint collaboration between the International Labour Organization (ILO) Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean, Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development...

ILO, ILO/CINTERFOR, ACS and SENAI to review results of Anticipating Skills Requirements in Tourism Programme

The Programme has equipped participants to anticipate future skills requirements, focusing on the Tourism sector, in order to design training programmes to match labour market opportunities

ILO supports Government of Trinidad and Tobago Workshop on Migration, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking responses

"As people cross borders in search of opportunity, mechanisms must be devised to preserve fundamental rights, Decent Work and entry into the formal economy." Minister Errol McLeod

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

COOP Champions

Kelvin Sergeant, ILO office for the Caribbean

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

Training Programme on Anticipating Skills Needs for Representatives of TVET, NTA and Tourism Institutions to be conducted

The 2-day Workshop, will be the first of two face-to-face Workshops as part of a seven-month Training Programme.

Vocational training is key to the future of decent work in the region

ILO-CINTERFOR convenes regional meeting with representatives from 27 countries stressed the need to strengthen professional skills, as a prereuisite to facilitate the access of millions of people to more and better jobs