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ECLAC and ILO stress importance of moving toward a more sustainable development model to create new job opportunities

In a joint publication, the organizations forecast, for example, that the transition toward energy sustainability would create more than one million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030

19th American Regional Meeting

Past, present and future of work come together at the 19th American Regional Meeting in Panama

In the run up to the ILO Centenary, representatives from the Americas will discuss the future of work between 2 and 5 October. For a century, Latin America was an active partner of the ILO, pioneering the organisation of regional meetings.

ILO to continue dialogue on the future of work in the Caribbean

Subregional Tripartite Meeting to be held in Panama City on 1 October 2018

In Memoriam: Edward Evelyn Greaves

Edward Evelyn Greaves, former ILO Senior Specialist in Workers' Activities, passed away on 22 September 2018.

My.Coop – empowering women coffee producers in Colombia

My.Coop – training on agricultural cooperative management has strengthened entrepreneurial and organizational capacities of at least 315 women coffee producers in Colombia since 2016.

Q&A

Regional Meeting to discuss future of work challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

With almost 100 days until the ILO’s Centenary, ILO Regional Director José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs discusses future of work challenges in his region.

Media Advisory

19th American Regional Meeting of the ILO - Panama 2-5 October 2018

The ILO meeting will bring together representatives of Governments and employers’ and workers' organizations from the Americas. Media accreditation is now available.

ILO’s participation in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Colombia

ILO participated in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, to share ILO’s cooperative development initiatives in the world of work.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Cooperative of Associated Work Planeta Verde: Improving living conditions of waste pickers in Colombia

"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. On this occasion, ILO interviewed Martha Elena...

Social protection

More than half of Latin American workers are not covered by contributory social security: ILO

New report highlights risks for the future of work and social protection in the region.

ILO participates in an observance of the International Day of Cooperatives at the United Nations, New York

The Director ILO Office for the UN Director presented the relevance of cooperatives in promoting decent work and sustainable development at an observance of the 2018 International Day of Cooperatives held at UN Headquarters in New York.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Rudi Dalvai, President, World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)

"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Rudi Dalvai,...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Redesol - Building sustainable and solidary links among waste pickers in the informal economy in Brazil

"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Ms Sonia...

My.Coop training organized for skills development of vulnerable youth in Haiti

My.Coop – Training on agricultural cooperative management was organized in Haiti within the framework of a Norwegian-funded ILO project on addressing education and skills gaps for vulnerable youth.

Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience: The Role of Trade Unions

ILO launches series of regional seminars on Recommendation 205 for workers’ organizations

ILO, CEC, CCL and EU joint message on the occasion of International Labour Day - 1 May 2018

Strong national and regional Workers’ and Employers’ organizations around the negotiating table make for a stronger CARIFORUM.

Media Advisory: ILO hosts workshop on Guyana’s Green State Development Strategy

Role of cooperatives in rural women empowerment discussed during a side event at CSW62 in NY with ILO participating for COPAC

The Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations organized a side event at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York focusing on the role of cooperatives in rural women empowerment.

117 million women form part of the labour force in Latin America and the Caribbean

The employment rate exceeded 50% for the first time, however it is still well below that of men. Female unemployment is also higher and the salary gap is 15%, noted the Regional Director of the ILO for the Americas and Caribbean in a declaration on...

Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago moving toward enhancing sustainability of their cooperative

The ILO partnered with the Service Workers Centre Cooperative Society (SWCC) in Trinidad and Tobago to organize a workshop to discuss concrete steps toward enhancing the sustainability of the cooperative.