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Decent Work

Strengthening partnerships for decent work in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The ILO Decent Work Team conducted a mission to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 16–19 September 2025, engaging Government, workers, employers, and development partners to renew partnerships, strengthen social protection, and advance the Decent...

International Year of Cooperatives

ILO contributes to Euro-American dialogue on care and the cooperative difference

Short description: The ILO joined the webinar on “Care as Market Opportunity: The Cooperative Difference,” highlighting the potential of cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) to address the global care gap, promote decent...

International Equal Pay Day 2025

Global debate highlights pathways to equal pay

EPIC event on International Equal Pay Day 2025 explored practical solutions to close the gender pay gap.

ILO Director-General to launch landmark State of Social Justice report at UN General Assembly

Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, and senior colleagues from the International Labour Organization (ILO) will also take part in key events aimed at promoting decent work and sustainable development.

Care Economy

New South4Care Platform launched to advance decent work in the care economy

Global initiative responds to ILO Resolution on Decent Work and the Care Economy, advancing the care economy agenda through South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Public employment service

ILO strengthens Public Employment Services and labour market policies in Belize

This intervention advances Belize’s Decent Work Country Programme 2024–2029 by modernizing employment services, reviewing the role of Active Labour Market Policies and Programmes (ALMPs), and initiating preliminary discussions on National Employment...

ILO Voices | Care economy

Our community now sees the value of care work

Yoraima Cristina Navarro Izquierdo is an Arhuaco leader and founder of Josa Peace Builders, an association of women weavers in Colombia. An ILO project has provided training on economic autonomy and recognizing care work, and is helping Yoraima and...

Employment policy

BVI Government launches Technical Drafting Committee for new National Employment Policy

The NEP is expected to serve as a cornerstone of the Virgin Islands’ economic and social development agenda, advancing job creation, skills development, and social protection for all.

Regional Forum

The ILO strengthens its commitment to the social and solidarity economy in Ibero-America

The ILO took part in a regional event in Bolivia that brought together representatives from 18 countries to promote public policies and mechanisms that strengthen the social and solidarity economy.

National employment policy

Jamaica charts the future of work with new National Employment Policy

The NEP aims to create productive and decent employment through comprehensive, gender-responsive, and evidence-based policy framework, in alignment with Jamaica's National Development Plan (Vision 2030) and the ILO Decent Work Agenda, promoting...

Green jobs

Suriname entrepreneurs lead the way in greening businesses

Seven newly certified trainers of the My Green Enterprise programme are helping nearly 80 businesses in Suriname go green, boost competitiveness, and create decent work supporting the country’s carbon-negative goals.

Labour law review

Cutting red tape: Employers driving labour law reform in Barbados

The Barbados Employers’ Confederation, with support from the ILO, is driving labour law reform through evidence-based research, stakeholder engagement, strengthened advocacy, and improved internal governance to build a fair, flexible, and resilient...

1-3 October 2025

ILO to hold its 20th American Regional Meeting

Delegates representing governments, workers, and employers from across the Americas will address a broad range of issues with lasting significance for the world of work.

RBCLAC Project

Costa Rica’s pineapple sector takes a key step toward sustainability and human rights

With support from the ILO, the National Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporters of Costa Rica and its affiliates completed the first stage of a capacity-building program on corporate due diligence in human rights and environmental matters.

Social Dialogue Report – August 2025

Social Dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean: ILO publishes diagnosis and challenges for strengthening labour relations

The ILO presents a new report examining the state of social dialogue and labour relations in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting advances, challenges, and tripartite experiences across the region.

Caribbean youth employment strategies

A Generation in transition: Rethinking youth employment in the Caribbean

Policymakers must rethink and reinvigorate their approach to truly tackle youth employment challenges in the Caribbean.

ILO–EU PROSPER Project workshop concluded

Belize stakeholders identify and prioritize value chains at PROSPER Project sector workshop

The workshop identified tourism, cacao, spices, and fisheries as the top sectors for further assessment under the ILO–EU PROSPER Project, with two sectors to be chosen for in-depth value chain development.

Productivity growth and decent work

ILO highlights productivity ecosystem for decent work at forum in Jamaica

The ILO highlights the link between productivity and decent work at Jamaica’s Productivity Forum, presenting its Productivity Ecosystem for Decent Work model.

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Haitian social partners lead efforts to reduce violence and promote peace through decent work

In the midst of Haiti’s ongoing crisis, national social partners are taking bold steps to promote peace and stability through decent work. A recent forum in Cap-Haïtien showcased how private sector actors are driving locally-led solutions to reduce...

Care economy

ILO and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean call for investment in care to generate millions of formal job

New study shows that investing in care systems can generate 31 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the majority in the formal economy.