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Grenada validates new country programme to advance decent work
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DWCP validation workshop

Grenada validates new country programme to advance decent work

Grenada’s tripartite partners reviewed and refined the Decent Work Country Programme, setting a nationally owned framework for inclusive and sustainable labour market development.

The Jamaica Household Workers’ Union marks 35 years of progress
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ILO News

The Jamaica Household Workers’ Union marks 35 years of progress

The Jamaica Household Workers’ Union celebrates 35 years of advocacy for domestic workers, marking the milestone with recognition of its longstanding partnership with the ILO.

New market in Chambellan strengthens livelihoods in Grand’ Anse Haiti
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ILO News

New market in Chambellan strengthens livelihoods in Grand’ Anse Haiti

A new public market in Chambellan improves working conditions and supports local producers. The joint ILO and WFP initiative links decent work with food security and economic recovery.

Young artisans certified for a greener future in Grand’ Anse, Haiti
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Skills development for young Haitian trainees

Young artisans certified for a greener future in Grand’ Anse, Haiti

Saint Vincent Advances Social Security Reform with 13th Actuarial Review

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Saint Vincent Advances Social Security Reform with 13th Actuarial Review

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is supporting Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in strengthening its National Insurance Scheme through the 13th Actuarial Review and supporting advances in social security reform, pension sustainability and...

Government of Haiti and ILO reinforce strategic partnership to safeguard jobs and strengthen labour governance
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Better Work Haiti programme

Government of Haiti and ILO reinforce strategic partnership to safeguard jobs and strengthen labour governance

The Government of Haiti and the International Labour Organization sign a new financing agreement to sustain the Better Work Haiti programme through 2026, safeguarding more than 30,000 garment sector jobs and supporting an industry that accounts for...

Celebrating 25 years with the ILO: Service, solidarity and social justice
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ILO long service recognition award ceremony

Celebrating 25 years with the ILO: Service, solidarity and social justice

The ILO celebrates its Caribbean staff members who received the Long Service Recognition Award for 25 years of dedicated service to advancing decent work and social justice in the region.

Deepening Decent Work ties: High-level dialogue reinforces ILO–CCLCS collaboration
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ILO and CCLCS continue partnership

Deepening Decent Work ties: High-level dialogue reinforces ILO–CCLCS collaboration

A high-level dialogue between the ILO Caribbean office and Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies (CCLCS) advances the strategic partnership by identifying and aligning priorities for technical collaboration that support decent work and...

The Caribbean labour market paradox: What the 2026 ILO report reveals
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Caribbean labour market in focus

The Caribbean labour market paradox: What the 2026 ILO report reveals

The key question in the Caribbean is not whether people are working, but whether work itself is becoming a stronger engine for prosperity, inclusion, and resilience.

PROSPER project sharpens its focus in readiness for community action in southern Belize
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EU-Funded ILO Project news update

PROSPER project sharpens its focus in readiness for community action in southern Belize

The EU-funded PROSPER project reviews the concrete steps it has taken that set the stage for accelerated implementation in 2026, particularly for communities in southern Belize engaged in cacao and tourism.

FAO, ILO, and ITC Partner to Enhance Linkages in Guyana’s Seafood Sector
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Strengthening Guyana’s Seafood Value Chain through One UN Action

FAO, ILO, and ITC Partner to Enhance Linkages in Guyana’s Seafood Sector

A joint FAO–ILO–ITC workshop held in Guyana strengthens the country’s seafood value chain by improving market, finance, and business linkages for fisheries cooperatives and agrifood MSMEs. This is part of the FISH4ACP programme working to build a...

Belize communities validate regional value chain study
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EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project

Belize communities validate regional value chain study

Community leaders and stakeholders in Toledo, Belize validated the findings of a regional value chain study, confirming tourism and agroforestry, particularly cacao, as priority sectors for inclusive, community-driven economic development.

Transnational Company Agreements in 2025 focused on fundamental rights, safety at work, and due diligence
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Transnational Company Agreements in 2025 focused on fundamental rights, safety at work, and due diligence

The recently updated section of the ILO Repository on Cross-Border Social Dialogue identified environmental issues and technological changes as priorities.

ILO–NIHERST collaboration for evidence-based workforce development in Trinidad and Tobago
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Strengthening skills for the future

ILO–NIHERST collaboration for evidence-based workforce development in Trinidad and Tobago

A collaboration between the ILO and National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) in Trinidad and Tobago has produced five sectoral skills studies, offering robust, sector-specific labour market evidence, that is...

Green skills and new economic opportunities for youth in Haiti
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Building peace from the ground up

Green skills and new economic opportunities for youth in Haiti

In Jérémie, Haiti, with the support of the ILO and the UN Peacebuilding Fund, youth are transforming bamboo into sustainable livelihoods through skills and entrepreneurship training.

Community-led economic planning takes shape in Southern Belize
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EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project

Community-led economic planning takes shape in Southern Belize

The pilot of a Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA) in Hopkins and Seine Bight demonstrated how community-led planning can generate practical, locally owned priorities for inclusive and sustainable economic development in Southern...

Accelerating Caribbean productivity: A South-South exchange blueprint
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Productivity exchange

Accelerating Caribbean productivity: A South-South exchange blueprint

The ILO Caribbean Productivity Exchange is helping Caribbean countries build modern, inclusive, and evidence-based productivity systems.

ILO constituents and partners strengthen knowledge on the social and solidarity economy to advance social justice

ILO constituents and partners strengthen knowledge on the social and solidarity economy to advance social justice

The ILO convened a technical knowledge-sharing event in Turin, bringing together constituents and partners from countries where it has been actively supporting the promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) for social justice. Participants...

Employment holds steady in Latin America and the Caribbean, but informality and inequality persist
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Labour Overview 2025

Employment holds steady in Latin America and the Caribbean, but informality and inequality persist

In its newly released Labour Overview 2025, the ILO finds that despite gains, structural gaps and informality persist as changes in the world of work demand attention.

ILO champions quality apprenticeships at the SAGE Apprenticeship Summit in Saint Lucia
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Quality apprenticeships

ILO champions quality apprenticeships at the SAGE Apprenticeship Summit in Saint Lucia

The ILO’s participation in the SAGE Apprenticeship Summit in Saint Lucia highlighted how Quality Apprenticeships, guided by Recommendation No. 208, can strengthen inclusive skills development, social dialogue, and pathways to decent and green jobs.

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