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Inclusion at work: ILO backs UN Caribbean HireAbility campaign for disability-inclusive workplaces
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Rights of person with disabilities

Inclusion at work: ILO backs UN Caribbean HireAbility campaign for disability-inclusive workplaces

The HireAbility Campaign, launched in Bridgetown on 27 August, brings UN agencies, governments and employers together to open Caribbean workplaces to persons with disabilities.

EU-Funded PROSPER Project in Belize brings local economic development closer to action
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Community development

EU-Funded PROSPER Project in Belize brings local economic development closer to action

In August, work-based learning, community planning and women’s entrepreneurship activities within the European Union-funded PROSPER project advanced practical preparations for locally-led economic development in southern Belize.

Costa Rica and Dominican Republic advance institutionalization of ILO cooperative training tools
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Costa Rica and Dominican Republic advance institutionalization of ILO cooperative training tools

Twenty-eight trainers from national institutions in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic have received ILO certification, strengthening national capacity to progressively integrate ILO cooperative training tools and methodologies into existing...

Bridge to 2030: Cementing the link between workers priorities and sustainable development goals
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SDG and decent work

Bridge to 2030: Cementing the link between workers priorities and sustainable development goals

A trade union-led, regional campaign is helping workers’ organizations in Trinidad and Tobago build the knowledge, evidence and practical tools needed to engage more effectively in national sustainable development processes.

Caribbean institutions put labour justice into practice
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Dispute resolution

Caribbean institutions put labour justice into practice

Across Belize, The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago, labour institutions are moving from regional commitments to practical measures aimed at making workplace dispute resolution more timely, accessible and effective.

Union representatives in the Bahamas sharpen negotiation skills
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Social dialogue

Union representatives in the Bahamas sharpen negotiation skills

Trade union representatives in The Bahamas strengthened practical collective bargaining skills through ILO-supported training focused on negotiation, communication and social dialogue.

El Niño threatens jobs and incomes for many workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, ILO warns
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Climate change

El Niño threatens jobs and incomes for many workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, ILO warns

ILO research warns that the 2026–2027 El Niño could disproportionately affect vulnerable workers and highlights the importance of social protection, social dialogue and anticipatory policies to reduce the impacts.

Better Together: Caribbean peer learning strengthens fisheries cooperatives
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Cooperatives

Better Together: Caribbean peer learning strengthens fisheries cooperatives

Within the framework of the ILO-FAO FISH4ACP Project, fisherfolk from Guyana participated in a study tour and learning exchange with peers in Barbados, strengthening cooperatives and regional collaboration.

Understanding different forms of informality can help shape more effective policy responses in Latin America and the Caribbean

Labour Market 2026

Understanding different forms of informality can help shape more effective policy responses in Latin America and the Caribbean

A new report from the International Labour Organization calls for employment policies to combine formalization, skills development, productivity and social protection to best adapt to demographic, technological and economic changes.

Communities in Toledo take a leading role in shaping local economic development
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Local economic development

Communities in Toledo take a leading role in shaping local economic development

Community-led consultations and Local Action Group formation meetings across three Toledo villages are laying the groundwork for sustainable economic development through skills training, inclusive participation, and locally owned planning under the...

ILO advances Business Support Centre for northern Haiti through tripartite consultation
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Business development services

ILO advances Business Support Centre for northern Haiti through tripartite consultation

The ILO is helping establish a new Business Support Centre in northern Haiti, funded by the Government of Haiti through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, to boost local entrepreneurship.

Caribbean employers and ILO explore pathways to more productive, formal tourism
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Tourism

Caribbean employers and ILO explore pathways to more productive, formal tourism

ILO and Caribbean employers are exploring how productivity, better working conditions and practical pathways to formalization can support more resilient and inclusive tourism across the Eastern Caribbean.

Trinidad and Tobago’s productivity initiative gains business and wider government buy-in
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Productivity

Trinidad and Tobago’s productivity initiative gains business and wider government buy-in

Trinidad and Tobago is fostering important partnerships for the rollout of a national initiative that will support enterprises to become more productive while improving working conditions and job quality.

Guyana strengthens OSH capacity as ILO–NEBOSH project moves into implementation
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Occupational Safety and Health

Guyana strengthens OSH capacity as ILO–NEBOSH project moves into implementation

Guyana is strengthening national capacity to prevent workplace risks through ILO–NEBOSH training, tripartite consultation and support for stronger occupational safety and health institutions.

The British Virgin Islands’ draft national employment policy approaches final technical stage

Employment policy

The British Virgin Islands’ draft national employment policy approaches final technical stage

The BVI’s draft National Employment Policy developed with ILO technical assistance nears completion, with priorities for jobs, skills, worker protection and labour-market resilience.

PROFIT and SAMS promote cocoa and breadfruit
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Technical cooperation

PROFIT and SAMS promote cocoa and breadfruit

A high-level delegation visited Grand’Anse to see the results of the joint ILO and WFP project supported by Norway, France and Switzerland, and to reaffirm their support for promising agricultural value chains with strong potential to generate...

ILO Caribbean Office begins first high-level mission to Haiti following new country programme agreement
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Technical cooperation

ILO Caribbean Office begins first high-level mission to Haiti following new country programme agreement

ILO high-level mission signals immediate action to support decent work, social dialogue and labour cooperation in Haiti

From assessment to action: Strengthening access to labour justice in Trinidad and Tobago
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Labour justice

From assessment to action: Strengthening access to labour justice in Trinidad and Tobago

The ILO is supporting the Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen conciliation of labour disputes as part of evidence-based effort to improve access to labour justice.

CARICOM, ILO and IDB advance regional labour migration agenda
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Caribbean labour migration

CARICOM, ILO and IDB advance regional labour migration agenda

With support from the ILO and the IDB, the CARICOM Secretariat and regional tripartite partners are advancing practical steps to move labour migration policy from regional agreement to national implementation.

Making employment a Macroeconomic Priority: Emerging Policy Discourse in the Caribbean
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Economic development

Making employment a Macroeconomic Priority: Emerging Policy Discourse in the Caribbean

A regional ILO expert workshop examines how better integration and coherence between growth, jobs and resilience can sustain an inclusive development in the Caribbean.

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