All news: Caribbean
Community development
PROSPER Project advances community-led economic planning in southern Belize
The EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project is advancing community-led economic development in southern Belize by moving Local Action Groups into implementation in Seine Bight and Maya Centre while initiating participation discussions in Golden Stream.
Safety at work
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines moves to modernize workplace safety
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is working with the ILO to modernize its occupational safety and health framework, strengthen tripartite dialogue and build national capacity to better apply international labour standards.
Labour relations
Grenada puts decent work commitments into action
Implementation of Grenada’s new Decent Work Country Programme rapidly advances as ILO carries out in-country training to strengthen dispute resolution and collective bargaining capacity.
Social protection
Why social dialogue matters for building pension systems people can trust
Pension reforms often focus on financial sustainability, but long-term success also depends on legitimacy, solidarity and public confidence. Social dialogue can help achieve all three.
Article
Energy crisis, critical minerals and jobs: what's at stake for Latin America and the Caribbean
The new energy geopolitics is reshaping employment, investment and development prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The challenge will be to turn the opportunities created by the energy transition into more and better jobs through strong...
EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project on track
PROSPER demonstrates steady progress and strategic alignment
The PROSPER Project Steering Committee finalized all 15 target communities, advanced skills training, and strengthened alignment with national and EU-funded initiatives.
Op-Ed
Decent work for domestic workers can’t wait any longer
Fifteen years after the adoption of ILO Convention No. 189, millions of domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to face high levels of informality and limited access to social protection. In this op-ed, the ILO Regional Director...
114th Session of the ILC
Caribbean leadership helps shape the future of work at the International Labour Conference
From helping steer the adoption of the first international labour standard on decent work in the platform economy to assuming key leadership roles, Caribbean countries demonstrated how small island and developing States can influence global labour...
International Labour Standards
The Government of the Bahamas renews its commitment to the promotion of occupational safety and health as well as maternity protection
International Labour Standards
Cuba joins efforts to promote decent work at sea
Cuba is the 113th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Maritime Labour Convention
Labour migration and skills development
Latin America and the Caribbean moves closer to mutual recognition of skills certifications through digital credentials
In Panama, representatives from 13 countries advanced the Skills Passport, a regional mechanism designed to verify competencies and facilitate labour mobility through mutually recognized digital credentials.
Rural development
Canals, roads and jobs rebuilt in Les Cayes, Haiti
ILO project advances decent jobs and rural infrastructure recovery in southern Haiti, repairing canals and rural tracks to help communities recover and build resilience.
Occupational safety and health
ILO and NEBOSH join forces to boost safety in Guyana
Social dialogue and tripartism
50 years of ILO Convention No. 144: putting tripartism into practice
Marking 50 years since its adoption, Convention No. 144 remains a key instrument for promoting tripartism and effective consultation on international labour standards.
Migration
ILO supports Suriname in strengthening labour migration governance
The two-day visit to Suriname advanced labour migration governance by promoting fair recruitment, strengthening institutional capacity, including on labour migration information systems, and deepening social dialogue in the context of incoming and...
Three Stann Creek communities sign on to PROSPER Partnership
The first three of 15 partner communities formalize commitment as the EU-funded ILO PROSPER project moves from planning to implementation.
Decent work
Grenada signs its first Decent Work Country Programme
Government, employers and trade unions commit to a five-year tripartite roadmap built around three Strategic Priorities and eleven Outcomes, backed by full Cabinet endorsement.
Caribbean workers' delegates to 114 session of the ILC
Caribbean unions prepare for decisive role at 114th session of the ILC
The Caribbean Congress of Labour and the ILO convened regional trade union leaders on 18 May to align priorities and prepare a coordinated Caribbean voice for the 114th International Labour Conference, which opens in Geneva on 1 June.
Haiti and ILO sign two-year country programme to advance decent work and social dialogue
New agreement sets four national priorities for technical support on employment, social protection and labour reform
EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project initiative
PROSPER Project holds community consultation in San Miguel
The EU-funded PROSPER project engaged San Miguel village leaders and community members in a consultation to discuss proposed activities in cacao, tourism, and local economic development, while gathering feedback to shape community-led planning and...
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