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Participants from five Caribbean countries complete 6-week quality apprenticeship course

A formal apprenticeship system is a critical but under-utilized resource for gaining experience in the workplace and relevant on-the-job training. It is also essential to expand and improve formal long-term skills to create a globally competitive...

ILO supports the development of Regional Policy for Gender Based Violence at the Workplace (GBV)

C190 takes centre stage at the CEC-CCL workshop, where participants were familiarized with the framework of this Convention as an important reference point for their discussions and validation of the workplace policy under development. 

ILO launches business coaching for rural enterprises and farmers in the Caribbean

The course is part of the on-going efforts by the ILO to effectively support smallholder farmers and small agri-businesses in their development, particularly through business coaching. The joint programme seeks to integrally support sectors, which...

Domestic workers in Jamaica receive entrepreneurship grants from the ILO-Ministry partnership

The specific aim of the collaboration is to foster the participation of female domestic workers in formal entrepreneurial activities that generate additional income to supplement their livelihoods and ultimately, reduce their economic vulnerability.

First ratification of Convention No. 190 in the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda ratifies Conventions Nos 190 and 183

One hundred MSMEs in the agricultural and fisheries sectors complete training under ILO-Ministry formalization project in Jamaica

During the graduation ceremony, Mr Oral Shaw. Director, MSME Division, Ministry of Industry Investment and Commerce expressed appreciation for the partnership with the ILO and the implementation the Project, “formality, is very important to national...

Corinne Salandy returns to the ILO

Corinne Salandy joined the ILO Caribbean Office on 2 May 2022 as Office Support Clerk.

Keeping international labour standards relevant and up to date

Many countries in the Caribbean are bound by Conventions that have been classified as “out-of-date”. These member States are strongly encouraged to consider ratification of the related up-to-date Conventions to avoid a gap in legal protection...

ILO Caribbean Office-CINTEFOR launch new course on Quality apprenticeships in the Caribbean

Participants from Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago representing Ministries of Labour, employers’ and workers’ organizations and technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions are taking the course

ILO conducts sensitization workshop on international labour standards reporting for officials in Belize

The workshop aimed to support Belize in fulfilling its annual obligation to report on ratified ILO Conventions.

ILO Caribbean Office participates at virtual launch of the CEC-CCL Joint Regional effort under the Spotlight Initiative

Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) unite on a collaborative approach to develop joint regional policies and advocacy strategies for the eradication of violence against women and girls at the workplace...

ILO participates in UN media sensitization session to improve SDG reporting in Trinidad and Tobago

UN Resident Coordinator’s Office organized a media sensitization session on 04 April 2022 to educate journalists and editors on the structure of the UN in Trinidad and Tobago, its scope of work, priority areas of work and major projects.

ILO teams up with Ministry of Labour, Guyana, to improve recording of OSH accidents and diseases

The project consisted of the development of software in line with the OSH regulation of Guyana and the procurement of IT equipment for the Department of Labour in all regions.

Amid COVID-19 crisis, ILO and ACS discuss renewed cooperation

Both the ILO and ACS renewed their commitment to the development of joint actions and projects that would generate broad-based benefits for the region and contribute to sustainable economic development and the promotion of employment and decent work...

ILO and the NTC conclude successful RBM training workshop in The Bahamas

Through presentations, discussions and working groups, participants engaged in creating the building blocks for a model that supports greater sectoral and stakeholder engagement for the successful implementation of the country’s 2nd generation...

Media Advisory: ILO and NTC conduct Results-based Management (RBM) and Work-planning workshop in The Bahamas

ILO DWT and Office for the Caribbean to provide specialized advisory support in the development of a roadmap on the priority areas that are outlined in the DWCP 2021-2026.

International Women's Day

More than 4 million women have not been able to return to work in Latin America and the Caribbean

A high unemployment rate of 16.4 per cent, high informality, overload due to care tasks, are factors that contribute to increasing gender gaps in the labour market. A new ILO Technical Note looks at policies that can be applied to make up lost...

2021 Labour Overview

ILO: After two years of the pandemic, labour market recovery has been insufficient in Latin America and the Caribbean

With an unemployment rate of 9.6 per cent and one in two workers in informality, the region must face the prospect of a prolongation of the COVID-19 crisis in employment, says a new regional Labour Overview report by the ILO.

Supporting countries to move toward greener economies: Just Transition at COP26

COP26 counted with an active participation of tripartite constituents for the promotion of decent work and just transition

Building the Caribbean’s first COVID-era Decent Work Country Programme

ILO collaboration with tripartite partners in The Bahamas leads to important milestone