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End of year message from the Director, ILO Office for the Caribbean and closure of the Office during the Christmas break

Ms. Coenjaerts speaks of building and even stronger programme for the Caribbean in 2016, focused is on implementation and action.

2015 Labour Overview

ILO: 1.7 million people joined the ranks of the unemployed in 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean

The ILO’s 2015 Labour Overview indicates that the economic slowdown has caused a rise in unemployment, particularly among women and young people, and there are signs of increased informality. The situation is worrying and poses policy challenges to...

Youth and trade unions in the Americas

The ILO has published a new handbook entitled Youth and Trade Unions in the Americas. In this interview, Carmen Benitez, Regional Specialist in Workers'Education, explains the issues surrounding the topic of youth for trade union movement in the...

Caribbean Employers’ Organizations hold Forum to develop policy positions

Prior to the Forum a survey had been completed by each Employers’ Organisation to have them prioritise issues of key importance at national and enterprise levels.

Caribbean Employers’ Organizations to meet in Barbados for CARIFORUM discussions

Organizations to present on key areas of particular concern or importance to their country/territory.

New ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

On 1 June 2015, José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs of Costa Rica assumed the role of ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

UNTT photo competition winners announced

Winning photographs to be exhibited at the launch of the Youth Forum of the Caribbean 2015 at the UNIC (Victoria Avenue), and thereafter at UN house (Chancery Lane).

ECLAC-ILO report

Unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean could rise 0.2 percentage point

The ILO and ECLAC forecast that unemployment will reach 6.2% this year, due to an unencouraging economic outlook.

27 million Latin American and Caribbean youth in the informal economy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for urgent action to help youth in the region move from the informal to the formal economy.

Summit of the Americas

Ryder: 'Economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean is affecting employment'

The ILO Director-General is in Panama where he is scheduled to attend the Seventh Summit of the Americas (10-11). He met leading workers’ and employers’ representatives from the region, as well as Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela.

ILO opens Ninth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in The Bahamas

ILO is strongly committed to convening the Caribbean Ministers of Labour Meeting every two years, to listen to the constituents and to respond to their needs with practical solutions, says ILO Director-General.

Labour Overview for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

Unemployment continued to fall in Latin America and the Caribbean but will rise from 2015

The ILO’s Latin American Labour Overview 2014 (Panorama Laboral) shows that the economic downturn has begun to impact the regional labour market.

ECLAC / ILO Report

Unemployment could fall to 6.0% in Latin America and the Caribbean despite limited job creation

ECLAC-ILO study says employment formalization has contributed to a reduction in income inequality.

18th American Regional Meeting

Latin America and the Caribbean redouble efforts against child labour

New regional initiative to tackle child labour agreed by Latin American and Caribbean countries at the 18th ILO American Regional Meeting in Lima.

Small Island Developing States

Can closer economic integration bring more decent work opportunities in the Caribbean?

A high-level panel discussion at the UN Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Samoa on 1 September will bring together the ILO with policy makers, employer and worker representatives to discuss the feasibility and implications of...

ILO FORLAC Notes

Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean

The ILO Regional Office began publishing a series of "Notes on Formalization" about the situation and the experience dealing with informal economy employment in several countries in the region.

New ECLAC-ILO report

Low Economic Growth in 2014 Could Affect Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

The United Nations organizations also analyze the contribution of conditional cash transfer programs to poverty reduction.

Projections from ECLAC and ILO

Latin American and Caribbean unemployment rate could fall to 6.2% in 2013

Agencies state that this would be a slight decrease in relation to 2012, owing to a slowdown in the labour participation rate.

Bilateral cooperation

ILO, IDB sign agreement to promote more and better jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for Latin America & the Caribbean