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ILO Caribbean Director emphasizes strong policies to close gaps in skills and formality during regional CAF event

Mr. Zulu participated in discussion on regional solutions to obstacles to decent work faced by youth.

Tripartite constituents in Barbados identify key areas for ILO collaboration

Discussions focus on country-specific actions to meet labour market needs.

Hon. Colin Jordan, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector of Barbados - Bio data

Caribbean trainers successfully complete ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Academy

The Academy, held from 30 November to 6 December 2022, was conceived to build the capacity in supporting youth entrepreneurship in the areas of business planning, general entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship for young women, digital innovation and...

Social protection expenditure review, Barbados

The Social Protection Expenditure Review (SPER) represents an opportunity to generate evidence and policy discussions based on the financial and economic performance of the different components of the Barbadian’s social protection sector. As such,...

The Employment Rights Tribunal of Barbados piloting the ILO Diagnostic Tool on Access to Labour Justice

The Hon. Colin E. Jordan, M.P., expressed his willingness to include the Employment Rights Tribunal of Barbados within the list of institutions that would contribute to the piloting of the Tool.

Barbados becomes the 2nd Caribbean country to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention (C190)

The country deposited the instrument of ratification on 1 September 2022

Caribbean Ministers of Labour meet with ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at 110th session of the ILC

The meeting focused on continued assistance to Caribbean member States.  Additionally, the Ministers unanimously expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to Mr Ryder for advancing the work of the ILO in the Caribbean region over the last ten...

ISSA webinar highlights the need for unemployment insurance in the Caribbean region

Keynote speaker, Ariel Pino, ILO Specialist, Social Protection and OSH, examined the key aspects of unemployment insurance – namely the why, the what and the how - vis-à-vis international experience and the International Labour Standards.

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 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...

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

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary

The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.

Unemployment insurance in the Caribbean: An urgent call to protect workers and their families

A major social protection gap in the Caribbean is the protection of the unemployed, which is the least developed social security branch in the subregion, as recognized in the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention No. 102.

Achieving zero tolerance for workplace violence and harassment is possible through C190 ratification

On 25 June 2021, the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) came into force. The newest ILO Convention has a clear message: violence and harassment in the world of work is unacceptable.

(Un)employment protection schemes - ILO

Presentation by Ariel Pino, Social Protection and OSH Specialist, ILO

Unemployment: The Barbados experience

Presentation by Derek Lowe, Assistant Director, National Insurance Scheme, Barbados

Barbados strengthens capacity for social protection reform through UN Joint SDG Fund / ILO training

Policymakers enhance understanding and skills during the intensive specialized course

Illustration - Green Recovery: An opportunity for the Caribbean, The Bridgetown Declaration

Business resilience is a key driver of economic prosperity in the Caribbean

Made up of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Caribbean faces multiple vulnerabilities to climate hazards such as hurricanes, flooding, landslides, heatwaves, drought and sea level rise