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Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic strengthen their capacity to promote new cooperative enterprises
A total of 28 trainers from the INA and INFOCOOP in Costa Rica, and INFOTEP and CODOPESCA in the Dominican Republic, received ILO certification to deliver the Think.COOP and Start.COOP methodologies in both countries.
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...
Facilitator's Manual
Competency-Based Training for apprentice trainers in companies
ILO Brief
Closing gender gaps in vocational training: Good practices of the National Training Institute (INA) of Costa Rica
The experience of the National Training Institute (INA) of Costa Rica shows how it is possible to make progress in closing gender gaps between men and women in skills development, based on a sustained institutional approach. Since the adoption of...
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Measuring the social and solidarity economy: Insights from Costa Rica’s experience
Mario Durán Fernández, National Director of Social and Solidarity Economy at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, shares insights on challenges and key aspects in advancing reliable and comparable statistics on the social and solidarity...
Costa Rica
Addressing Forced Labour and the Labour Dimension of Responsible Business Conduct
In Costa Rica, the ILO developed the Fair Recruitment Toolbox for the sugar industry that included guidelines for preventing and addressing forced labour risks hence ensuring alignment with the local context related to labour recruitment practices...
ILO constituents and partners strengthen knowledge on the social and solidarity economy to advance social justice
The ILO convened a technical knowledge-sharing event in Turin, bringing together constituents and partners from countries where it has been actively supporting the promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) for social justice. Participants...
Quick facts - Independent high-level evaluation of ILO's Decent Work Country Programme strategies and activities in ILO-subregion of...
Institutional change
ILO strengthens Caribbean presence: Haiti joins the ILO Caribbean Office
Effective 1 January 2026, responsibility for Haiti will shift from the ILO Central America office in San Jose to the ILO Office for the Caribbean in Port of Spain as part of strategic realignment to enhance support for Haiti.
#AMR2025
20th ILO American Regional Meeting concludes with adoption of the Punta Cana Declaration
Tripartite declaration sets out shared priorities to promote social justice, decent work, and inclusive and sustainable development across the Americas.
Scope and implementation of international social security agreements: Analysis in the member countries of the RCM
This report presents an analysis of the scope and implementation of international social security agreements in the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration (hereafter, RCM), including bilateral and multilateral agreements between...
RBCLAC Project
Costa Rica’s pineapple sector takes a key step toward sustainability and human rights
With support from the ILO, the National Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporters of Costa Rica and its affiliates completed the first stage of a capacity-building program on corporate due diligence in human rights and environmental matters.
High-level evaluation
Independent high-level evaluation of ILO's Decent Work Country Programme strategies and activities in ILO-subregion of Central America with...
This independent high-level evaluation will be discussed during the Governing Body Session in November 2025.
GB.354/INS/9/3 - Third Supplementary Report
Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Costa Rica of Conventions Nos 87, 98 and 135
GB.354/INS/9/3/Decision
Decision concerning the report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Costa Rica of Conventions...
Press release
ILO unveils key data on web-based platform work in Latin America and the Caribbean
New ILO report provides unprecedented data on workers in web-based digital platforms in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms
This report summarises a survey of 1,153 digital platform workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses their profile, working conditions and income, revealing precariousness, informality and lack of social protection. 52% use these...
Statistics advance cooperative innovation and impact
The session on the role of statistics in measuring and creating impact through cooperative innovation was held under the "Shaping a Cooperative Future" pillar at the Global Cooperative Conference in New Delhi.
Executive summary
Women's participation in temporary labour migration programmes
This technical note analyses how the content of bilateral labour migration agreements, as well as the procedures and practical operation oftemporary labour migration programmes in the Central and North American region, provide conditions for access,...
Costa Rica: Enhancing transparency and evidence-based social dialogue in wage policy
Public and agile access to data guarantees greater supervision and oversight by society of the minimum wage setting mechanism.