All resources: Panama
Women in Business and Management
Sharp rise in women-owned businesses in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
Regional or country brief
Women in Business in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
EIIP Project Brief
Panama: Local resource-based approach for water and sanitation governance improvement
19th American Regional Meeting
Making a brighter future for work in the Americas
At the end of the 19th American Regional Meeting the tripartite constituents approved the Panama Declaration, calling on the region’s social partners to work together to create a better future with decent work and social justice.
19th American Regional Meeting
Ryder: Social dialogue, the key to a future of work with social justice
At the opening of the 19th American Regional Meeting, ILO Director-General encourages governments, workers and employers to work together in order to face the challenges in the region.
Gender equality
Equal Pay International Coalition launched in Latin America and the Caribbean
A ceremony in Panama marked the regional launch in Latin America and the Caribbean of an international coalition to promote pay equality between women and men. The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) is led by the ILO, UN Women and the OECD.
Panama-ILO Cooperation: Factsheet
Panama supports the ILO’s mandate both through contributions to the ILO’s core budget and development cooperation programmes and projects. Panama has always been very committed to the promotion of dialogue and cooperation and has been an active...
Outcome 10: Thematic funding for 2014-15 (Norway-ILO Partnership Programme 2012-15) - Final Evaluation Summary
Project: GLO/14/60/NOR
Informal economy
Transition to the formal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Based on the recent developments that took place in the region, the main aim of this report is to depict the regional patterns in policies and outcomes and obtain lessons from them to enrich the discussion on better policies to handle the...
Latin American Network to Combat Child Labour: Public-Private Partnership
This partnership between Fundación Telefónica and the ILO created a strategic regional alliance to more efficiently combat child labour in Latin America. It strengthens institutions and provides the required tools to disseminate good practices and...
World of Work Summit
President of Panama: Growth and welfare should go hand in hand
In his address to the ILO Conference, President Juan Carlos Varela said that Panama wanted to be a protagonist in shaping a green economy of the future which should also be an inclusive economy.
ILO Director-General at the Seventh Summit of the Americas: 'Economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean is affecting employment'
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.
Guide for Enterprise Diagnostics: Get to Know and Improve your Labour Standards Performance
World Investment Forum 2014
Foreign Direct Investment: Getting it right
Together with UNCTAD, the ILO has organized a dialogue on how best to ensure that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) benefits everyone through the creation of quality jobs.
Latin America and the Caribbean assume the commitment to completely end child labour
The Focal Points Network of the “Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”, launched its first face-to-face meeting in Brasilia
Coordination of Water Actions at the Country Level: A Report of the UN-Water Task Force on Country Level Coordination
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
When indigenous and world leaders meet, what does it mean for the ILO?
A historic meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York is set to bolster further ratification of the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.
Public Employment Service and Labour Migration at a Sub-regional Level
Under the Project for Strengthening Integrated Systems of Training, Orientation and Labour Insertion (FOIL which represents its name in Spanish), the ILO supports professional training institutions in the Central American sub-region (Costa Rica,...
Regional competence certification process: homologation of technical competency standards, curricula design and training of staff
Harmonize and apply the agreed technical and methodological instruments, at a regional-level, to train professionals and entrepreneurs with a focus on gender, economic development and regional integration.