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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.

ILO promotes occupational safety and health training for leaders in Colombia’s sugar sector

As part of the project Improving Occupational Safety and Health in the Sugarcane Supply Chain, led by the ILO with support from the Vision Zero Fund and cooperation from the European Commission, a training-of-trainers programme on Occupational...

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...

Assessment of drivers and constraints to occupational safety and health improvement in the sugar cane supply chain in Colombia

This ILO study analyzes the factors that promote and hinder occupational safety and health across every link of the sugarcane supply chain in Colombia and proposes intervention models to strengthen it.

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

A Venezuelan bakery business thrives in Colombia

Venezuelan migrant Roisi Gabriela Indriago runs De un Bocado, a bakery in Bucaramanga. With Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training, she improved pricing, inventory, and marketing, growing sales and expanding her reach through social media...

International Labour Standards

Colombia ratifies Convention No. 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981

Colombia becomes the 47th member State to ratify Convention No. 156.

ILO and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation launch four-year project to promote wage/living income setting in colombia’s...

The project “Wage/Living Income Setting: A Focus on Agriculture” aims to implement mechanisms in Colombia that promote social dialogue and collective bargaining as key elements in wage-setting processes.

New ILO-backed AI tool to support Colombia's coffee producers

A new AI chatbot will provide personalized advice to help improve working conditions and competitiveness for Colombia's coffee producers.

ILO Director-General concludes visit to Colombia

ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo ended his first official visit to Colombia after addressing the XXII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour of the Organization of American States.

Visit

ILO Director-General starts official visit to Colombia emphasizing the importance of effective tripartite social dialogue

ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo has begun his first official visit to Colombia with high-level meetings emphasizing the importance of effective tripartite social dialogue.

Child Labour

31 governments, business and trade union organizations issue joint statement to eradicate child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ten commitments mark a decade of joint efforts towards a future without child labour in the region.

COP16

Sustainable management of biodiversity in agriculture could create millions of new jobs in Latin America

The ILO will be highlighting the transformative potential of green jobs and nature-based solutions at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, in Colombia.

Migration

ILO and Canada launch initiative to promote labor integration of Venezuelan refugee and migrant women in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador

The project financed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will seek, within the framework of the Regional Strategy for Socio-economic Integration, to contribute to the socio-economic integration of migrants in these three...

ILO in action

Empowering Colombian Students: The SENATEC Project

Discover how the SENATEC project is equipping Colombian students like Maria Elajandra Rojas with valuable tech skills and clarity for their future. From enhancing technical expertise to guiding university choices, SENATEC is paving the way for...

Social protection

A tripartite revision of the preliminary study regarding social protection floors in Colombia was carried out

The Universal Social Protection Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the ILO office for the Andean Countries, presented the preliminary report on Colombia’s national legislation and practice in light of the Social...

News

Social and solidarity economy critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Pacific

Policymakers, workers' and employers' organizations and practitioners across Asia and the Pacific are leveraging the social and solidarity economy toward sustainable development in the region.

GB.351/INS/11/4/Decision

Decision concerning the report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Colombia of Conventions Nos...

GB.351/INS/11/4

Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Colombia of Conventions Nos 3, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25...

Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by the Government of Colombia of the Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3), the Workmen’s Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 12), the Workmen’s Compensation...

World Day Against Child Labour

A decade against child labour: Latin American and Caribbean countries present a mural on the region's trajectory at the ILC

Mural co-created by 31 countries and employers' and workers' organizations, represents the ten-year history of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour. 

Brief

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Colombia