All resources: Suriname

ILO hosts meeting aimed at developing robust cooperative sector in Suriname

Key concepts based on internationally renowned approaches.

Suriname strengthens the application of labour laws through tripartite efforts

ILO support includes technical expertise as well as international and comparative insights and information.

ILO-led training builds business capacity of 30 agro-cooperatives in Suriname and leads to discussions with Government on national plan

Programme designed through collaboration with FAO under Suriname Agriculture Market Access Project.

ILO hosts tripartite workshop on just transition strategies as part of Suriname’s DWCP

Participants introduced to approaches to social dialogue for green policymaking.

Value chain analysis of Suriname’s wood-processing sector

The main objective of the VCA is to identify opportunities for promoting inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth of the wood-processing sector in Suriname in a way that specifically targets small and medium enterprises (SMEs), promotes...

FAO/SAMAP, in collaboration with ILO, launches new training for strengthening cooperatives in Suriname

The ILO will implement the programme based on its globally-recognized training approaches including My.Coop and Start.Coop.

Suriname's Decent Work Monitoring Committee concludes successful training in Trinidad and Tobago

The workshop, which was conducted by the ILO Caribbean Office’s Senior Programme Officer, Ingerlyn Caines-Francis, had a primary focus of understanding the strategic responsibilities of a DWCP monitoring committee through an exploration of the...

ILO participates in trade union seminar on securing pensions in Suriname

The event brought together experts from different fields to share their knowledge and expertise on pension policy, while also providing a platform for participants to exchange ideas and strategies for advancing workers' rights.

ILO continues work on comprehensive review of Suriname’s Social Protection System

The work that is being conducted is intended to lead to a reform proposal aimed at providing rights-based, universal, adequate, sustainable and responsive social protection coverage throughout one’s life cycle.

Decent Work Country Programme, Suriname, 2023-2026

The DWCP is intended to represent the tripartite commitment of Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations to achieve Suriname’s national development goals, as well as articulate a programme of action for the key areas in which the ILO’s...

Suriname signs Decent Work Country Programme III

On Friday 10 February 2023, Suriname officially signed its third DWCP. DWCPs are the main vehicle for delivery of ILO support to countries and have two main objectives: to promote decent work and its normative framework as a key component of...

Presentation: Modern/digital technologies for inspections

Presentation: Labour inspection for the elimination of child labour - Mr. Virgilio Pires, Labour Inspector, General-Coordinator of...

Presentation: Labour Administration and Labour Inspection in Suriname, Mr. Ashwin Orie, Labour Inspection, Suriname

Presentation: Resel Melville, Project Coordinator, Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, ILO Caribbean...

Suriname conducts minimum wage setting workshop with support from the ILO

ILO supported a request by the Council of Trade Unions (RAVAKSUR) to conduct a workshop on minimum wage setting in the framework of the country’s second Decent Work Country Programme. The workshop took place at the Suriname Labour College (SIVIS)...

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...

Taking Action to meet SDG Target 8.7 to end Child Labour by 2025: Building capacity for action on the ground in Trinidad and Tobago and in...

As active members supported by the ILO Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname have pressed forward with the implementation of national plans to prevent and eliminate child labour,...

Suriname concludes successful DWCP III validation workshop

The development of Suriname's Third Decent Work Country Programme is in motion

A full overview of the performance of the DWCP II was conducted at the start of the DWCP III workshop