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CARIFORUM Civil Society in the Regional Development and Integration Process: Challenges to CARIFORUM Labour, Private Sector and Employers -...

CARIFORUM Civil Society in the Regional Development and Integration Process: Challenges to CARIFORUM Labour, Private Sector and Employers -...

Session 1: Youth and employability - Private Sector involvement with TVET | Lessons learnt in Barbados

ILO Subregional Tripartite Meeting: Key selected topics for the future of work in the Caribbean

Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum in the Caribbean

This report responds to the need for further research into women in business and management in the Caribbean to provide companies and EBMOs with the very information they could benefit from.

Factsheet - Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in the Caribbean

Women’s labour force participation in the Caribbean has been traditionally high and often outperforms neighbouring countries as well as many advanced economies.

Q&A

Regional Meeting to discuss future of work challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

With almost 100 days until the ILO’s Centenary, ILO Regional Director José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs discusses future of work challenges in his region.

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programme

Step-by-step guide to planning and starting a cooperative

This Manual is designed to help promoters and organizers eliminate mistakes and minimize risks that may occur during the formation stages of the cooperative and later on when it is fully operational.

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programmes: Module 3 - Cooperative Organization and Management

The purpose of this module is to help you understand the way a cooperative needs to be organized and managed. It follows from the Module 2: Starting a Cooperative Enterprise and is designed specifically for staff, committee and board members,...

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programmes: Module 2 - Starting a Cooperative Enterprise

The purpose of this module is to provide a step by step guide for those seeking to start a new cooperative. This module is designed specifically for entrepreneurs and individuals who have adopted the cooperative as the preferred form of business...

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programmes: Module 1 - What is a Cooperative Enterprise

The purpose of Module 1 is to help the reader understand the history, evolution and continued relevance of the cooperative enterprise as a viable alternative to other forms of business enterprises.

List of VPNYEE Webinars

Caribbean Virtual Policy Network on Youth Education and Employment (VPNYEE) Initiative

Mapping of youth employment interventions in Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica,...

Warning: this document is a draft. Notwithstanding the substantive amount of work and research carried out for its completion, it may still contain omissions or errors. It is made available solely for the purpose of verification and correction or...

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (Number 18): Labour market participation of older persons: needs and options

In edition No. 18 of the Employment Situation in Latin America, both United Nations organizations stress that according to their projections, the proportion of people aged 60 or older in the workforce will rise from 7.5% to 15% between 2015 and...

ILO, CEC, CCL and EU joint message on the occasion of International Labour Day - 1 May 2018

Strong national and regional Workers’ and Employers’ organizations around the negotiating table make for a stronger CARIFORUM.

Skills for Green Jobs Study – Barbados

This study provides an initial assessment of the status of green jobs in the small island developing state of Barbados.

Informality and Economic Units in the Caribbean

This Study seeks to synthesize four national studies on Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Lucia to determine the reasons for economic units to function informally and the frequency of informal economic units. It is intended to draw some general...

117 million women form part of the labour force in Latin America and the Caribbean

The employment rate exceeded 50% for the first time, however it is still well below that of men. Female unemployment is also higher and the salary gap is 15%, noted the Regional Director of the ILO for the Americas and Caribbean in a declaration on...

Child labour in Saint Lucia: Key findings from the rapid assessment, 2016

This Rapid Assessment-Key Findings document is part of a South-South Cooperation initiative funded through the Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, within the context of the ILO’s Regional Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child...

Child labour in Guyana: Key findings from the rapid assessment, 2016

This Rapid Assessment-Key Findings document is part of a South-South Cooperation initiative funded through the Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, within the context of the ILO’s Regional Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child...

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.