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Agreement between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Caribbean Community

Memorandum of Understanding between the International Labour Organization and the Pan-American Health Organization to support Latin America...

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...

Practical guidelines for developing and implementing workplace policies and programmes on HIV and AIDS

Based on ILO experiences in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Countries

Small Enterprises, Large Gaps. Employment and Working Conditions in Micro and Small Enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean....

This report demonstrates, the economic structure of Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by the predominance of one person economic units (own-account orkers) and of microenterprises, as well as by the limited number of medium-sized...

Organigrama de la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe

PREJAL - Promoting Youth Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Public-Private Partnership

In 2005 the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean – assisted by the ILO Office in Madrid – began the PREJAL project. This regional initiative for the promotion of youth employment in Latin America is one of the first public-private...

Youth and trade unions in the Americas

The ILO has published a new handbook entitled Youth and Trade Unions in the Americas. In this interview, Carmen Benitez, Regional Specialist in Workers'Education, explains the issues surrounding the topic of youth for trade union movement in the...

Decision on the seventh item on the agenda: Report of the Director-General First Supplementary Report: Appointment of the Regional Director...

Brochure on the ILO-EU Project 2015-2018

Caribbean Employers’ Organizations hold Forum to develop policy positions

Prior to the Forum a survey had been completed by each Employers’ Organisation to have them prioritise issues of key importance at national and enterprise levels.

Press coverage

Project: EU Support to facilitate participation of CARIFORUM Civil Society in the Regional Development and Integration Process: Challenges to CARIFORUM Labour, Private Sector and Employers to fulfil their EPA Obligations

Report of the Director-General, First Supplementary Report: Supplementary Report: Appointment of the Regional Director for Latin America...

MoU between the Caribbean Employers' Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labour, 2015

Caribbean Employers’ Organizations to meet in Barbados for CARIFORUM discussions

Organizations to present on key areas of particular concern or importance to their country/territory.

New ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

On 1 June 2015, José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs of Costa Rica assumed the role of ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

UNTT photo competition winners announced

Winning photographs to be exhibited at the launch of the Youth Forum of the Caribbean 2015 at the UNIC (Victoria Avenue), and thereafter at UN house (Chancery Lane).

Report ECLAC-ILO

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Universal social protection in labour markets with high levels of informality

The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Office for the Southern Cone of...

ECLAC-ILO report

Unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean could rise 0.2 percentage point

The ILO and ECLAC forecast that unemployment will reach 6.2% this year, due to an unencouraging economic outlook.

National child labour survey

Belize - National Child Activity Survey 2013

This survey is intended to provide updated information on working children, child labour, and hazardous work performed by children in Belize, as desired by the National Steering Committee on Child Labour set up by the Ministry of Labour, Government...