Presentations
Presentations at the Tripartite Caribbean Symposium on ‘Tripartism and Social Dialogue 2011
OPENING CEREMONY SPEECHES:
Address Delivered by Dr. The Hon. Esther Byer-Suckoo, M.P., Minister of Labour, Barbados
Statement by Ms. Elizabeth TINOCO, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Address Delivered by Dr. The Hon. Esther Byer-Suckoo, M.P., Minister of Labour, Barbados
Statement by Ms. Elizabeth TINOCO, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
PRESENTATIONS:
DAY1:
Background Paper:
Social Dialogue and Social Partnership: The Case of Barbados. By Andrew S. Downes Professor of Economics and Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES),University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, and Dr. Lawrence Nurse, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, Barbados
Social Dialogue and Social Partnership: The Case of Barbados. Discussant: Professor Tayo Fashoyin, Professor of Labour and Employment Relations, Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Lagos, NIGERIA
Panel 1
Presentation by The Hon. Christopher P. Sinckler, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Barbados.
Social Dialogue and Tripartism: The Singapore Experience. Mr. Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Health, Singapore
Tripartism and Social dialogue: The Case of Mauritius. Presented by Mr. Edley Armoogum, Assistant Director Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment
Panel 2
The Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Workplace Productivity. Mr. Steven Goh Hock Li, Deputy Honorary Secretary, Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) and SNEF Chairman of ASEAN Affairs, Singapore
The Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Workplace Productivity. Mr. Pradeep Dursun, Mauritius Employers' Federation
Tripartism and Social Dialogue. Presented by Ms. Rehana Bibi Ameer, General Secretary – Federation of Parastatal Bodies and Other Unions
Singapore National Trades Union Congress. Mr. John de Payva, President, Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC), Singapore
Presentation by Mr. Anthony Sobers, Chief Programme Manager, Barbados Productivity Council
Social Dialogue and Social Partnership: The Case of Barbados. By Andrew S. Downes Professor of Economics and Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES),University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, and Dr. Lawrence Nurse, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, Barbados
Social Dialogue and Social Partnership: The Case of Barbados. Discussant: Professor Tayo Fashoyin, Professor of Labour and Employment Relations, Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Lagos, NIGERIA
Panel 1
Presentation by The Hon. Christopher P. Sinckler, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Barbados.
Social Dialogue and Tripartism: The Singapore Experience. Mr. Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Health, Singapore
Tripartism and Social dialogue: The Case of Mauritius. Presented by Mr. Edley Armoogum, Assistant Director Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment
Panel 2
The Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Workplace Productivity. Mr. Steven Goh Hock Li, Deputy Honorary Secretary, Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) and SNEF Chairman of ASEAN Affairs, Singapore
The Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Workplace Productivity. Mr. Pradeep Dursun, Mauritius Employers' Federation
Tripartism and Social Dialogue. Presented by Ms. Rehana Bibi Ameer, General Secretary – Federation of Parastatal Bodies and Other Unions
Singapore National Trades Union Congress. Mr. John de Payva, President, Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC), Singapore
Presentation by Mr. Anthony Sobers, Chief Programme Manager, Barbados Productivity Council
DAY 2:
Panel 3
Presentation by The Hon. Glynis Roberts, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Grenada which currently holds the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Mobilizing Civil Society and Engaging the Private Sector in Making the CSME a Living Reality and the Functioning of a Non-State-Actors Network in the Caribbean. Prepared by Mr. Marcel Meyer, President of the Caribbean Employers' Confederation (CEC)
Taking advantage of Tripartism and Social dialogue to support Regional Integration and enhance its benefit. Presentation by Senator Chester Humphery, Secretary-General, Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL)
Panel 4
Maximizing social and labour benefits of external trade and investment agreements through social dialogue. Presentation by Mr. Edley Armoogum, Assistant Director Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment
Maximizing Social and Labour Benefits of External Trade and Investment Agreements through Social Dialogue. Presented by Mr. Errol L. Humphrey, Consultant - EPA Implementation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Maximizing social and labour benefits of external trade and investment agreements through social dialogue. Presentation by Dr. Kusha Haraksingh, Senior Lecturer in History, University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; Lead Negotiator for Legal and Institutional Issues, College of Negotiators for the CARIFORUM-EU Negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA); Lead Negotiator for Legal and Institutional Issues, CARICOM/Canada Trade Negotiations; Associate Fellow, Institute of International Relations, UWI; Chairman, CARICOM Competition Commission
Information Session on Labour Market Information Systems (LMIS). Presentation of a new tool for strengthening the labour market Information System in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Mr. Reynold Simons, Senior Specialist, Employment and Labour Market Policies, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean.