Newsroom
2016
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Formalizing informal employment of domestic workers through cooperatives in Trinidad & Tobago
01 December 2016
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Guy Ryder re-elected as ILO Director-General for a second term
07 November 2016
Guy Ryder has been re-elected by the Governing Body of the ILO for another five-year term that will start officially on 1 October 2017.
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Mapping of youth employment interventions in selected Caribbean countries
31 October 2016
The ILO is looking to realize a detailed mapping of ongoing youth employment related interventions in selected Caribbean countries. The detailed information will be instrumental to design a number of future development cooperation interventions in the context of the UN Multi-country Sustainable Development Framework 2017-21 in the Caribbean region.
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© Nahuel Berger / World Bank 2024
ILO: 52 million people working in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean
14 October 2016
Greater efforts required to improve working conditions in the countryside, a new ILO regional report on rural employment says.
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ILO Team to facilitate a new tripartite Decent Work Country Programme in Guyana
19 September 2016
This is the second step following a scoping mission last June and preparatory analytical work shared with the constituents for their assessment.
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ILO Director and Decent Work Team for the Caribbean participate in CARICOM tripartite consultations on Social Protection, Social Dialogue and Formalization in Guyana
16 September 2016
The advancement of the Decent Work Agenda in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also on the agenda.
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© Marc Veraart 2024
ILO: Universal social protection already a reality in many developing countries
06 September 2016
At a high level conference on universal social protection ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told delegates that: “In 2016, a lack of social protection is completely unacceptable. This has to change, and this can change.”
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© Scott Wallace / World Bank 2024
Global youth unemployment is on the rise again
24 August 2016
Ongoing ILO research shows that after a number of years of improvement, youth unemployment is set to rise in 2016 and young people are disproportionately affected by working poverty.
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ILO to publish World Employment and Social Outlook 2016: Trends for Youth
19 August 2016
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Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production through Decent Work for Youth
12 August 2016
“Access to productive and decent work is the best way young people can realize their aspirations, improve their living conditions and actively participate in society,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.