Resources on work, peace and resilience (Employment promotion)

21st Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour

ILO warns of a recovery with high unemployment and worrying informality in Latin America and the Caribbean

24 September 2021

At the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour, the Director-General of the ILO said that it is necessary to move towards a sustainable and resilient inclusive recovery in the face of a pandemic that “has brought the world of work to its knees”.

ILO in action

Entrepreneurship skills for Venezuelan migrants and refugees

15 September 2021

ILO Chief technical advisor, María Olave, explains how the ILO has provided entrepreneurship training to Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador and Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over five million Venezuelans have become refugees and migrants in recent years, the majority of whom are living in neighbouring countries in Latin America.

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Latin America and the Caribbean face an insufficient labour market recovery with a predominance of informal jobs

08 September 2021

Around 70 per cent of the jobs created in recent months in a group of Latin American countries are in informal conditions. Meanwhile, unemployment and the decline in labour force participation are persistent. The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for action to face the unequal impact of the crisis with more and better jobs.

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Registration is now open for the 12th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

25 August 2021

The first ever virtual Academy on SSE will take place from 15 to 26 November 2021 in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish

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ILO: At least 23 million people have transitioned to teleworking in Latin America and the Caribbean

05 July 2021

During the pandemic, teleworking enabled the continuity of businesses and jobs. It was an unexpected leap into the future of work that has opened a scenario of opportunities and challenges for the region, the ILO said today.

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Financial inclusion for refugees and host communities

18 June 2021

As the world is recording its highest levels of population displacement yet, the global refugee crisis creates great vulnerabilities for forcibly displaced populations, as well as for host communities.

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Global pool of multi-lingual trainers established to make finance work for refugees and host communities around the world

04 June 2021

The capacity development of trainers in “Making Finance Work for Refugees and Host communities” aims to develop a pool of trainers to be deployed around the world to teach and technically support financial services providers in expanding their services to refugees’ market segments, which will in turn enable refugees and host communities to access more suitable financial services.

ILO Appeal

COVID-19 appeal update: ILO’s Response to the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis

19 May 2021

Within the framework of the Regional Refugees and Migrants Response Plan (RMRP), the ILO has launched an appeal to its funding partners to support the response to the unprecedented refugees and migrants crisis in the Latin American region. The ILO leads on Socioeconomic Integration for the inter-agency response for Venezuelan refugees and migrants and has developed a comprehensive intervention strategy in coordination with UNDP, IOM and UNHCR

ILO Caribbean Resilience Project

ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

The symposium is designed to ensure that the knowledge developed by the ILO Caribbean Resilience Project is widely accessible to regional decision makers, social partners, technocrats, and development practitioners for practical policy change, advocacy and resource mobilization towards greater Caribbean resilience.

Labour Overview 2020

COVID-19 leaves a trail of high unemployment, inactivity and precarious employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

17 December 2020

Some 30 million people are unemployed and 23 million will have left the workforce due to the lack of opportunities. In 2021, employment will be in intensive care and the indicators could worsen, says ILO annual Labour Overview for Latin America and the Caribbean.