Decent work for resilience: Securing the future of Caribbean labour

The Co-operative Republic of Guyana, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) Decent Work Team Office for the Caribbean, will host Ministers of Labour from across the Caribbean to discuss priority labour matters for Caribbean countries.

His Excellency Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General of the ILO, will attend the event to engage directly with the Ministers of Labour. Additionally, on 8 April, the CARICOM Secretariat will convene a meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) – (Labour), on the sidelines of this event, to further address critical issues related to labour in the Caribbean.

Agenda items to include, among others:

• Formalization of the informal economy
• Preparation for the 113th session of the International Labour Conference
  • Biological hazards
    • ILC.113/Report IV(4)(Add.1) - Protection against biological hazards in the working environment: Addendum (March 2025).
    • ILC.113/Report IV(4) - Protection against biological hazards in the working environment: Proposed Convention and Recommendation (Feb 2025)
• Labour migration
• Just transition
  • Just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies
• Social development
  • Second World Summit on Social Development
  • ILO at the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025

Attend the Opening Ceremony online

The Opening Ceremony for this event will take place on Monday 7 April 2025, at 9.00 am Eastern Caribbean Time. Follow this Zoom Link to join us online for the Ceremony!