Decent Work and Social Justice for the SIDS

The ILO recognises that the SIDS require additional resources and tailored solutions to address the major geographic, environmental and other special constraints to development that they face. Enhanced resources and assistance must be accompanied by enhanced good governance, civil society accountability and respect for the rule of law. In addition to political commitment through policy documents and national development plans, a renewed drive to implement such goals must be operationalized through such measures as: public administration reforms to incorporate incentive structures that encourage compliance with the law; providing predictable and adequate funding to labour administrations and labour inspectorates; as well as strengthening independent systems of review and review by representative organizations such as trade unions and employer organizations.