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Guyana
Guyana joined the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 8th June 1966, marking a significant commitment to promoting decent work and labour rights. Over the years, the ILO has actively engaged in Guyana, providing technical assistance and interventions in various critical areas. These include improving the climate of industrial relations and social dialogue, offering support in the creation of a modern and responsive labour administration system, and promoting a coherent and integrated national social protection system.
Additionally, the ILO has focused on capacity building for employers' and workers' organizations, fostering the creation of green jobs and promoting decent work, as well as enhancing technical and vocational education and training initiatives in the country.
Latest news and stories
Cooperative development
Field notes from Guyana’s coastline: Strengthening cooperatives and securing livelihoods in Guyana’s fisheries sector
Child labour
Breaking the cycle: From child labour to labour rights advocate
Labour statistics
Guyana labour market statistics for the last year from ILOSTAT Database
ILO Development cooperation dashboard
All Programmes and projects in Guyana
Projects and programmes
ILO-FAO Project
Support to the cooperative movement in the artisanal fisheries subsector in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to promote decent work and...
Caribbean Resilience Project
ILO programme of targeted technical assistance to Guyana, Saint Lucia and Dominica for a just transition to environmentally sustainable...
Publications
Information sheet
The ILO and the social and solidarity economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Decent work
Guyana Decent Work Country Programme 2025-2030