12th ILO Caribbean Labour Ministers' Meeting

Meeting programme with individual sessions' concept notes

The concept notes for the respective sessions can be viewed by clicking on the links of the sessions in this Meeting Programme.

17 May 2023

Day 1: Tuesday 23 May
09.00 – 10.30 Opening Ceremony
10.30 – 11.00 Photo opportunity /Press conference
Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 First convening of the Drafting Committee on the Outcome Document of the 12th Caribbean Ministers of Labour Meeting
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.30 – 15.30 Presentation and Plenary Discussion on 111th International Labour Conference, Geneva, June 2023
Presentation of agenda and main topics for discussion at ILC
15.30 – 17.00 Statements by participating Ministers / Heads of Delegation
18.30 Cocktail reception, Marriott Hotel
Day 2: Wednesday 24 May
08.00 – 09.00 Breakfast meeting
Closed meeting - Ministers only
09.30 – 10.30 Social Justice for the Caribbean - Panel discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Labour migration and mobility in the Caribbean - strategic importance to recovery, dynamic growth and resilience
With special consideration of the strategic role of skills development/ recognition and quality apprenticeships in the Caribbean region
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Integrated policy frameworks for accelerating and guaranteeing a Just Transition for sustainable Caribbean socio-economic transformation
15.00 – 16.00 Fundamental principles and rights at work- reinforcing the national foundations of social justice in the Caribbean
Examination of the implications of new Fundamental Rights on OSH, the strategic importance of Labour protection and action on Child Labour Target 8.7
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.30- 17:30 Information session: ILO’s strategic priorities on labour migration and mobility for the region - 2023-2030
Day 3: Thursday 25 May
09.00 – 10.30 Presentation and adoption of Outcome Document
Discussion and acceptance of Conclusions of the meeting
10.30 – 11.00 Closing - End of ILO Meeting
11.15 – 11.45 Final press briefing
14.00 – 17.00 Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD)-Labour
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana

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