ILO long service recognition award ceremony
Celebrating 25 years with the ILO: Service, solidarity and social justice
The ILO celebrates its Caribbean staff members who received the Long Service Recognition Award for 25 years of dedicated service to advancing decent work and social justice in the region.
24 February 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (ILO News) - The ILO Caribbean Office proudly celebrates, Angela Colley, Operations Assistant and Ingerlyn Caines-Francis, Senior Programme Officer, two members of staff who were honoured with the Long Service Recognition Award for having given 25 years of dedicated service to the work of the ILO.
The ILO’s annual long-service recognition Ceremony was held in hybrid format at ILO headquarters in Geneva and online on 24 February 2026, bringing together staff from across regions to recognize their sustained contribution to the ILO’s mandate. Colleagues attending in person in Geneva received their certificates directly from the Director General, while field-based staff, including the colleagues from the Caribbean, were acknowledged virtually and will receive their certificates and awards via mail, underscoring the truly global nature of the ILO workforce.
Reflecting on her 25‑year journey, Angela Colley (in photo insert) noted, “Serving with the ILO has been a privilege and a responsibility. I truly believe that all women and men have the right to access decent work, a principle grounded in the conviction that lasting peace and sustainable development depend on fairness in the world of work. This is especially true for Caribbean small island developing states. As Prime Minister Mia Mottley has underscored, fairer international financing and systemic reform are conditions that are essential to building resilience and ensuring that the promise of decent work and sustainable development becomes a reality for the Caribbean.”
For Ingerlyn Caines‑Francis (in header photo), the milestone is as much about people as it is about policy. “What has kept me committed for a quarter of a century is the relationships I’ve been able to develop with people. In the end, what matters most is the difference I have made in the lives of the people I serve – whether in or outside of the ILO. “My passion is learning and sharing and in every sense, my journey in the ILO has been fully aligned with my passion – as I’ve had dynamic opportunities to learn and share over the last 25yrs.”
Angela's and Ingerlyn’s 25 years of service exemplify the excellence, resilience and collaborative spirit that drive the work of the ILO Caribbean Office. We congratulate them warmly on this milestone and thank them for their unwavering dedication to advancing decent work and social justice across the Caribbean.