ILO Media Advisory: Final ILO-MLSS Validation and Dissemination Workshop on the Formalization of the Informal Economy Project in Jamaica
Participants to discuss options to expand project to other communities in Jamaica.
8 November 2015
Location: Altamont Court Hotel, 1 Altamont Terrace, Kingston 5, Jamaica
Date: Tuesday, 10 November September 2015
Registration of participants: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Remarks: Ms. Brenda Cuthbert, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Employers’ Federation
Remarks: Mr. Lloyd Goodleigh, President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
Remarks: Ms. Dagmar Walter, Deputy Director, ILO DWT and Office for the Caribbean
The ILO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Jamaica, will hold a final validation Workshop from 10-11 November 2015, to review the activities of a 1-year pilot Project which falls under the ILO Programme for the Promotion of Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Project was implemented within the Granville and Garlands communities of St. James, Western Jamaica.
The Project offered training opportunities for young people and those operating informal businesses. Topics covered included:
To request further information please contact:
Dawn Lafond, Communication and Information Management Officer | [email protected] |
+1 (868) 623 7178 or +1 (868) 623 7704 ext 412
ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean
Date: Tuesday, 10 November September 2015
Registration of participants: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Remarks: Ms. Brenda Cuthbert, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Employers’ Federation
Remarks: Mr. Lloyd Goodleigh, President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
Remarks: Ms. Dagmar Walter, Deputy Director, ILO DWT and Office for the Caribbean
The ILO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Jamaica, will hold a final validation Workshop from 10-11 November 2015, to review the activities of a 1-year pilot Project which falls under the ILO Programme for the Promotion of Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Project was implemented within the Granville and Garlands communities of St. James, Western Jamaica.
The Project offered training opportunities for young people and those operating informal businesses. Topics covered included:
- how to start and improve your business;
- artisan entrepreneurship;
- business, marketing and financial planning;
- SME development; entrepreneurship development;
- cooperatives;
- workers' rights; and
- social dialogue.
To request further information please contact:
Dawn Lafond, Communication and Information Management Officer | [email protected] |
+1 (868) 623 7178 or +1 (868) 623 7704 ext 412
ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean