ILO Office in Port of Spain trains users of new labour administration software

Following up on the free installation of the newly developed labour administration application software (LAA 2.0), ILO carried out - between November and December 2018 - four web-based training sessions illustrating the main features and functioning of the newly developed data entry tool. Representatives from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago attended the training sessions which are also available to any requesting party.

The end of the year training was part of a process nearing its end aimed at equipping Caribbean countries with a practical IT tool to assist them in performing their labour administration functions. The previous version (LAA 1.0) was part of a broader in scope customized software (dubbed ‘LMIS’) the ILO Office for the Caribbean developed during 2012-14 in collaboration with national and international (OECS) partners whose purpose was to provide an electronic platform for the dissemination and analysis of both labour market indicators and administrative data. In order to avoid overlaps with the CARICOM CLMIS system, the development of the LAA 2.0 focused on the latter component addressing needs and gaps identified through a Caribbean-wide needs analysis started in the summer of 2016. Amongst others, the new LAA features centralized and unique recording of individuals and employers, allows for the generation of a number of additional reports and includes new modules reflecting specific requests from users such as the ‘child labour’, ‘labour court decisions’ or ‘social assistance’ modules.

“We are thankful for the quality feedback we received during the development, testing and training phase” – said Diego Rei, Employment and Labour Market Specialist, Decent Work Team for the Caribbean, while adding “Old and new user countries in the region have shown interest in the LAA 2.0 and we look forward to supporting them further to refine the experience and best utilize available records to monitor labour administration activities where the ultimate goal is to bolster efficiency, effectiveness and impact”.

The LAA 2.0 Project will conclude during the first quarter of 2019