Media Advisory: CARIFORUM access for Haitian employers’ and workers’ groups
Haitian employers’ and workers’ representatives to share their views, experiences and aspirations on social and economic policy development at bipartite Workshop
PORT OF SPAIN (ILO News) - Haitian representatives from employers’ and workers’ organizations will have the opportunity to share their views, experiences and aspirations on social and economic policy development, during a National Bipartite Workshop to be held in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, 18 August 2015.
The Workshop, facilitated by the ILO in collaboration with the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), is one of a series of national bipartite workshops for CARIFORUM member States, under a three-year Project* funded by the European Union (EU). The Project seeks to build capacity within the Caribbean regional workers’ and employers’ organizations, so that they can participate effectively in regional policy development and integration processes and thus fulfil their obligations under the Social Aspects Chapter of the Economic Partnership Agreement.
Wayne Chen, President, CEC, and David Massiah, President, CCL, are expected to attend the Workshop to incorporate Haiti’s national concerns and raise them at the regional level.
"The Caribbean Employers' Confederation welcomes this opportunity to further social dialogue in Haiti as we believe this to be a powerful tool for enhancing the sustainability of business, creating decent jobs, and thereby contributing positively to national and regional development." says Wayne Chen, President, CEC.
His Excellency Javier Niño Pérez, Ambassador, European Union Delegation to Haití, along with a representative from Haiti’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, have been invited to attend the opening ceremony.
It is hoped that the Workshop will create closer synergies with Haiti, and ongoing support from the organizations representing the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.
The bipartite meetings represent the first in a series of national activities to be undertaken in each of the 15 countries which are members of CARIFORUM. Similar workshops have already taken place in July 2015 in Saint Lucia; Grenada; Dominica; Antigua and Barbuda; and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Future workshops are planned for Jamaica; Belize; Bahamas; Barbados; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Guyana; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; and the Dominican Republic.
* The Project funded by the European Union is entitled: “Challenges to CARIFORUM Labour, Private Sector and Employers to fulfil their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Obligations: Caribbean Employers’ Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labour Component of the Support to Facilitate Participation of CARIFORUM Civil Society in Regional Development and Integration Process.”
The media is invited to cover the opening ceremony
Venue: NH Haiti El Rancho hotel, Rue Jose Marti 5, Petion-Ville, HT6140 Port au Prince, Haiti Date: 18 August 2015 Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony: 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
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