Presentations to Training workshop on child labour for Labour Inspectors/Officials and Members of the National Steering Committee

DAY 1

Session 1: The importance of SDG Target 8.7 to Latin America and the Caribbean

• Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour - The imperative of Target 8.7 by Ana López Castelló

Session 2: The Trinidad and Tobago context - the legislative, policy and institutional frameworks for the prevention and elimination of Child Labour- (possible inclusion of WFCL)

• Role and function of the Labour Inspectorate Unit by Farouk Mohammed

Session 3: The Impact of Covid-19 on Child Labour: Considerations for policy-makers and implementing institutions/actors in Trinidad and Tobago

• The impact of COVID-19 on child labour by Resel Melville

DAY 2

Session 4: Child Labour Inspection - Technical Session

• Presentation pending

Session 5: Child Labour information / data collection

• Monitoring child labour in Trinidad and Tobago by Bruce Spencer

Session 6: Child Labour Enforcement - Technical Session - Examining current legal provisions and requirements for prosecution of child labour infractions

• The powers and responsibilities of labour inspectors by Sangeeta Boondoo
• Human trafficking by Alana Wheeler
• Introduction to the Children's Authority of Trinidad and Tobago by Sharlene Jaggernauth

DAY 3

Session 7: Good practices on national strategies, policies and programmes in the Caribbean for the prevention and elimination of Child labour and WFCL

Session 8: Good practices in CL Labour Inspection/ Enforcement- Key lessons from Brazil

Session 9: Towards a National Policy on Child Labour