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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became a member of the ILO on 31 May 1995. As an ILO member state, the country has ratified 27 Conventions to date, including all 8 of the fundamental Conventions covering core labour rights and principles. These include the Forced Labour, Freedom of Association, Right to Organize, Equal Remuneration, Abolition of Forced Labour, Non-Discrimination, Minimum Age, and Worst Forms of Child Labour Conventions.

The ILO has provided technical assistance to build capacity, offer policy advice, and help advance the Decent Work Agenda in alignment with the country's development goals. Promoting fundamental labour rights and principles remains an area of focus through this collaboration.

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Making employment a Macroeconomic Priority: Emerging Policy Discourse in the Caribbean
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Economic development

Making employment a Macroeconomic Priority: Emerging Policy Discourse in the Caribbean

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines moves to modernize workplace safety
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Safety at work

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines moves to modernize workplace safety

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Labour statistics

Labour statistics

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines labour market statistics for the last year from ILOSTAT Database

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Development Cooperation Dashboard

Development Cooperation Dashboard

The Dashboard offers customizable views of ILO development cooperation projects funded by voluntary contributions around the world. It shows the budget and expenditure of voluntary contributions for the past 10 years.

Projects and programmes

Caribbean Virtual Policy Network on Youth Education and Employment (VPNYEE) Initiative

Youth Employment

Caribbean Virtual Policy Network on Youth Education and Employment (VPNYEE) Initiative

EU Support to facilitate participation of CARIFORUM Civil Society in the Regional Development and Integration Process: Challenges to...

Social Dialogue

EU Support to facilitate participation of CARIFORUM Civil Society in the Regional Development and Integration Process: Challenges to...

Publications

Decent work in the platform economy in the Caribbean

Platform economy

Decent work in the platform economy in the Caribbean

Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms

Latin America and the Caribbean

Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms

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