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ILO conducts enterprise formalization training in Suriname
Sessions focused on sectors identified as having green job potential.
Suriname officials validate National Social Protection Strategy
Process contributes to successful implementation of DWCP.
ILO hosts meeting aimed at developing robust cooperative sector in Suriname
Key concepts based on internationally renowned approaches.
Suriname strengthens the application of labour laws through tripartite efforts
ILO support includes technical expertise as well as international and comparative insights and information.
ILO-led training builds business capacity of 30 agro-cooperatives in Suriname and leads to discussions with Government on national plan
Programme designed through collaboration with FAO under Suriname Agriculture Market Access Project.
ILO hosts tripartite workshop on just transition strategies as part of Suriname’s DWCP
Participants introduced to approaches to social dialogue for green policymaking.
ILO consultancy
Consultancy: Study on skills for green jobs in Suriname
The main objective of this study is to analyze the policy context and highlight the sectors where extensive restructuring is anticipated, and thus where training and other active labour market policies are most needed. Extended deadline for submission of applications: 15 October 2023.
ILO consultancy
Consultancy: Assessment of the main barriers and opportunities for formalization of MSMEs in Suriname
The objective of the consultancy is to conduct a detailed and analytical review of the main barriers to the formalization of MSMEs in Suriname, and to propose measures to facilitate the transition to formality for these enterprises and their workers. Deadline for submission of applications extended: 15 October 2023.
FAO/SAMAP, in collaboration with ILO, launches new training for strengthening cooperatives in Suriname
The ILO will implement the programme based on its globally-recognized training approaches including My.Coop and Start.Coop.
National External Collaborator (Consultant) for the Integral National Support for Strengthening of Rural and Green Economic Development in Suriname
The main objective of this assignment is to provide national logistical and technical services under three components: national support for studies on sector selection and value chain analysis; national support for realization of a ‘Do No Harm’ Study for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and support for cooperative development. The deadline for submission of proposal has been extended to 05 June (Eastern Caribbean Time).
Suriname's Decent Work Monitoring Committee concludes successful training in Trinidad and Tobago
The workshop, which was conducted by the ILO Caribbean Office’s Senior Programme Officer, Ingerlyn Caines-Francis, had a primary focus of understanding the strategic responsibilities of a DWCP monitoring committee through an exploration of the principles of monitoring and the practical application of tools that support both monitoring and oversight.
ILO participates in trade union seminar on securing pensions in Suriname
The event brought together experts from different fields to share their knowledge and expertise on pension policy, while also providing a platform for participants to exchange ideas and strategies for advancing workers' rights.
ILO continues work on comprehensive review of Suriname’s Social Protection System
The work that is being conducted is intended to lead to a reform proposal aimed at providing rights-based, universal, adequate, sustainable and responsive social protection coverage throughout one’s life cycle.
Suriname signs Decent Work Country Programme III
On Friday 10 February 2023, Suriname officially signed its third DWCP. DWCPs are the main vehicle for delivery of ILO support to countries and have two main objectives: to promote decent work and its normative framework as a key component of national development strategies; to organize ILO’s knowledge, instruments, advocacy and cooperation at the service of tripartite constituents in a results-based framework to advance the decent work agenda.
Call for expression of interest
Consultancy for the development and piloting of a multifocal value chain selection and assessment tool
Submissions will be accepted until midnight on 8 February 2023, Eastern Caribbean Time (new extended date).
ILO consultancy
Consultancy to conduct a situation analysis of trade union engagement in United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs) in selected small island states in the Caribbean (Suriname, Barbados, Jamaica)
Submissions will be accepted until midnight on 22 January 2023, Eastern Caribbean Time.
Suriname conducts minimum wage setting workshop with support from the ILO
ILO supported a request by the Council of Trade Unions (RAVAKSUR) to conduct a workshop on minimum wage setting in the framework of the country’s second Decent Work Country Programme. The workshop took place at the Suriname Labour College (SIVIS) during 7 and 8 December 2022, and brought together fifty participants from trade unions as well as other members of the National Wage Council.
Caribbean trainers successfully complete ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Academy
The Academy, held from 30 November to 6 December 2022, was conceived to build the capacity in supporting youth entrepreneurship in the areas of business planning, general entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship for young women, digital innovation and inclusion and green business.
Taking Action to meet SDG Target 8.7 to end Child Labour by 2025: Building capacity for action on the ground in Trinidad and Tobago and in Suriname.
As active members supported by the ILO Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname have pressed forward with the implementation of national plans to prevent and eliminate child labour, building the capacity of the national labour inspectorates and key stakeholders to identify cases and take action to address this issue.
Suriname concludes successful DWCP III validation workshop