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Barbados re-establishes National Child Labour Committee
New action plan to be established with support from the ILO under the Regional Initiative.
ILO Caribbean Director addresses labour market transformation during regional UN meeting
Event provided opportunity to assess progress and emerging priorities for achieving SDGs.
ILO Caribbean and BCCI sign Wildey Green Business Support Pilot Agreement
New Programme will harness emerging opportunities to reduce negative consequences of climate change.
New ILO Caribbean report analyzes how EMBOs can benefit from digitalization that enhances data management
Publication examines opportunities and challenges related to use of digital tools.
ILO Caribbean Director emphasizes strong policies to close gaps in skills and formality during regional CAF event
Mr. Zulu participated in discussion on regional solutions to obstacles to decent work faced by youth.
Tripartite constituents in Barbados identify key areas for ILO collaboration
Discussions focus on country-specific actions to meet labour market needs.
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.
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.
The Employment Rights Tribunal of Barbados piloting the ILO Diagnostic Tool on Access to Labour Justice
The Hon. Colin E. Jordan, M.P., expressed his willingness to include the Employment Rights Tribunal of Barbados within the list of institutions that would contribute to the piloting of the Tool.
Barbados becomes the 2nd Caribbean country to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention (C190)
The country deposited the instrument of ratification on 1 September 2022
Caribbean Ministers of Labour meet with ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at 110th session of the ILC
The meeting focused on continued assistance to Caribbean member States. Additionally, the Ministers unanimously expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to Mr Ryder for advancing the work of the ILO in the Caribbean region over the last ten years.
ISSA webinar highlights the need for unemployment insurance in the Caribbean region
Keynote speaker, Ariel Pino, ILO Specialist, Social Protection and OSH, examined the key aspects of unemployment insurance – namely the why, the what and the how - vis-à-vis international experience and the International Labour Standards.
Participants from five Caribbean countries complete 6-week quality apprenticeship course
A formal apprenticeship system is a critical but under-utilized resource for gaining experience in the workplace and relevant on-the-job training. It is also essential to expand and improve formal long-term skills to create a globally competitive workforce for the Caribbean.
ILO launches business coaching for rural enterprises and farmers in the Caribbean
The course is part of the on-going efforts by the ILO to effectively support smallholder farmers and small agri-businesses in their development, particularly through business coaching. The joint programme seeks to integrally support sectors, which require the creation of a more business oriented agriculture sector that includes more resilient farmers and more opportunity for jobs and income generation.
ILO Caribbean Office-CINTEFOR launch new course on Quality apprenticeships in the Caribbean
Participants from Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago representing Ministries of Labour, employers’ and workers’ organizations and technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions are taking the course
Call for expressions of interest: Labour Inspection Needs Assessment - Barbados, The Bahamas, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
The International Labour Organization is seeking to contract qualified international or national consultant(s) - firms or individuals - to undertake assessments of the labour inspection systems in Barbados, The Bahamas, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Interested candidates are invited to review the following Terms of Reference and to submit their proposals by the extended date of 25 October 2021.
Unemployment insurance in the Caribbean: An urgent call to protect workers and their families
A major social protection gap in the Caribbean is the protection of the unemployed, which is the least developed social security branch in the subregion, as recognized in the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention No. 102.
Achieving zero tolerance for workplace violence and harassment is possible through C190 ratification
On 25 June 2021, the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) came into force. The newest ILO Convention has a clear message: violence and harassment in the world of work is unacceptable.
Barbados strengthens capacity for social protection reform through UN Joint SDG Fund / ILO training
Policymakers enhance understanding and skills during the intensive specialized course
Business resilience is a key driver of economic prosperity in the Caribbean
Made up of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Caribbean faces multiple vulnerabilities to climate hazards such as hurricanes, flooding, landslides, heatwaves, drought and sea level rise