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Joint Regional Work Plan for the Implementation of the Global Agreement in the Americas for the period 2023-2025

The adoption of these global frameworks and the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic created a new momentum for the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to strengthen collaboration at all levels on migration issues.

ILO-OIM Joint Regional Work Plan 2023-2025 on Migration in the Americas

In the Latin America and the Caribbean region, the ILO and the IOM have a history of working together. They have become key actors supporting Member States, social partners, and other stakeholders in ensuring a safe, orderly, and regular migration in order to attain sustainable development and decent work.

ILO-IOM Joint Regional Work Plan 2023-2028 on Migration in the Americas

To implement the Global Agreement on Migration between the ILO and the IOM in the Americas, both agencies have elaborated a Joint Regional Work Plan 2023-2028, which consists of 4 outcomes, 12 products, and 41 activities.

Vulnerable youth, digital skills and vocational training in Latin America

The Migrant Worker Resource Centre in Tijuana, Mexico: Supporting access to justice and labour migration governance

It presents the context in which the Tijuana Migrant Worker Resource Centre was created, the services it offers, as well as the steps needed to continue its implementation and reach a greater number of beneficiaries in the Mexico-Central America migration corridor.

Research brief

Decent Work for displaced people: Lessons from the experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee workers in Colombia and Brazil

Currently, all workers in Colombia and Brazil are facing enormous challenges to organize themselves at the workplace. For refugee and migrant workers without higher education or professional credentials, the obstacles are even greater. In response to this situation, Venezuelan migrant workers and their allies are beginning to organize in labour unions and civil associations to promote decent work in both informal and low-wage formal sectors.

2023 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean [Executive Summary]

Despite presenting a lower unemployment rate in 2023, the recovery of labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean is still insufficient. It is urgent to adopt measures that contribute to preventing the precariousness of formal employment and that stimulate the generation of more decent jobs throughout the region.

[Flyer] ILO Regional Strategy on Labour Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2030

Executive Summary

ILO Regional Strategy on Labour Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2030

The Regional Strategy seeks to provide an illustration, within one document of the strategic horizon for ILO’s action in the region and to guide the organization’s technical cooperation on labour migration and mobility.

Safety + Health for All - Programme Evaluation Highlights

The strategic evaluation took stock of progress since the programme inception in 2016 and provided orientation moving forward.

Executive Summary

Green Jobs, an Opportunity for Women in Latin America (Executive Summary)

Climate change, Gender and Just Transition. The effects of climate change tend to accentuate pre-existing inequalities such as those regarding gender, which is why gender equality is an essential component of the transition to an inclusive and regenerative green economy.

Mainstreaming Care Work to Combat the Effects of Climate Change

Chapter VI.2 of the Report: "Green Jobs, an Opportunity for Women in Latin America. Climate Change, Gender and Just Transition"

Digitalization to support the transformation of EBMOs as data-driven organizations in the Caribbean

This report examines how EBMOs in the Caribbean currently use digital tools and explores challenges and good practices related to the use of these tools.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Technical Note: Panama - Self-diagnosis

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Technical Note: Chile - Osorno al Toke

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Honduras and CCIT: Formalise your Business

This case study, prepared by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP), aims to assist Latin American Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in their journey towards digitalisation, based on information and responses provided by the EBMOs themselves, as well as interviews with business representatives who shared their experiences in their journey towards digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Technical Note: Uruguay - Chamber of Digital Economy - CEDU

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.

Digitalización de las Organizaciones Empresariales

Technical Note: Guatemala - Satellite Monitoring - Palm Oil

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Peru and CONFIEP: Implementation of the Provee Pyme platform

This case study, prepared by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP), aims to assist Latin American Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in their journey towards digitalisation, based on information and responses provided by the EBMOs themselves, as well as interviews with business representatives who shared their experiences in their journey towards digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Technical Note: Nicaragua - Sofia - Virtual Assistant

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.