REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) - LABOUR, 14-16 APRIL 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - It is my pleasure to join in welcoming you all today to this Nineteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). I am particularly pleased at the sustained partnership between the Caribbean Community and the International Labour Organization (ILO) which is holding its 7th Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour in conjunction with this meeting of COHSOD. This immediately illustrates functional cooperation and the creative management of overlapping agendas which could only help to advance regional programmes and priorities in an effective and efficient manner for the benefit of our member states and indeed for the peoples of the Region.

REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR. JEAN MANINAT, REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE ILO FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) - LABOUR IN COLLABORATION IWITH THE SEVENTH ILO MEETING OF CARIBBEAN LABOUR MINISTERS, 14-16 APRIL 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA      

First of all, I would like to apologize for not being able to be in Georgetown with you for this important meeting. But we have wonders of technology, and by this means I convey to you the greetings of our Director General, Juan Somavia, and my own. As you know Ministers of Labour and Labour Ministries have a crucial role to play in the time and circumstances in which we are living. Last year we experienced a global crisis that hit the real economy and had an immediate adverse impact on jobs. And in the Caribbean region you know this well.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Achieving Human and Social Development through Policy Coherence is the theme of the feature address that will be delivered by Mr. Robert Kyloh, Senior Economist, International Labour Organization (ILO) Headquarters, Geneva, when CARICOM Labour Ministers meet on Wednesday in Georgetown, Guyana for the 19th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). (12 April 2010)  Read more

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) -  In the wake of the 19th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), plans are underway to review the CARICOM Regional Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to consider new realities of the world of work. (12 April 2010)  Read more