Child Labour: 

•    Combating the worst forms of child labour in the Caribbean (Read more)

•    National Child Labour Programme in Jamaica (Read more)

Legislation:

•    Harmonization of Labour Legislation in the Engish- and Dutch-Speaking Caribbean (Read more)

HIV/AIDS:

•    HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme - Belize  (Read more)

•    International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme – Barbados & Jamaica (Read more)

•    International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme - Trinidad and Tobago (Read more)

Labour Market Information: 

•    Development of the Caribbean Labour Market Information System (Read more)

Labour Management-Cooperation:

•    The Programme for the Promotion of Labour-Management Cooperation - PROMALCO (Read more)

Social Security: 

•    Alternative policy options for the long-term financial consolidation of the Social Insurance Bank: Aruba (Read more)
•    Seventh Actuarial Review of the National Insurance System as at 30 June 2005: Trinidad and Tobago (Read more)

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Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Caribbean

Intended beneficiaries:
Children and the tripartite partners in The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

Start/ End Dates:
April 2001 - March 2008

Objectives:
To contribute to the prevention and elimination of the worst forms of child labour in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean by developing the capacity to promote and implement policies and programmes that give effect to ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour.

Outputs:

• Rapid assessment of the situation with respect to child labour in project countries.

• National review and publication of child labour laws in The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

• Publication of a comparative review of child labour laws in project countries.

• Awareness-raising materials.

• National consultations on tackling child labour through education in Guyana and Jamaica.

• Subregional workshop on combating child labour in indigenous communities in Belize, Guyana and Suriname.

Impact to date:

• Increased awareness and initiatives by tripartite constituents and other stakeholders as evidenced by the establishment of National Steering Committees on Child Labour in all project countries.
  

• Action Programmes developed for the prevention and withdrawal of child labourers in Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
  

• Draft lists of hazardous occupations for children compiled in Barbados, Belize and Guyana in the latter part of 2005, and in Jamaica in January 2006.
  

• Jamaica has appointed a Focal Point for child labour in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
  

• As a result of this project, the ILO is now a member of the recently established Regional Task Force on Child Rights and Protection which is spearheaded by the CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 

Donor:
Government of Canada

For more information, please visit the Regional Child Labour Project webpage.

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 National Child Labour programme for Jamaica

Intended beneficiaries:
Children and the tripartite partners in Jamaica.

Start/ End Dates:
2001 - 2005

Objectives:
To contribute to the prevention and elimination of child labour in Jamaica.

Outputs:

• National Survey on Children’s Activities.

• Rapid assessment of the situation with respect to child labour.

• Action programmes to prevent and withdraw children from child labour implemented.

Impact to date:

• Increased awareness of the existence of child labour.

• Children prevented and withdrawn from chid labour.

• Jamaica has appointed a Focal Point for child labour in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

Donor:
US Department of Labor (USDOL)

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Harmonization of Labour Legislation in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean (Website)

Member States and the social partners trained on, a) the provisions of their national legislation in the four areas where CARICOM Model Labour Legislation exists, b) the provisions of other Caribbean national labour legislation and c) the steps needed to be taken at the national level to bring their national labour legislation in line with international labour standards and the intent of the four CARICOM Model Labour Legislation.

Donor:
Labour program – Government of Canada

Intended Beneficiaries:
Government, labour unions and employers in Trinidad and Tobago and management and labour at enterprise level.

Start/end dates:
September 2005 – December 2008

Objectives:
To reduce HIV/AIDS risk behaviours among workers; and to reduce employment-related discrimination against persons living with HIV and AIDS. Action at the level of the enterprise is the principal target of the Project.

Impact to date:
National HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy developed and passed by the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago in April 2008 and launched publicly on 14 April 2008.

Peer educators trained in partner enterprises.

Focal points from various ministries trained.

Intended beneficiaries:
English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories

Start/ End Dates:
September 2001 – December 2004

Objectives:
To develop and strengthen national labour market information systems that would generate reliable, timely and internationally-comparable labour statistics for use by government policy-makers, employers and trade unionists.

Outputs:
A series of Working Papers, a Caribbean Labour Market Information Library on CD-ROM, and the Caribbean Occupational Information Exchange Facility, also on CD-ROM.

Impact to date:

• National Classifications of Occupations (NCO) completed for Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
  

• Labour Market Information (LMI) Plans established for The Bahamas, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
  

• Labour Force Survey (LFS) implemented (Saint Kitts and Nevis) and enhanced (Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles).
  

• Occupational Wage Surveys (OWS) implemented (Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago) and enhanced (Saint Lucia and The Bahamas).
  

• Evaluation undertaken to determine the potential of National Insurance Schemes (NIS) as a source of LMI (The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Netherlands Antilles).
  

• Country-specific Labour Market Information Libraries (LMIL) established in Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
  

• The Bahamas has to date completed its second survey on occupational wages since the Project’s intervention.
  

• The Statistical Unit of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security of Guyana recently completed its third survey on occupational wages and hours of work.
  

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines plans to implement an LMI system.

Donor:
US Department of Labor (USDOL)

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Programme for the Promotion of Management and Labour Cooperation - PROMALCO

Intended Beneficiaries:
English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and the tripartite partners.

Start/ End Dates:
January 2001 – October 2005

Objectives:
To enhance management-labour cooperation and promote respect for fundamental principles and rights at work as a means for improving the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises.

Outputs:

Impact to date:

Donor:
US Department of Labor (US DOL)

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Alternative policy options for the long-term financial consolidation of the Social Insurance Bank - Aruba

Intended Beneficiaries:
Social Insurance Bank of Aruba

Objectives:
To project the financial situation of the General Old Age Pension Scheme (AOV) and the General Widows and Orphans Insurance (AWW) scheme, both administered by the Soziale Verzekeringsbank (SVb) of Aruba (Social Insurance Bank of Aruba).

Output:
Report and recommendation made to Government.

Impact to date:
The study addressed the financial implications of the different reform proposals, which allowed the Government of Aruba to take decisions as to the general direction of their pension reform process.

Please visit www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/areas/ilofacts/ilofacts.htm

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Seventh Actuarial Review of the National Insurance System of Trinidad and Tobago as of 30 June 2005

Intended Beneficiaries:
National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago

Start/ End Dates:
June 2006 – June 2007

Objectives:
To undertake the Seventh Actuarial Review of the National Insurance System of Trinidad and Tobago in accordance with Section 70 of the Trinidad and Tobago National Insurance Act No. 35 of 1971.

Outputs:
Report with recommendations submitted to Government.

Impact to date:
Recommendations formulated for the effective financial operation of the National Insurance Scheme of Trinidad and Tobago.

Donor:
Trinidad and Tobago

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