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Caribbean (The)

ILO Caribbean Office building turns blue to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN

The ILO Office for the Caribbean was established in 1969 and is based in Trinidad and Tobago. It serves 13 member States and 9 non-metropolitan territories of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.

Member States:

Antigua and Barbuda; The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Non-metropolitan territories:

Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Montserrat, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands.

History of the Office:

Read a brief history of the ILO office in the Caribbean, from 1969 to present, including changes in structure, past directors and more.

Latest news and stories

Domestic work is care work: Settling the historical debt to millions of women domestic workers
Caring is also work and deserves rights.

Op-Ed

Domestic work is care work: Settling the historical debt to millions of women domestic workers

Barbados ratifies 3 key occupational safety and health standards
Mr. Colin E. Jordan, the Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector of Barbados, presents the instruments of ratification of Convention No. 155, its Protocol and Convention No. 187 to the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo. 5 June 2025.

International Labour Standards

Barbados ratifies 3 key occupational safety and health standards

Events

ACTRAV's support for trade unions in the Caribbean: Promoting decent work and social protection to address economic, demographic and...

A series of 8 webinars to support Caribbean Trade Unions

ACTRAV's support for trade unions in the Caribbean: Promoting decent work and social protection to address economic, demographic and...

Projects and programmes

Support to the cooperative movement in the artisanal fisheries subsector in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to promote decent work and...

ILO-FAO Project

Support to the cooperative movement in the artisanal fisheries subsector in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to promote decent work and...

Participation, Ownership and Sustainable Progress for Economic Resilience (PROSPER)

An ILO-EU Project

Participation, Ownership and Sustainable Progress for Economic Resilience (PROSPER)

Publications

Guyana Decent Work Country Programme 2025-2030

Guyana Decent Work Country Programme 2025-2030

Mapping active labour market policies in Grenada

Mapping active labour market policies in Grenada

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Contact

ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean

6 Stanmore Avenue 
P. O. Box 1201
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
 Tel: +1 868 625-0524, +1 868 623-7704
Fax: +868 627-8978
Email: [email protected]
 
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