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Barriers and opportunities for enterprise formalization in Suriname - Assessment of the wood and tourism sectors

SAMAP: Strengthening market access for farmers in Suriname through agro-cooperative capacity building development

Value chain analysis of Suriname’s wood-processing sector

Cost assessment for an unemployment insurance scheme in Belize

A sector selection and value chain analysis in Belize - Sustainable tourism and dehydrated fruits processing in the districts of Toledo and Stann Creek

To respond to the urgent need to address these challenges, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean has prepared this publication within the framework of the Government of Belize / United Nations Joint Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Fund Programme: Building a resilient Belize through universal, adaptive, and sustainable social protection. It focuses on two key sectors – agriculture and tourism. Both have enormous potential to contribute to local inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Belize. They are also shaped by a predominance of informality. 

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

The report explores whether organizational processes and practices support digitalization, including whether EBMOs use data strategically to make calculated, organizational and operational decisions. It also assesses staff’s capabilities, skills, expertise and mindsets in using digital tools across different roles and departments. It explores organizational culture, including whether EBMOs enable technology adoption and whether leaders are committed to digitalization.

Business resilience trends and evidence-based policy proposals in Trinidad and Tobago

Part 1 of the study is based on the compilation and analysis of data points extrapolated from the online questionnaire which was developed by the ILO and administered by the ECA to its members and a cross-section of other stakeholders. This is supplemented by a series of in-depth interviews with ECA members who completed the questionnaire, coupled with a select number of Government officials, industry leaders and business continuity professionals. This is essentially a quantitative exercise.Part 2 of the study is based on a synthesis of key takeaways from the online survey and the qualitative interviews, as well as open-source literature. This is followed by twelve recommended actions grouped under the following seven thematic headings:Theme 1: Developing an updated and more appropriate Government small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policy framework that includes a focus on business resilience;Theme 2: Enhancing the role and function of Government bodies in collaboration with industry bodies to take the lead in strengthening the nation’s business resilience among SMEs;Theme 3: Scaling up the provision of business resilience advisory services to SMEs; Theme 4: Enhancing the role and function of the National Entrepreneurship Development Company Limited (NEDCO) and other financial institutions in promoting business resilience among SMEs;Theme 5: Increasing the quantum of business resilience professionals;Theme 6: Enhancing the community outreach of the ECA’s SURE business resilience training course; andTheme 7: Scaling up awareness of the benefits of business resilience. 

Perspectives on business resilience in Trinidad and Tobago: A research report

The knowledge gained from the seven training modules of the programme will help users develop a business continuity strategy. The strategy would be used as a means of helping to empower their respective organizations and firms to improve their sustainability, survival, and ability to thrive in the face of unexpected adversities.

Decent Work Country Programme, Suriname, 2023-2026

Labour Overview 2022 for Latin America and the Caribbean [Executive summary]

Prospective occupational skills needs in the Guyanese oil and gas industry, 2022-2026

The study combines a background analysis of the local and international human resources trends in the oil and gas industry and a collection of original data from companies directly operating therein. It provides much valued information about the profiles that the sector will require in the short and medium term and details the competencies accompanying those as well as perceptions about their availability. Preferred hiring methods, a glimpse at current educational options and further insights from industry professionals complete the analysis. 

Prospective occupational skills needs in the Guyanese construction industry, 2022-2026

Focusing on the construction industry, the study combines a background analysis of the local, and to some extent, international human resources trends accompanied by the collection of original data from companies directly operating within it. It provides valuable information about the profiles that required in the short and medium term, and details on the competencies accompanying those as well as perception of availability of the latter. Preferred hiring methods, a glimpse at current educational options and further insights from industry professionals complete the analysis. 

Social protection expenditure review, Barbados

Employers’ guidelines for the implementation of the Jamaica Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021

Suriname mid-term labour market policy, 2022-2025

Belize National Child Labour Policy and Strategy, 2022-2025

Internet and Wi-Fi access for teaching and learning in public secondary schools and TVET institutions in Trinidad and Tobago

Guide

The system of labour administration in Suriname (2nd revised edition)

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary

Decent Work Country Programme for The Bahamas: 2021-2026