All projects in country
National Green Job Assessment Model for Jamaica
To support the Government of Jamaica to undertake a National Green Job Assessment Model (GJAM). This activity will support Jamaica in identifying sustainable development pathways for inclusive green economy and just energy transition.
Support for the transition to formality in the household services, agriculture and fisheries sectors in Jamaica
This project builds on previous ILO undertakings in Jamaica linked to Recommendation No. 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy
Youth Employment
Caribbean Virtual Policy Network on Youth Education and Employment (VPNYEE) Initiative
The Initiative's primary goal is to help countries and stakeholders specify and understand which public policy interventions effectively support youth employment. It also aspires to put youth employment at the center of the national policy discourse through the promotion of well-informed and evidence-based practices as well as through the creation of a Caribbean led community of practice.
Informal Economy
Formalization of the Informal Economy in Jamaica
ILO Pilot Project in Granville and Garlands/Horseguard Communities in the Parish of St James
Child labour
Global research on child labour measurement and policy development (MAP) Project
Occupational Safety and Health
ILO Programme on Occupational Safety and Health and the Environment in the Caribbean
The Programme to support governments as well as employers' and workers' organizations in their efforts to improve OSH at the enterprise and national levels and to contribute to environmental sustainability of Small Island Developing States.
Developing an OSH promotional culture in small island developing states
Increasing the capacity of constituents to develop and implement laws, policies and programmes for improving OSH and contributing to environmental protection measures
Child Labour
Tackling Child Labour Through Education (TACKLE) – Guyana and Jamaica
Project aimed at helping to reduce poverty by providing access to basic education and skills training for disadvantaged children and youth.
International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme:Barbados, Belize and Jamaica
To reduce HIV/AIDS risk behaviours among workers; and to reduce employment-related discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Child labour and education
Tackling child labour through education in African, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) States (TACKLE) Project
Labour Legislation
Harmonization of Labour Legislation in ILO Member States in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean
To review national labour legislation, in the areas of the four CARICOM agreed model labour legislation.
Development of the Caribbean Labour Market Information System (CLMIS)
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.
Child Labour
Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Caribbean
Protect our children. Stop child labour
Jamaica designates its tripartite Labour Advisory Council as national focal point for the promotion of the ILO MNE Declaration
Jamaica is the first country in the Americas region to appoint a national focal point for the promotion of the MNE Declaration and the application of its principles and is the first country to appoint a tripartite social institution as a unique national focal point.