Project

Sustainable and resilient enterprises (SURE) Project

19 January 2022

The Sustainable and Resilient Enterprises (SURE) training programme has been developed for SMEs who seek to strengthen their resilience in the face of complex and compound natural, bio-environmental, techno-industrial and socio-political hazards. It combines elements of classical business continuity planning with business adaptation strategies.

ILO Working Paper 26

Hurricanes and their implications for unemployment: Evidence from the Caribbean

09 March 2021

Although extreme climate events pose significant challenges to labour markets, there is a paucity of empirical literature studying their impacts. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of hurricane strikes on unemployment across a sample of Caribbean countries. In breaking down the unemployment data, our findings demonstrate that there is very little difference in the impact for adult males and females as well as male youth, however female youth may be slightly more disadvantaged. Finally, labour legislation appears to provide some mitigating impact from hurricane strikes.

Event

ILO training - Building resilience through public employment programmes (PEP), 16-20 December 2019

This training is addressed to senior officials from government ministries and agencies; local and regional authorities, public investment and employment policy advisors, project managers, and donor organizations that are working on or are poised to work on public investment programmes and employment policy and strategy. Countries invited are Guyana, Dominica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

News

ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 6

20 December 2016