The Worldwide Labour Group (ILO) and the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) Secretariat have initiated a complete labour market evaluation to help in formulating a regional migration coverage. The research’s goal is to evaluate the intricate interaction of financial, employment, and migration patterns within the area. The outcomes are anticipated to offer Member States with steering on optimising labour mobility, defending employees’ rights, and growing job creation.
This counters the backdrop of purportedly unprecedented low progress charges and elevated vulnerabilities within the area.
The undertaking is scheduled to proceed from January to April 2025. It can implement a complete methodology that features accumulating main and secondary information, consultations, and evaluation of varied sectors.
Leo Preville, Director of the CARICOM Single Market, noticed, “the success of the CARICOM Single Market and Financial system is contingent upon the event of insurance policies that facilitate the seamless motion of inhabitants.” Consequently, it’s crucial to undertake an evidence-based strategy to coverage improvement.
This evaluation of the labour market will provide a complete analysis of the demand and provide of labour within the Neighborhood and an understanding of the migration tendencies within the area. This comprehension is significant within the Heads of Authorities’s ongoing dedication to selling the free motion of all CARICOM nationals.
“On this area, migration presents alternatives and challenges for long-term socio-economic improvement.” The ILO is delighted to collaborate with CARICOM on this groundbreaking research, which is able to provide crucial insights into how migration can enhance workforce dynamics for inclusive, sustainable progress that prioritizes social justice and respectable work within the Caribbean Member States. Abdelmalik Muhummed, ILO Employment and Labour Market Specialist underscored this level.
The analysis may also examine the influence of local weather change on labour mobility and employment and determine alternatives and obstacles. It can additionally counsel potential methods for enhancing productive employment within the area.
Preville acknowledged that the event of the labour migration coverage part of the regional migration coverage should be primarily based on a radical evaluation.
