A team from the International Labour Organization (ILO) recently met with representatives from the Ministry of Labour in preparation for Guyana to host the 12th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour in May 23-25th.
A release from the Ministry of Labour said that the last meeting was held in Barbados four years ago.
Following this country’s selection to host this historic meeting, several deliberations among the relevant authorities were held.
Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour; Bishram Kuppen, Permanent Secretary; Gwyneth King, Occupational Safety and Health Consultant; Yolanda Grant, Chief Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency; Dhaneswar Deonarine, Chief Labour Officer; and Ambassador Ivan Evelyn, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Chief of Protocol, attended the March 9th meeting.
Lars Johansen, Deputy Director of the International Labour Organization; Ingerlyn Caines-Francis, Senior Programme Officer; Resel Melville, Project Coordinator; and Jennifer Jones-Morales, Senior Operations Officer and Security Focal Point, were among the delegation members.
