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Interested in starting your own business?  The Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations (MLSP) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) wishes to invite you to an exciting webinar which focuses on entrepreneurship.  The webinar which is titled ‘From Idea to Enterprise – Entrepreneurship During COVID and Beyond’ seeks…

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15) will hold its 15th Session (UNCTAD 15) in Barbados from April 25-30, 2021. Delegations from 195 member states and Regional and International Agencies, as well as participants from Civil Society, Business and Academia are expected to attend. The National Organising Committee…

In light of the continued global impact of COVID-19, we are pleased to extend the course enrollment period by one month—meaning you now have until December 14, 2020 to register.  You will still have until February 14, 2021 to complete your courses. Choose from over 4,000 courses, Guided Projects, Specializations,…

Only a few more days left to sign up for courses under the COL/Coursera Workforce Recovery Programme. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity. Deadline: August 29th, 2020. Click here to register.  

Please join us at the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, in celebrating Ms. Chantal Ollivierre’s achievement in completing the Certificate in Covid-19 Contact Tracing with Johns Hopkins University, under the Commonwealth of Learning – Coursera Workforce Recovery Programme.  

  Some 3,000 people among the 30,000 Barbadians out of a job in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Government job cuts and long-term economic decline, have signed up for free online learning to build skills for new employment. By midday, just over 2,300 people were enrolled in various courses…

The Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations (MLSP) in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has partnered to offer persons who have become unemployed as a result of COVID-19 with FREE online training through the Coursera Workforce Recovery Programme. The Coursera website provides participants access to over 4000 courses and…

United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the OECS, Didier Trebucq, has described Government’s Employability Project, launched on Wednesday via Zoom, as both timely and relevant. Noting that it ‘is exactly what is needed now’, he congratulated the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Ministry of Labour and Social…

Government’s Employability Project fits well within the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) policy framework, says ILO Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Claudia Coenjaerts. Addressing the launch of the Employability Project, on Wednesday, Ms. Coenjaerts pointed out that the ILO policy framework to tackle the COVID-19 crisis was…