Labor Exchange ProjectAnglophone Caribbean and Suriname

Caribbean Labor Exchange Project Components

• Phase I: Capacity Building

• Phase II: Sustainability

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• Employment Service Capacity Building

• Internet-Based Job Matching System

• Tripartite Dialogue• Awareness of

Benefits

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Phase IJuly 2000 – December 2004

Phase IINovember 2003 – March 2004

Focus on Sustainability

• Assess Region-wide Needs for Customizable Job Matching System

• Support CARICOM Goal for Regional Labor and Automation Strategy

• Identify Potential Donors

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Project Design$1.9 million - 2.5 Years

Donor: U.S. Department of LaborBureau of International Labor Affairs

Contractors: National Association of State Workforce Agencies Worldwide Strategies, Inc.

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Track 1 : Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago

Track 2 : Guyana, Suriname, Antigua & Barbuda, and St. Vincent & and the Grenadines

Track 3 : St. Kitts, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Belize

Ministry Requirements

• Staff to Operate Centers• Adequate Facility• Tripartite Advisory Committee• Business Plan with Marketing Strategy

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Capacity Building

Employment Services• Occupational Coding• Résumé Writing and Interviewing

Techniques• Job Search Techniques• Job Counseling• Employer Outreach • Customer Satisfaction

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Capacity Building

Technology Training• Basic Computer Skills• Microsoft Software

Job Matching Software• PC Recruiter Operation

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Internet-Based Job Matching System

Key Advantages1. Jumpstarts working relationship

between employers and Labor Ministry.

2. Enhances job search for high school and college graduates and for expatriates.

3. Provides planning information for vocational training and employment policy.

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Computer Technology

Proprietary Systems• Jamaica• Trinidad• Barbados

Network Installation and Internet Access

PC Recruiter Installation

Website: www.caribbeanpartners.org

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Tripartite Dialogue

• Develop Stakeholder Commitment – Ministry of Labor– Employers Federations– Trade Unions– School and Training Institutes

• Regular Committee Meetings on Progress and Problems

• Suggestions for Specific Center Services

• Marketing Center Services to Membership

• Process Improvement Planning (Jamaica)

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Building Benefits Awareness

• Increasing the Number of Employers Using the Center

• Building Successful Job Development Plans

• Selling to Customer Needs

• Seven Secrets of Creating Successful Partnerships

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Selling the Benefits of Labor Exchange Services to Strategic Partners

Networking Conferences

May 2003

NetWORK for Success 8 Countries plus Tanzania

Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Workshops

The Sustainability Question• Website and PC Recruiter Maintenance and

Enhancement• Suriname, St. Kitts, Antigua, Belize, and St. Vincent

Form Team

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Networking Conferences

March 2004

Steps for Sustainability PC Recruiter Strengths and Weaknesses Needs Analysis Findings & Recommendations Draft Proposal Seek Donor Funding

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Project Results

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Created 8 One-Stop CentersTrack 1 Bahamas December 2001

Barbados January 2002

Jamaica January 2002

Track 2 Antigua April 2002

St. Vincent June 2002

Suriname August 2002

Track 3 Belize September 2002

St. Kitts December 2002

Project Results

Internet-Based Job Matching System Hosted by Antigua Regional Automation Proposal

• $3.6 million, 3 - 4 Years Ministerial and CARICOM Support

9 Country Collaboration

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Employment Service’s Role in Economic Growth

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• Expand Partnerships

• Fill Coordination Vacuum

• Collaborate to Attract Resources

Stakeholder Partnerships . . .

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Chamber of

Commerce

Trade

Unions

Local

Government

Local

Enterprise

Agencies

NGO’s

Social

Service

Agencies

Consulting

Firms

Private

Enterprises

Community Economic Renewal

Private Sector

Competitiveness

Workforce Development

Financial Resources

Vocational

TrainingEmployment

Services

. . . Set Stage for Economic Growth

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