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Labor Exchange ProjectAnglophone Caribbean and Suriname
Caribbean Labor Exchange Project Components
• Phase I: Capacity Building
• Phase II: Sustainability
September 30, 2004
• Employment Service Capacity Building
• Internet-Based Job Matching System
• Tripartite Dialogue• Awareness of
Benefits
September 30, 2004
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
September 30, 2004
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.
September 30, 2004
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
September 30, 2004
Capacity Building
Employment Services• Occupational Coding• Résumé Writing and Interviewing
Techniques• Job Search Techniques• Job Counseling• Employer Outreach • Customer Satisfaction
September 30, 2004
Capacity Building
Technology Training• Basic Computer Skills• Microsoft Software
Job Matching Software• PC Recruiter Operation
September 30, 2004
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.
September 30, 2004
Computer Technology
Proprietary Systems• Jamaica• Trinidad• Barbados
Network Installation and Internet Access
PC Recruiter Installation
Website: www.caribbeanpartners.org
September 30, 2004
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)
September 30, 2004
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
September 30, 2004
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
September 30, 2004
Networking Conferences
March 2004
Steps for Sustainability PC Recruiter Strengths and Weaknesses Needs Analysis Findings & Recommendations Draft Proposal Seek Donor Funding
September 30, 2004
Project Results
September 30, 2004
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
September 30, 2004
Employment Service’s Role in Economic Growth
September 30, 2004
• Expand Partnerships
• Fill Coordination Vacuum
• Collaborate to Attract Resources
Stakeholder Partnerships . . .
September 30, 2004
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
September 30, 2004
HEADQUARTERS 4619 Emerald StreetSuite D-1Boise, ID 83706Telephone: 208-345-0751Facsimile: 208-367-0465
WASHINGTON, DC 1015 Eighteenth StreetSuite 1000Washington, DC 20036Telephone: 202-331-7045Facsimile: 208-842-0885
Website: www.w-s-i.net