1. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean May 2014, Grenada

2. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL What we will discuss The ILO’s mandate on Labour Statistics Work in the area of Census and Surveys (LFS, HIES, OWS and JFVS) Statistics from administrative records Classifications Data dissemination Analysis Future work

3. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL ILO’s mandate on Labour Statistics The ILO in the UN system ILO’s responsibility related to statistics Convention/Recommendation on Labour Statistics: Employment, Labour in general but specifically: Industrial Relations, Occupational Safety and Health, Social security, Classifications International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) Tripartite approval  International Labour Conference ILO’s work: regional/country programmes and participation in “global programmes”

4. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Work in the area of Census and Surveys The Population Census ILO’s technical collaboration on surveys: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES), Occupational Wage Surveys (OWS), Job Flow and Vacancy Surveys (JFVS) Our focus in the region guided by the CLMIS programme  promotion of the LFS and the OWS/JFVS

5. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL The Labour Force Survey Previous work: review/harmonisation of established LFS (Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago) Standardise key concepts Introduce measurement of informality and underemployment Recent work: LFS in OECS Standardised questionnaire across the OECS  builds on previous work (informality/underemployment)  tripartite consensus Quality of data collection Approach to data processing and definitions Dissemination: standardised set of tables for regional use Four OECS countries did the first round in 2013

6. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Job Flows and Vacancy Survey Establishment based survey (country basic survey programme) Demand driven: constituency demands JFVS (employment services, TVET, investment, macro-economic) Amongst regional experts more consensus on: Concepts/definitions  Questionnaire Sampling Output/data dissemination Joint CSO-DoL operation Integrated into the CMLIS LabAdminMod …an “off- the-shelf-product” … to be piloted in SVG

7. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Other Surveys OWS HIES (Caribbean CPA surveys=mix ILO/WB model) Child Labour Survey (Belize/Guyana/Suriname) School to Work Transition Survey (SWTS: Jamaica) Informal Employment surveys (Trinidad and Tobago) Technical assistance on request

8. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Stats from Admin records Critical Admin records for labour statistics: MoL/DoL: PES, Lab. Inspec, Migration, IR Employment programmes Social Security/National Insurance TVET Challenge: Employment programmes and TVET Approach considers specific challenges in using admin records for statistical purposes Respect confidentiality of micro data sets … output is essential Understand agency definitions/requirements Mutual interest/benefits Interagency collaboration

9. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Stats from Admin records: DoL MoL/DoL Admin Records: with the LabAdminMod countries can: Computerise the MoL admin records: organisational efficiency; statistical processing; harmonisation of concepts/definitions Standardise stats from admin records across the OECS Build regional dissemination system In five countries operational … the MoL/DoL can run in stats in real time from the modules they have in use Interagency collaboration based on policy coordination/shared statistics

10. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Stats from Admin records: NIS Focus efforts to use the NIS/SocSec records for statistical purposes …. Issues of Strategy Institutional issues Currently Estimates available for: Employment; Labour Migration; Wages Enhance quality and comparability: Harmonisation of concepts and definitions; Establish and maintain data set for statistical purposes; Consolidate estimates with other data sources; enhance coverage Interagency collaboration

11. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Classifications The ISCO 2008 The ICSE: International Classification of Status in Employment Other (ICLS) classifications: Industrial Relations OSH related classifications Social Security

12. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Data dissemination Dissemination strategy … bottom up: Tripartite partners at the national an regional level International Printed vs soft copies Web based CLMIS dissemination system Standardised set indicators (based on the international requirements) and qualitative LMI National ownership/interagency collaboration (CSO,MoL, NIS) Micro data files … select group of stakeholders … institutional challenges

13. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Analysis Strategy … Specific capacity distinct but not divorced from data collection/processing Capacity building? … Where …How …Maintain Line ministries and specialised agencies Statistical Office Labour Market … what are the (major) labour market challenges … tied to policy design and evaluation CLMIS strategy …. Labour market analysis immediately after the launch of the LMIS web site

14. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Future work Structure and formalise CARICOM- OECS-ILO collaboration on establishing a regional LMIS Revised employment concepts … implications for LFS and National Accounts strategies CSO-MoL-TVET collaboration on JFV Survey

15. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Future work Integrate NIS/SocSec in the Labour Statistcs System Focus on producing the Employment MDG’s (also basic Decent Work indicators) Labour market analysis immediately after the launch of the LMIS web site

16. PROMOTING DECENT WORK FOR ALL Decent Work Thank you! The International Labour Organization ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for the Caribbean www.ilocarib.org.tt