The Public Sector Reform Unit, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, will be hosting a series of sessions on Conflict Resolution with all principals beginning on Wednesday May 2, 2012. These sessions will be conducted on two days for a three-week period. Each session will be for a different group of principals from the different zones.

An effort to develop a National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS was taken one step further at a one-day Consultation organized by the Department of Labour.  Deputy Labour Commissioner, Bernadine Dublin, stated that the policy is being formulated as part of the International Labour Organization’s Decent Work Agenda.

The Department of Labour within the Ministry of National Reconciliation has recently launched a new information system (The Labour Market Information System) to provide readily available information to the public about the Labour market here in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. Labour market indicators are critical in analysing economic and social progress at both the micro and macro levels. Without these, no meaningful assessment of development performance can be completed.