International Labour Organization and Chamber join up for two-day workshop

The BCCI and ILO held the workshop at the BBCI’s Belize City office on Coney Drive, gathering members from organizations such as the Belize Coalition of Service Providers, National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Association of Public Service Senior Managers, Labour Department, and individual members of the chamber.

The workshop forms a part of a larger tour conducted by the ILO to sensitize countries in the region about the importance of social dialogue, which is the collaboration of stakeholders on a given issue to formulate plans and policies relating to that issue. The natural disaster aspect of the workshop forms a part of the chamber’s mandate to foster a good business climate in Belize.

“If social dialogue collapses, democracy collapses with it,” explained Kim Aikman, Chief Executive Officer of the BCCI.