Advancing Inclusive Labor Market in Curaçao: Exploring Innovative Approaches

Program

8.30 – 9.00

Walk in & registration

9:00 – 9:05 Social Economic Council – Raul Henriquez
Welcome address
9.05 – 9.15 University of Curaçao – Francis de Lanoy
Bridging the gap between education and the labor market
9.15 – 9.25 Human Rights Defense Curaçao – Ieteke ‘Inchi’ Witteveen
Inclusion from a local human rights perspective
9.25 – 9.35

Interactive moment

9.35 – 9.55 International Labour Organization – Keynote speaker: John Bliek
Skills for effective socio-economic integration of migrants
9.55 – 10.10 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Melissa Johns
The benefits of socioeconomic inclusion of refugees and migrants
and best practice examples from major host countries across Latin
America and the Caribbean
10.10 – 10.35

Interactive moment

10.35 – 10.55 CINEX – Jeanette Bonet
Entrepreneurial perspectives on labor market inclusion
10:55 –11:25

Break

11.25 – 12.25

Q & A – Panel discussion

12.25– 12.30

Interactive moment

12.30 – 12.45

Conclude and highlight key insights