On May 29th 2015 the OECS Commission with support from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) handed over hardware to the beneficiary OECS member states Central Statistics Offices and Departments of Labour.
The acquired hardware is designed to support the implementation of the OECS Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Programme in the OECS Member States, or more specifically, the components of the OECS LMIS programme that are currently being implemented, namely the conduct of the OECS Labour Force Survey, the OECS Job Openings and Labour Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and the deployment of the Caribbean Labour Market Information Systems (CLMIS) version 2.0 in the beneficiary Member States. In particular, one Server and Desktop will be provided to the Central Statistics Offices to facilitate the systematic storage and accessibility to the Labour Market Information that will be produced.
The equipment in the case of the Departments of Labour will be minimum computer hardware that will support the roll-out of the CLMIS version 2 in the beneficiary Departments of Labour. The use of Laptops will allow for mobile data entry in the field or at different locations to avoid “paper based filed operations”. These needs are particularly vital in the case of using the Labour Administration Software package to report on and monitor Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) field visits. This is in keeping with the trend is a move to laptops and remote access to enter data “in-real-time” into the central database.
On completion of the OECS LMIS programme, policymakers from Member States’ Governments, Employers’ Organisations, Trade Unions and the general public will have more of the Labour Market Information needed to take action or to utilise in the design, monitoring and evaluation of labour market and employment policies aimed at Decent Work and accelerated national development.
The immediate objective is to design and adopt an OECS Labour Market Information System programme comprising the necessary national institutional structure, the basic data sources for the information system, a household survey, an enterprise-based survey, and dedicated administrative databases in Member States’ Central Statistics Offices, Departments of Labour and National Insurance Services, supported by an information dissemination system based on (i) selected, key national reports and (ii) a public internet-based “one window” facility.
OECS member states Recieve hardware for Implementation of Labor Market Information System (LMIS)