Panama
Panama has been a member of the ILO since 1919. The country has ratified 81 Conventions and one Protocol, including eight of the ten fundamental Conventions, the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and three of the four governance Conventions.
Panama has an area of 75,517 km² and a population of 4,468,100 inhabitants (CEPALSTAT, 2023). The country’s capital is Panama City, but there are several other important cities such as Colón, San Miguelito, David, Santiago y Chorrera.
In order to fulfill the mandate of promoting decent work and fostering social justice, the ILO provides technical assistance to its tripartite partners in the country - government, employers’ and workers’ organizations - through a team of experts and by the implementation of technical cooperation projects that address the priority challenges identified in the different areas of the labour field.
ILO actions in Panama are coordinated from the Office for Central America, Haiti, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.
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Labour statistics
National figures on labour market for the last available year from the ILOSTAT database
Development Cooperation Dashboard
The dashboard offers information on budgets and expenditures of core and non-core voluntary contributions over the last ten years.
Tripartite partners
Publications
Executive summary
Women's participation in temporary labour migration programmes
Digitalization of Business Organizations
Technical Note: Panama - Self-diagnosis
Projects and programmes
Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean (RBCLAC)
Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean
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