Caribbean Workshop on the System for Integrated Measurement and Improvement of Productivity (SYMAPRO)

The objective is to develop participants’ competencies to contribute to the implementation of SYMAPRO in their respective countries

Date:	19/03/2012	23/03/2012
Place:	Cardiff Hotel and Spa, Cardiff Hall Runaway Bay Jamaica
Responsible entity:	HEART Trust / NTA
Technical support:	ILO/Cinterfor
Description The System for the Integrated Measurement and Improvement of Productivity – SYMAPRO - promotes social innovation, enables dialogue among managers, middle managers, workers/unions and leads towards mutual compromises for improving productivity, working conditions and equity in organizations. (Further information: http://www.oitcinterfor.org/sites/default/files/edit/docref/symapro_brochure_web.pdf) Skills development is central to improving productivity, a priority for the Caribbean nations for enhancing the employability of people, competitiveness of enterprises and increasing decent work opportunities for all. SYMAPRO encourages decent work, breaking down vertical hierarchies in order to enable information to flow from the bottom, adapting to new contexts taking advantage of the experience. It is being applied in Mexico, Chile, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, within the following sectors: sugar, fruit, automotive parts, clothing and tourism in different organizations: private, public; small, medium and large-sized; agricultural, industrial, commercial and services. The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust – HEART/NTA, the Jamaica’s training agency, is organizing this Caribbean Workshop with the technical support of the ILO, through the Inter American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training – CINTERFOR – and the Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean. Objective The objective of the workshop is to develop participants’ competencies to contribute to the implementation of SYMAPRO in their respective countries. More specifically to: incorporate a system of individual and organizational learning aimed at improving productivity and working conditions, based on social dialogue; identify points of convergence between PROMALCO and SYMAPRO; establish an integrated and participative system of measuring productivity; determine the process of team feedback and discussion, based on informal learning tools, focusing on the generation and application of improvement actions; and participate in the designing of self-training and assessment guides (STAG). Presentations SYMAPRO: context, philosophy and learning system. Caribbean Competitiveness in a Global Context Phase 1: Objectives, Baseline and Working Climate Phase 3: Integrated Measurement Phase 4: Feedback and Training Capsules Phase 6: Preparing Self-Training and Assessment Guide (STAG) Also see: ILO. Productivity Improvement through strengthening Management-Labour Cooperation - the Caribbean Experience. Port of Spain, 2004. Contact: [email protected]