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The Committee notes the Government's report as well as the programme for the employment sector established under the Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 6/97 of 4 March 1997, appended to the Government's report. The Committee notes the priority given to the services which assist workers in seeking employment and employers in recruiting staff. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information with regard to the manner in which employment services contribute to full employment and the development and use of productive resources, in conformity with Articles 1 to 3 of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to provide additional information in its next report on the following points.

Articles 4 and 5. Please indicate whether the governing body of the National Institute of Employment and Occupational Training (INEFP) has been established and the manner in which it is consulted in respect of the organization and operation of the employment service and the general policy of this service.

Articles 7 and 8. Please describe the progress made as a consequence of cooperation with the ILO and international aid with regard to the activities of the occupational guidance and the employment placement services to meet the special needs of demobilized personnel, disabled persons, young persons and other such categories of workers.

Part IV of the report form. Please provide any available statistical information relative to the nature and volume of activities of the 22 employment centres in existence, with regard to, in particular, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by these centres. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide, in particular, information relative to the manner in which it ensures effective recruitment and placement of workers when referring applicants and vacancies from one employment office to another, as well as the manner in which these centres cooperate in the administration of measures to assist unemployed persons (Article 6(a)(iv) and (d) of the Convention).