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The Committee notes the Government’s reports received in September 2000 and 2001, as well as the legislative texts and documentation attached. It notes in particular the texts governing the conditions which have to be fulfilled by workers to benefit from leave for the purposes of vocational training. A policy concerning paid educational leave has been formulated through the Foundation for the Coordination and Further Training of Higher Level Staff (CAPES). Within the framework of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the National Vocational Training Plan (PLANFOR) is operational with the objective of developing a permanent supply of vocational training to qualify or update the qualifications of 20 per cent of the active population each year. The priority sectors for which PLANFOR is intended are the unemployed, workers at risk of unemployment, urban and rural small and micro producers and self employed workers organized in cooperatives or self managed units in both the formal and informal sectors. The decentralized implementation of PLANFOR makes use of a broad network consisting, among others, of technical schools, institutions, social and educational services and central trade union organizations. The report received in 2001 contains detailed information on the university and postgraduate system. The Committee trusts that the Government will organize the information that it provides in its next detailed report so that it answers the questions set out in the report form for each of the provisions of the Convention.