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The Committee refers to its observation and requests the Government to supply information in its next report on the following points:

1. The Committee notes that the employment generation programme agreed upon between the Ministry of Finance and the Agency for International Development of the United States (USAID) has been integrated into the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS). The FHIS is carrying out five programmes of activities: social and/or productive infrastructure works; massive emergency employment measures; support for production; basic needs; and strengthening the institutional support for programme managers. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information on the employment generated under each of these programmes, indicating the categories and number of workers that have benefited. The Government may deem it useful to consult the provisions of Part III of the Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169), in which reference is made to responding to the needs of categories of persons who frequently have difficulties in finding lasting employment.

2. Please describe the characteristics and operation in practice of the "food for work" project, carried out by the German-Honduran Cooperation Project, and indicate the impact of the above Project on the generation of productive and freely chosen employment.

3. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information on the rural employment programmes carried out by the National Agrarian Institute.

4. The Committee notes with interest the information supplied on the activities of the National Institute of Vocational Training (INFOP). It would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply information on the activities of the INFOP, the integration into the labour market of those who have benefited from INFOP courses, and other measures of a public or private nature that have been adopted in order to coordinate education and vocational training policies with prospective employment opportunities. The Committee suggests that the Government refer to the 1975 instruments on human resources development (Convention No. 142 and Recommendation No. 150) and its 1991 General Survey on these questions.

5. Part V of the report form. The Government refers to various technical assistance projects carried out by the Office and by PREALC. The Committee would be particularly grateful if the Government would supply information on the action taken as a result of these projects, and the impact of such action on the labour market.