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The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee observes that employment promotion is listed as one of the Government's priorities and that a national employment policy is being prepared. The Committee notes, in particular, that a steering committee for the formulation of the employment policy has been set up and that with the ILO's assistance a workshop was held to make the necessary assessments and analyses prior to the formulation of such policy. The Committee hopes that the work conducted will shortly enable the Government to submit a complete and detailed report on the formulation and application of a policy of promoting full, productive and freely chosen employment, within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy and in consultation with the representatives of the persons affected, in accordance with Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide, as far as possible, the information required in the report form.

2. In this respect, the Committee recalls that the employment policy being prepared should take account of its previous comments in which it emphasized the need to take measures to guarantee that the effects on employment of global development and structural adjustment policies are taken into consideration. It reiterates its particular interest in obtaining any information on the results achieved in terms of net sustainable jobs created, retraining schemes for public sector workers affected by staff reductions, rural development programmes, labour-intensive public works programmes and the employment promotion policy for the informal urban sector. Please indicate also the way in which the education and training policies are coordinated with employment policy. Finally, the Committee reiterates its particular interest in obtaining any information relating to the advisory or technical cooperation activities of the ILO from which the Government thinks it might benefit with a view to applying the Convention more effectively (Part V of the report form).