CMNT_TITLE

1. Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. In reply to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its reports indicating that the Higher Council for Manpower and Training by Act No. 78 of 2000 was established and that it will be responsible for the regulation and operation of the employment service and the preparation of its policies at the national level, in collaboration with other agencies. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide particulars of the arrangements made through the Higher Council for Manpower and Training for the cooperation of employers’ and workers’ representatives in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of the employment service policy. Please also provide the other information requested by the report form for the above Articles of the Convention.

2. The Committee trusts that in its next detailed report the Government will also provide the information requested for each Article of the Convention, including statistical data and a general appreciation of the manner in which the employment service operates in practice (Parts V and VI of the report form).