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The Committee notes the Government’s first report and the report on the activities of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare for the period from June 2001 to May 2002. It also notes Decree No. 682 of 1996 on the organization and functions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare; Act No. 554 of 1993 on vocational training; Social Security Act No. 1263 of 1953; Act No. 560 of 1969 establishing the Salvadorean Institute for Cooperative Development; Decree No. 24 of 1989 regulating the Executive Body and Decree No. 69 of 1994 regulating the Higher Labour Council.

Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the arrangements made to ensure the effective operation, and the coordination, of the functions and responsibilities of the system of labour administration.

Article 5. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the arrangements made at the regional and local levels to ensure cooperation and negotiation between the public authorities and the organizations of employers and workers, or, where appropriate, employers’ and workers’ representatives.

Article 7. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether it deems that the national conditions require the gradual extension of the functions of the system of labour administration to the categories of workers envisaged in (a), (b) and (d) and, where appropriate, to indicate the measures taken to this end.

Article 10. The Committee requests the Government to describe the material means at the disposal of the staff of the labour administration system and to provide information on the action taken on the recommendations of the MATAC/ILO project with regard to the recruitment, composition, status and conditions of service of the labour inspectorate staff, and provide a copy of any relevant texts or documents.