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1. The Committee refers to its comment on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and notes the observation of the State Employers’ Office (VMTL) on the application of Convention No. 142. VMTL considers that there is scope for improvement in the cooperation between workplaces and educational institutions and in the allocation of resources to career counselling. It also emphasizes the importance of providing job training positions in order to ensure the availability of qualified labour for government agencies in the future.

2. Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention. Lifelong education and training policies. The Committee notes with interest the newly adopted adult education strategy which will be operational until 2010, including legislation on financial assistance to adult students and job alternation leave. It notes in particular the promotion of cooperation between working life and training by revising the concept of on-the-job learning, which will involve promoting tutored and assessed study worth at least 20 credits following the goals of the curriculum. Please continue to provide information on the overall practical results of this new strategy, including information on the efforts, in cooperation with the social partners, to bring training and working life closer together including through the revised concept of on-the-job training. Please provide further information on the targets set in the 2003 Policy Programme and the extent of their fulfilment, particularly in light of the information that the total number of persons receiving personal guidance through the employment offices declined by 1,200 in 2002. In this respect the Government may find it useful to refer to the new Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195).