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1. In reply to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its reports received in September 2003 and August 2004 indicating that the General Authority for Manpower, Training and Employment (equivalent to a Ministry of Labour) was recently established. The new structure will be responsible for the formulation of manpower policies, as well as management of labour and employment matters in order to reinforce the socio-economic development based on the participation of individuals through promotion of small enterprise development.

2. Participation of the social partners. With regard to the request for information on the participation of employers’ and workers’ representatives in the development of the employment service, the Government refers to a technical committee: the Committee on Civil Service and Employment, which is composed of several experts and specialists in planning, management, manpower and the economy, and members of professional associations, which are members of the General Federation of Producers and the General Union for Public Officials. At the national level, the Government also refers to the Public Planning Council, which has a number of councils at the municipal level to ensure the participation of all regions in the formulation of socio-economic policies. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in its next report, specific examples of the activities of these committees and to indicate how their views were taken into account in the organization and operation of employment services and in the formulation of an employment services policy. It also asks the Government to continue to provide information on the measures adopted, in collaboration with the social partners, to ensure the effective functioning of a free public employment service with a network of offices sufficient in number to meet the needs of employers and workers nationwide (Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention).

3. Activities of the employment service. The Committee once again asks the Government to indicate all measures taken by the employment service to carry out effectively the activities listed by Article 6 of the Convention.