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1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In its report received in August 2007 replying to the 2006 direct request borne out of the first examination by the Committee of the application of this priority Convention, the Government indicates that the social partners have agreed to freeze the National Tripartite Committee and to establish a Tripartite Committee for Labour Affairs. The Government further states that the tasks of the new committee shall cover all matters related to labour, including international labour standards. The new committee will be constituted and will start its work in the near future. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the effective consultations held on the matters listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention made by the newly established committee.

2. Article 4, paragraph 2. Financing of training. The Government also indicated that the social dialogue project carried out in collaboration with the ILO implements programmes that are aimed at developing knowledge and capacities of the social partners, including the participants in the consultative mechanisms. The Committee invites the Government to also include, in its next report, details on the progress made with regard to the tripartite consultations on international labour standards, further to the technical assistance provided by the ILO.

[The Government is requested to reply in detail to the present comment in 2008.]