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The Committee notes the Government’s brief report and its reiterated request for technical assistance from the Office, particularly for the training of labour inspectors. It notes the Government’s undertaking to do its best to follow the recommendation made at the national workshop on international labour standards in July 2007 on the need to establish a specific budget line for labour inspection. The Committee strongly encourages the Government to take this step and invites it to take measures in the first place for the establishment of an assessment that is as precise as possible of the situation with regard to labour inspection in terms of the needs to be met: identification of the workplaces liable to inspection (number, activity, size, location) and the workers engaged therein (number, categories), as well as the legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers to be enforced. These are essential criteria for evaluating the appropriate level of the staff and the material resources available and for the identification of priority fields of action, taking into account the national budget. The Committee hopes that the Government will be in a position in its next report to refer to decisive developments in this respect and to official approaches to the Office with a view to obtaining the required technical assistance and the necessary support in seeking funding through international cooperation.