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Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention received in June 2008. The report enumerates the legislative texts applicable to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBH), the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Brčko District. The Committee notes that each of the entities constituting Bosnia and Herzegovina holds tripartite consultations and is autonomous with regard to labour and employment issues. With regard to the consultations concerning international labour standards, the Committee recalls that the instruments adopted by the Conference between its 80th and 95th Sessions were sent to the authorities concerned and to the social partners of the entities, including those of the Brčko District, for examination with a view to an eventual ratification (Article 5, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention). The Government indicates that it circulates the reports on the application of the ratified Conventions to the workers’ and employers’ organizations of each entity (Article 5, paragraph 1(d)). The Committee therefore hopes that the next report will include more precise information on the effect given by the corresponding authorities to all of the matters related to international labour standards covered by the Convention. Furthermore, the Committee requests specific information on the subject, frequency and nature of any reports or recommendations resulting from the consultations held by the tripartite bodies established by each of the entities constituting Bosnia and Herzegovina on the matters required by the Convention.

Article 4, paragraph 2. Financing of training. Please describe any arrangements made for the provision of financing by the entities constituting Bosnia and Herzegovina for any necessary training of participants on the consultative procedures.