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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its 2007 observation, which read as follows:

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government indicated in its report received in September 2007 that discussions had been under way since 2001 to establish a formal framework for tripartite consultations, and that a series of workshops had been planned to this end but have been unable to be held so far owing to budgetary constraints. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on progress made in the actual establishment of procedures for effective tripartite consultations on international labour standards. It invites the Government to supply detailed information on all the tripartite consultations which occur during the reporting period on each of the matters covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention.

Article 4. Administrative support and financing of training. The Government stated that members of already formalized consultative bodies, such as the Labour Advisory Committee, receive a flat-rate daily allowance of CFA15,000, covered by the state budget. The Committee noted that further details of administrative support and financial arrangements will be provided when the consultation framework is formalized. It requests the Government to continue providing information on the progress made regarding administrative support for tripartite consultation procedures, and also regarding arrangements made for the funding of training needed for participants in consultative procedures.