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Article 2 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in August 2010, including detailed replies to issues raised in the 2008 direct request (arrangements made to provide training through the ILO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe in accordance with Article 4(2) of the Convention). The Committee also notes the comments supplied by the Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro in September 2009 on which the Government commented in December 2009. The Government refers to the activities of the tripartite Social Council which includes the signature, in April 2009, of a memorandum on social partnership in the circumstance of the global economic crisis. The Committee notes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare coordinates the preparation and participation of the national tripartite delegation to the sessions of the International Labour Conference and is charged with replying to questionnaires and the preparation of reports on the application of Conventions. The Committee notes with interest that, at its fifth regular session held in September 2009, the Social Council discussed the perspectives of ratifying the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183), and the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151). The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held through the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and in the Social Council on each of the subjects listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention, and particularly on the perspectives of ratifying Conventions Nos 183 and 151 (Article 5(1)(c)).

Article 3. Choosing representatives of employers and workers. In reply to the 2008 direct request, the Government indicates that a representative labour organization has not yet been designated. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the manner in which the representatives of workers are chosen (Article 3(1)).

Article 6. Working of the consultative procedures. In reply to the 2008 direct request, the Government indicates that the first integral report on the activities of the Social Council has not yet been drawn up. A short overview of the matters discussed at each of its sessions as well as proposals and opinions in respect to the agenda are made available after each session of the Council. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the reports made by the Social Council on the matters covered by the Convention.