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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Formulation and implementation of education and training policies. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2009. The Government describes systems of general, technical and vocational education, referring to the Education Act of 10 July 1992. The Government indicates that approved general education establishments may conclude vocational apprenticeship agreements with enterprises in order to provide the recipients with vocational education. Vocational training may be followed both in approved education establishments and in an enterprise or with a specialist qualified in the provision of individual training. In its 2010 General Survey concerning employment instruments, the Committee emphasizes that Convention No. 142, together with Recommendation No. 195, forms part of the framework for the pursuit of the objective of full employment, decent work and the achievement of education for all. In this regard, the Committee requests the Government to supply information in its next report on the policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training which have been adopted, indicating the manner in which it ensures effective coordination between these policies and programmes, on the one hand, and employment and the public employment services, on the other (Article 1(1) of the Convention).

Measures to overcome the economic crisis. The Government indicates that, in order to prevent the negative consequences of long-term unemployment and to provide the public with better information on the services available for promoting and finding employment, measures have been taken to extend periods of vocational and further training from three to six months and increase allowances for vocational training (from 5,400 to 10,800 roubles per unemployed person). Moreover, a programme of vocational and further training has been launched primarily targeting workers threatened with redundancy. From February to July 2009, a total of 12,800 agreements were concluded in the regions of the Russian Federation, with the aim of providing training for 83,900 persons. The Committee refers to the comments which it is making this year on Convention No. 122 and requests the Government to indicate the way in which vocational training activities designed to tackle the economic crisis contribute towards the placement in employment of the workers affected. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the social partners cooperate in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training (Article 5).

Article 3. Information for vocational guidance purposes. The Government indicates that, as at 1 January 2008, a total of 3,207 establishments were recorded as providing initial vocational training for 1,413,000 recipients. In 2006, there were 630,000 recipients compared with 783,000 in 2004. In 2006, a total of 680,000 persons had completed training compared with 708,000 in 2004. Initial vocational training establishments provide skills training in 291 occupations and propose accelerated training courses. The Government indicates that institutes for specialist studies and intermediate education faculties provide basic vocational education as preparation for intermediate vocational training from an advanced level. As at 1 January 2008, a total of 2,847 establishments were registered as providing intermediate vocational education, comprising 2,631 public establishments and 216 private establishments, catering for a total of 2,514,000 students. These establishments provide skills training in 260 specialist areas. The Committee requests the Government to supply further information in its next report enabling an examination of the results achieved as regards the occupational integration of the recipients of these activities provided by various vocational establishments.