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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Declaration and pursuit of an active employment policy. The Committee notes the report received in November 2009, in which the main legislative provisions adopted in relation to training and employment are listed. The Government indicates that the Committee of Experts will be informed as soon as soon as possible of the results of action taken in response to the matters raised in the observation of 2008. In the General Survey of 2010 concerning employment instruments, the Committee noted the National Agreement for Employment, Training and Labour Protection, signed in May 2009 in response to the crisis. The measures included encouraging the retention of workers and promoting skills training with tax incentives for enterprises which facilitate the training of workers as an alternative to redundancy. According to data published by the ILO in the 2009 Labour Overview, the unemployment rate increased from 7.9 per cent in 2008 to 10 per cent in 2009, particularly affecting women and young people. In order to be able to examine the manner in which the Convention is applied, the Committee requests the Government to supply detailed information on how an active policy designed to promote full and productive employment has been formulated within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy. The Committee requests the Government once again to identify the most effective programmes with the most positive impact on the creation of employment for the most vulnerable groups, such as women, workers in precarious situations and workers affected by restructuring.

Youth unemployment. Coordination of vocational education and training measures with employment policy. Participation of the social partners. The Committee reiterates the other points raised in its observation of 2008, in relation to which the Government is requested to supply detailed information in its report on the following:

–      the measures adopted to ensure decent working conditions for young persons entering the labour market;

–      the manner in which education, training and lifelong learning policies are coordinated with prospective employment opportunities;

–      the manner in which the experience and views of the social partners are fully taken into account, their full cooperation secured, and their support enlisted for the formulation and implementation of the employment policy. In particular, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on formal procedures for consultation with the social partners on the matters covered by the Convention (Article 3);

–      the action taken as a result of the assistance or advice received from the ILO with regard to employment policy (Part V of the report form).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]