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Article 1 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. With reference to the comments it has been making for many years, the Committee notes the indications provided by the Government in May 2014 relating to the Programme for the Revitalization, Expansion and Modernization of Employment Centres. The Government indicates that 16 occupational service pavilions have been established in different localities. These pavilions are executive services indirectly run by the National Employment and Vocational Training Institute (INEFOP), and their aim is to assist with carrying out specialized occupational activities (recruitment of labour and the provision of vocational training) in the communities and to participate in the recognition, validation and certification of skills. The Committee recalls the need to ensure the essential function of the free public employment service to promote employment in the country. In this respect, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide a report containing the available statistical information on the number of public employment offices established, the number of applications for employment received, vacancies notified and persons placed in employment by such offices (Part IV of the report form). The Committee also reiterates its request for information on the following matters:

• – the consultations held with the representatives of employers and workers on the organization and operation of the employment service (Articles 4 and 5);
• – the manner in which the employment service is organized and the activities which it performs to carry out effectively the functions set out in Article 6;
• – the activities of the public employment service in relation to socially vulnerable categories of jobseekers, with particular reference to workers with disabilities (Article 7);
• – the measures adopted to encourage young persons in relation to employment services and vocational guidance (Article 8);
• – the measures proposed to provide training or further training for employment service staff (Article 9(4));
• – the measures proposed by the employment service in collaboration with the social partners to encourage the full use of employment service facilities (Article 10); and
• – the measures adopted or envisaged by the employment service to secure cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies (Article 11).