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Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Mali (RATIFICATION: 2016)

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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Structure and functioning of a free public employment service. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s first report on the implementation of the Convention, received on 30 August 2018, as supplemented by a second report received on 26 August 2019. The Government indicates that the public employment service in Mali is the National Employment Agency (ANPE), established by Order No. 01-016/P-RM of 27 February 2001. The ANPE is responsible for contributing to the implementation of the National Employment Policy and carrying out all activities relating to the missions entrusted to it by the State, local authorities and public institutions. The Committee notes that the ANPE operates through a network of national and local offices and that its structure encompasses six technical departments and nine regional divisions. The Committee notes that new section L.302 of the Labour Code provides that the services of the public employment service shall be free of charge. However, it notes that section 4 of Order No. 01-016/P-RM of 27 February 2001 provides that the resources of the ANPE include remuneration for services provided on request. The Committee requests the Government to clarify whether the services of the ANPE are provided free of charge, as required under Article 1(1) of the Convention. It also requests the Government to provide detailed updated information, including statistical data disaggregated by sex and age, on the impact of the measures taken by the ANPE to ensure the best possible organization of the employment market (Article 1(2) of the Convention). The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of Decree No. 01-154/P-RM of 29 March 2001 on the organization and operation of the ANPE.

Article 3(1) and (2). Creation of a national network of employment offices. The Committee notes that the ANPE is represented by regional directorates at the regional level and by local branches and correspondents at the local level. The Government refers to the Strategic Development Plan (PSD) Vision 2020, adopted in the context of improving the services offered by the ANPE. The PSD provides that the regional directorates shall implement ANPE services by providing all services to applicants, enterprises and partners. The Government adds that each regional directorate is responsible for its local correspondents, organizes their activities and monitors their results. The Committee requests the Government to provide details of the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that there are sufficient employment service offices in the various regions of the country. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the arrangements made for the overall review and, if required, revision of the national employment service offices network or its organization to meet the changing needs of the economy or the workforce.

Articles 4 and 5. Consultation with the social partners. The Committee notes that the management body of the ANPE is its Administrative Board, a tripartite body that serves as an advisory committee. The Board is composed of 12 members: three Government representatives, four Employer representatives, four Worker representatives and one staff representative. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the procedure adopted for the appointment of workers’ and employers’ representatives to the Administrative Board. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on how the representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted on matters relating to the development and implementation of the measures taken by the employment service in accordance with the Convention, and to indicate whether any measures have been taken to establish committees at the regional or local levels as envisaged in Article 4(2).

Article 6. Activities of the employment service. In its report, the Government refers to the activities of the employment service enumerated in the Manual of Administrative and Financial Procedures and the Strategic Development Plan. The Committee notes that section 2 of Order No. 01 016/P RM of 27 February 2001 provides that the ANPE is responsible for obtaining and compiling job vacancies from employers and matching vacancies with jobseekers; receiving, informing and guiding jobseekers; promoting self-employment through providing information and guidance to future entrepreneurs; and for carrying out all studies on employment and vocational training. The Committee also notes the establishment of the National Employment and Training Observatory (ONEF) by Order No. 2013-024/P-RM of 30 December 2013, the main task of which is to conduct studies and research to provide decision-makers and users with reliable and regularly updated information on the labour market, at the national and at the regional levels, in order to better regulate the labour market. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities undertaken by the ANPE to give effect to Article 6. More specifically, the Government is requested to provide information on the measures taken to: ensure that applicants and vacancies are referred from one office to another (Article 6(a)(iv)); facilitate occupational and geographical mobility (Article 6(b)(ii)); anticipate probable labour market trends (Article 6(c) and Paragraph 5 of the Employment Service Recommendation, 1948 (No. 83)); cooperate in the administration of unemployment insurance and assistance and of other measures for the relief of the unemployed (Article 6(d)); assist other public and private bodies in social and economic planning calculated to ensure a favourable employment situation (Article 6(e)).

Articles 7 and 8. Particular categories of applicants for employment. Special measures for young workers and persons with disabilities. The Committee notes that there are departments in the ANPE that deal with interventions including in the areas of cooperation and migration and of vocational training. Section 2 of Order No. 01-016/P-RM of 27 February 2001 provides that the ANPE is responsible for supporting the implementation of vocational training, skills training, retraining and placement activities and for the design and implementation of mechanisms and actions to promote employment, in particular women’s employment and the employment of persons with disabilities. The Government refers to a specialized entity, the Agency for the Promotion of Youth Employment (APEJ) established by Act No. 03-031 of 25 August 2003. The main mission of the APEJ is to contribute to employment promotion for young Malian men and women between 15 and 40 years of age, in rural and urban areas, whether residents or expatriates, by facilitating their access to the labour market and to credit. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the measures taken with regard to specialization by occupation or branch of activity in the employment service, as well as those taken to respond adequately to the needs of particular categories of jobseekers, such as persons with disabilities and other vulnerable jobseekers. It also requests the Government to detail the special measures, aimed at young people, taken and developed as part of vocational guidance services.

Article 9. Employment service staff. The report indicates that the employment service staff is composed of contractual staff and officials and that their recruitment is governed by texts such as the rules of procedure and establishment agreement of the ANPE. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information in its next report on staff recruitment and selection methods and on how staff independence and stability of employment are ensured (Article 9(1)). It also requests the Government to provide information on arrangements to ensure that employment service staff are properly trained in the performance of their duties, including both (a) initial training provided at the time of their appointment; and (b) continuing training.

Article 10. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in its next report, information on the measures taken at the national and at the local levels, in cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations, to encourage the full use of employment service facilities.

Article 11. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Committee notes that Mali has ratified the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). The Government indicates that, at the instigation of the ANPE, the National Council of Private Employment and Temporary Work Agencies in Mali (CONABEM) was created on 9 March 2007 to ensure effective cooperation between the public employment service and fee-charging employment agencies. The Government adds that cooperation agreements exist between the ANPE, the Municipalities Association of Mali (AMM) and the fee-charging employment agencies of Mali and that, in the context of strengthening this cooperation, a partnership protocol was signed on 23 January 2016 between CONABEM and the ANPE. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the results of the partnership protocol between CONABEM and the ANPE and to indicate how it has contributed to improving cooperation between the public employment service and fee-charging employment agencies.

Part IV of the report form. The Committee notes the statistical data on the job applications received and vacancies notified and on the number of vacancies filled by public and private agencies in 2015 and 2016. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed and updated information on the number of job applications received, the number of job vacancies announced and the number of persons placed in employment by the ANPE, with statistics disaggregated by sex, age and economic sector.