Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - French Polynesia

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Article 1 of the Convention. Comprehensive and coordinated policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training. The Committee notes the adoption of territorial Act No. 2022–11 of 2022 concerning social inclusion through economic activity (ISAE), which makes use of specialized structures to open up social inclusion possibilities to those with particular difficulties in finding employment. Under the Act, multi-year agreements for social inclusion through economic activity are concluded, for a maximum period of three years, between the structures for social inclusion through economic activity (SISAE) and French Polynesia, making it possible to apply for support in obtaining vocational training and employment. These agreements include, among other elements, a detailed plan for the social and occupational insertion of the groups concerned, with quantified targets, with individualized inclusion pathways as well as preparatory training or vocational training regulated by an agreement with a public service or establishment. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which the new legislation concerning social inclusion through economic activity has been implemented taking account, inter alia, of the linkages between the objectives of human resources development and the other economic, social and cultural objectives, in conformity with this aim of the Convention. It also requests the Government to provide information on the efforts made under the new legislation and, on any other measure taken, for example through the public employment services, that provide a link between vocational guidance and training and employment.

Articles 1 and 4. Improvement of the vocational training system in remote islands. The Government indicates that difficulties in recruiting qualified local middle management staff on the islands of Bora Bora and Moorea, prompted it to meet with hotel establishments to identify obstacles to recruitment and propose alternatives. The Adult Vocational Training Centre (CFPA) subsequently proposed training to current employees to better align their profiles with their job offers. The location of the Centre for Young Adolescents (CJA), of the Directorate for Education and Teaching, and of the Rural Family Houses (MFR) has made it possible to reinforce training in the different islands of the territory and specifically in the Windward Islands, the Leeward Islands, the Marquesas, the Austral Islands and Tuamotu, with a total of 82 sessions and 786 trainees in 2017. Moreover, in 2017 skills training courses were given by the MFR, principally on the islands, in care work and the agricultural sector, as well as training to support entrepreneurship. The Committee requests the Government to continue its efforts to improve job integration training and upskilling, despite the barriers posed by geographical remoteness and to indicate the results achieved. The Government is also asked to indicate whether it intends to adopt specific policies and programmes in view of the employment needs, opportunities and problems encountered in remote regions of the territory, in conformity with Article 1(2) of the Convention. It further requests the Government to continue to provide statistics, disaggregated by age and sex and, if possible, demonstrating the impact of vocational guidance and training programmes.

Article 4. Improvement of the vocational training system for youth. The Committee notes with interest the adoption of territorial Act No. 2023–17 of 23 January 2023 concerning the experimental system for the development and promotion of apprenticeships, the aim of which is to develop and promote training through apprenticeships, to help beneficiaries achieve sustainable labour market integration. The objective of the Act, which targets all job seekers between the ages of 16 to 28 years, is for beneficiaries to acquire a qualification or professional diploma and gain work experience; and to allow entrepreneurs to train staff according to needs. The Committee also notes the statistical information provided regarding the distribution of trainees in 2019 by age, level of studies, and by training centre, including the “Pirae” training unit, with 30.5 per cent of trainees; the “Taravao” training unit, with 26.4 per cent; the Punaruu training unit, with 21.7 per cent and the Raiatea training unit with 21.2 per cent. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the impact of territorial Act No. 2023–17 of 23 January 2023on youth employment, as well as on the number of beneficiaries of the new apprenticeship system. In this regard, the Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the recent adoption of the Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation, 2023 (No. 208), which provides guidance and recognizes the importance of quality education and training for all and access to quality lifelong learning. It also requests the Government to provide information regarding the steps taken or envisaged to ensure and, where appropriate, improve the quality of training programmes to answer to the needs of adolescents but also adults, including lifelong learning, in all sectors of the economy, all branches of economic activity and at all levels of professional qualification and responsibility.