Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

1. The Committee takes note of the Government's report which was received by the Office in January 1991, in which the Government states that it considers it unnecessary to make any comments for the time being since there have been no legislative reforms or changes in practice to affect the application of the Convention.

2. In its 1990 direct request, the Committee expressed its concern at the continued deterioration of the economic situation and its impact on the labour market. According to the PREALC, it is at present very difficult to ascertain the real rates of open unemployment, underemployment, and the situation in the informal sector and rural areas. The PREALC also refers to requests for technical co-operation to revitalise evaluation of the employment problem through a programme of household surveys, and suggests that the ILO should provide advice on the establishment of employment generation programmes. The Committee hopes that, in its next report, the Government will include information on any action undertaken as a result of ILO technical co-operation projects (Part V of the report form).

3. The Committee trusts that, in its next report, the Government will provide the detailed information required by the report form for the Convention and will supply information on the following points raised in its previous comments:

(i) please describe the measures adopted to satisfy the demand for employment, with particular reference to overall and sectoral development policies (and particularly to measures adopted in such fields as investment policy; fiscal and monetary policies; trade policy; prices, incomes and wages policies);

(ii) please describe the policies aimed directly at the labour market and policies in the fields of education and vocational training;

(iii) please indicate the measures taken to collect and analyse statistical and other data concerning the size and distribution of the labour force, the nature and extent of unemployment and underemployment and the procedures adopted to ensure that the effects on employment of measures taken to promote economic development (Article 2 of the Convention);

(iv) please indicate the measures taken to promote employment in the rural sector. The Government may find it useful in this connection to consult paragraph 27 of the Employment Policy Recommendation, 1964 (No. 122), the text of which is annexed to the report form for the Convention.

4. The PREALC mentions in the above-mentioned communication that the Government is currently implementing a vast privatisation programme. The Government is asked to provide information in its next report on the results obtained by the above programme and its effects on employment.

5. Article 3. In its previous comments, the Committee requested information on consultations with representatives of employers' and workers' organisations on the matters covered by the Convention. The Committee again points out the importance of consultations with the representatives of the persons affected by the measures that are adopted. These consultations should have the objective of taking into account the experience and views of such persons and enlisting their support for the implementation of the measures. The Committee trusts that, in its next report, the Government will not fail to supply the information required by the report form on the consultations held with representatives of employers' and worker' organisations and of the persons affected, including those working in the rural and informal sectors.