Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its earlier comments, and in particular, statistical information requested under Point IV of the report form.

Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's indications in the report concerning the reorganisation of the public employment service provided for by Decrees Nos. 1421 and 1422 of 1989 and No. 1802 of 1990. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply, in its future reports, information on any further developments in this sphere, indicating in particular, whether such reorganisation has contributed to "maintain or ensure the maintenance of a free public employment service" and to "the best possible organisation of the employment market", as required by this Article.

Article 3. The Committee notes from the Government's report that certain regions of the country are still not covered by the employment services. It therefore asks the Government to provide information on measures taken or envisaged with a view to further develop the employment service on a nationwide scale in order to cover the whole territory of the country, noting in particular the requirement under this Article of the Convention that the system of employment offices shall comprise a network of local and, where appropriate, regional offices, sufficient in number to serve each geographical area of the country and conveniently located for employers and workers.

Articles 4 and 5. The Government indicates that an advisory committee on employment which includes representatives of the Government, employers and workers has been set up in the city of Bogota and that it has adopted an employment plan for the city of Bogota. The Committee recalls that in its previous reports on this Convention and on the Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2), the Government mentioned a tripartite committee set up by virtue of an agreement between the National Service on Apprenticeship (SENA) and the National Employment Service (SENALDE), and the creation of the National Labour Council and a tripartite employment committee. The Committee requests the Government once again to indicate whether this committee has been established and the manner in which it is planned to consult representatives of employers and workers on this committee on the organisation and operation of the employment service and on the development of employment service policy, in accordance with these Articles.