Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

1. The Committee took note of the Government's brief report, which it regrets to note contains no reply to its previous requests concerning in particular the manner in which a policy of promoting full, productive and freely chosen employment has been adopted and applied, within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy, and in consultation with all the persons concerned, in conformity with Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention.

2. In this connection, the Committee has noted the general policy statement made by the Prime Minister to Parliament in June 1992 and the annual report on government activity presented to the National Assembly in November 1992. It notes with interest that the priorities for the Government's economic policy which were presented on these occasions focus on the correction of external imbalances and on the promotion of employment. The Committee notes in particular that a coherent strategy for employment promotion and planning is under study and that, according to the Government, it will require in particular an intensification of social dialogue with all the relevant actors and the adaptation of the training system to the labour market. The Committee also notes that large-scale transitional measures have been announced to provide training in urban small trades and to provide for integration into employment of both unqualified unemployed persons and young graduates. The Committee considers that these statements provide useful indications concerning the formulation and the objectives of an employment policy. It would be especially grateful if the Government would provide information in its next report on the stage which these projects have reached, and on the measures and programmes which have been implemented, in reply to the questions in the report form.

3. The Committee has also received project documents concerning the UNDP/ILO Technical Cooperation Programme for human resources development and the struggle against poverty. It notes that this programme includes an important subprogramme concerning employment policy, the objective of which is the definition of a national employment policy, integration of employment objectives in the overall socio-economic development policy, and the development of a process of continuous consultation with the persons affected by the employment policy. The Committee considers that the implementation of this project should favour the application of the Convention's main provisions. It hopes that the Government will soon be in a position to report positive developments as a result of this project (Part V of the report form).