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

The Committee notes a communication from the General Union of Workers of Guinea (UGTG), dated 8 October 1992, which emphasizes the gravity of the difficulties encountered by graduates and public servants who have lost their jobs, and it alleges that there is no Government policy to retrain them and reintegrate them into employment. The Committee, which notes that the Government has not responded to the invitation to make its own observations concerning the points raised by the UGTG, notes that the report on the application of the Convention due in 1992 has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session. It trusts that this report will contain full information in reply to its previous direct request, points 2 and 6 of which, in particular, concerned questions referred to in the allegations of the UGTG, and which read as follows:

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending June 1990 and the information supplied in reply to its previous direct request. It would be grateful if the Government would supply additional information in its next report on the following points:

1. The Government indicates that despite the removal of obstacles to the promotion of private investment, it has not managed to resolve the problems of unemployment and underemployment. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the employment policy objectives set out within the framework of the Economic and Financial Recovery Programme (PREF) and the measures that have been adopted or are envisaged within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy in order to achieve these objectives (Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention). Please also describe the measures that have been taken in order to ensure that employment policy decisions are based on a sufficient level of knowledge of labour-market trends and problems.

2. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, the Office for Assisting the Retraining of Public Officials (BARAF) and the National Employment and Labour Office (ONEMO) have not been able to play their part in the process of reducing staff in the public sector. Please provide details on the nature of the specific difficulties that have been encountered in the retraining of public sector employees and the creation of productive employment through the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises.

3. Please supply information on the measures that have been taken or are envisaged to promote rural employment. Please supply, as previously requested, a copy of Decree No. 079/PRG/86 of 25 March 1986 to institute a new territorial organization of the Republic of Guinea.

4. The Committee notes the information concerning the development of labour-intensive public works programmes, which are the object of renewed interest by the Government. Please continue supplying information on the activities undertaken in this field in coordination with the various ILO technical cooperation projects that are under examination or are currently being implemented.

5. The Committee notes that following the survey undertaken by IL0/JASPA on the proportion of urban employment accounted for by the informal sector, the Government has started to examine the factors that can promote the development of that sector. Please indicate the policy that has been adopted in this respect and the measures that have been taken or are envisaged in order to create conditions that favour the growth of employment in the informal sector.

6. The Committee notes the activities undertaken by the National Vocational Training Office (ONFPP) to coordinate and plan training. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate the manner in which it is proposed to give effect to the recommendations for the strengthening of the ONFPP and the ONEMO and for the establishment of tripartite advisory committees to coordinate between the productive sector and the vocational training system, which were formulated within the framework of the ILO technical cooperation project (GUI/88/003) to support vocational training and employment. The Committee also notes that training courses are organized for young graduates in order to help them overcome their difficulties in gaining access to the labour market and that employers are obliged when recruiting personnel to reserve a certain proportion of vacancies for them. Please supply further information on the implementation of this measure relating to "first jobs" and its impact on the employment of young graduates. Please continue to supply information on the measures that have been adopted in order to coordinate education and training policies with prospective employment opportunities.

7. The Committee notes that the ONEMO is run by a tripartite administrative board which is responsible for guiding and coordinating employment promotion activities. It would be grateful if the Government would supply a copy of texts relating to the duties, composition and operation of the above body. Please indicate the manner in which the representatives of all the persons affected, including representatives of those working in the rural sector and the informal sector, are consulted concerning employment policies (Article 3 of the Convention).

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1993.]