Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2015, publiée 105ème session CIT (2016)

Convention (n° 159) sur la réadaptation professionnelle et l'emploi des personnes handicapées, 1983 - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 1989)

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The Committee notes the observations of the National Confederation of Workers of Burkina (CNTB), received on 25 August 2015, and the Government’s report and response to the CNTB’s observations.

Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Convention. Implementation of a national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities. Consultations. The Government refers, in its report, to the progress in implementing the national strategy for the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities. The Government also refers to the mandate and the composition of the Multi-Sectoral National Council for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Burkina Faso (COMUD/Handicap) and to the actions taken by its secretariat. The CNTB indicates that efforts are being made in the public service and mentions, by way of example, that posts were automatically assigned to applicants with a disability during the 2015 recruitment session. The CNTB notes that persons with disabilities are mostly engaged in craft trades. Furthermore, in response to the request made by the Committee to indicate the measures adopted with a view to providing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities on the open labour market, the Government refers to the effective recruitment of 97 persons with disabilities in the public service in 2014; the opening of special counters for the reception of applications from persons wishing to apply for the public service competitive examination; and the funding of individual economic projects for 1,200 persons through direct state subsidies in 2013. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the impact of measures adopted with a view to providing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities on the open labour market. Noting that Burkinabé employers and organizations of persons with disabilities are represented on the COMUD/Handicap, the Committee requests the Government to specify how the workers’ organizations are consulted in practice, particularly in the framework of the COMUD/Handicap, on issues covered by the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities of the COMUD/Handicap.

Article 4. Equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women workers with disabilities and other workers. The Government refers to strategic line II of the national strategy for the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities, which recommends improving access for persons with disabilities to the microfinance and credit scheme. The Government also indicates that the effective application of a 10 per cent quota in the private sector is under review. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the implementation of the measures provided for in the national legislation to guarantee equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women workers with disabilities and other workers.

Article 7. Evaluation and adaptation of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities. The Government indicates that persons with disabilities benefit from support and care from basic social services. Furthermore, the regional vocational training centres set up by the State ensure that vocational training leading to qualifications is provided for young persons, including young persons with disabilities. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken to ensure that the existing guidance, vocational training, placement, employment and other related services enable persons with disabilities to secure, retain and advance in employment.

Article 8. Rural areas and remote communities. The Government indicates that decentralized services of the ministerial departments responsible for social action, national education, health, vocational training and employment are established in all provinces in Burkina Faso. Furthermore, within the framework of the implementation of the national strategy for the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities, the Government has undertaken to develop guidelines, standards and intervention protocols in this area. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the impact of the measures taken or envisaged to ensure the establishment of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities living in rural areas and remote communities.

Article 9. Availability of qualified staff for persons with disabilities. The Government indicates that the supervision and support activities carried out by specialized education professionals are backed up by technical monitors trained in social maladjustment and disability. The trained technical monitors provide vocational training for groups targeted by specialized education in the various support structures. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the results achieved by the availability of qualified staff for the vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.

Parts IV and V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to provide statistics on the employment of persons with disabilities, disaggregated, where possible, by age, sex and type of disability; and extracts of reports, studies or surveys on issues covered by the Convention.