Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Fishermen's Competency Certificates Convention, 1966 (No. 125) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1969)

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Articles 4 to 12 of the Convention. Standards of qualification for certificates of competency. Further to its previous comments, in which the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the implementing legislation, and in particular to transmit a copy of Ministerial Order No. 1618 of 22 October 2003, the Committee notes that the Government has provided the requested text. The Government indicates that pursuant to this Ministerial Order, a skipper’s certificate may be awarded to anyone who fulfils certain conditions, including minimum age, minimum professional experience and successful examination on certain subject matters. The Committee takes note of this information.

The Committee further notes that, in reply to its previous comments in which it requested the Government to provide information on any progress made concerning the announced establishment of a training and certification centre under the General Directorate of Ports, the Government indicates that training centres and the Maritime Institute of the General Organization for Maritime Training and Qualification run training courses and award certificates of aptitude of seafarers. The Government further indicates that the Maritime Institute will also be able to run training courses leading to the award of certificates of competence for seafarers working on board fishing vessels, once the necessary decisions and laws are promulgated. In this regard, the Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of such decisions and laws, once promulgated, and to indicate the relevant provisions that give full effect to the Convention.