Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In a report received in May 2005, the Government recalls that, with a view to holding tripartite consultations on matters relating to ILO activities, it established an Advisory Committee on Labour and Social Legislation (CCTLS) in 1995. However, the Government recognizes that this body has met rarely since its establishment and that there has been no tripartite dialogue on the items on the agenda of the Conference. The Government indicates that this situation is due, among other factors, to the lack of reaction of the social partners. Furthermore, the Government reports that, following a tripartite workshop on international labour standards held in October 2004, the Department of Employment and the Public Service renewed the officers of the CCTLS and relaunched legislative activities. The Committee notes this information and expresses the firm hope that the Government will be in a position to provide information in its next report on the measures adopted to ensure effective tripartite consultations on the matters covered by the Convention. In particular, it requests the Government to provide reports regularly containing detailed information on the consultations held on all the subjects covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, including precise information on the activities of the Advisory Committee on Labour and Social Legislation.

2. Financing of training. The Government indicates that there are no specific arrangements for the training of participants. However, when training is initiated at the national level by the competent authority in the context of social consultations, it is generally tripartite in nature. In this respect, the Committee recalls that, where training for participants in the consultations proves to be necessary to enable them to perform their functions effectively, its financing should be covered by appropriate arrangements between the Government and the representative organizations (see paragraphs 125 and 126 of the General Survey of 2000 on tripartite consultation). It requests the Government to take measures for this purpose and to describe in its next report, where appropriate, the content of these arrangements (Article 4, paragraph 2). Finally, the Government indicates that a training programme was envisaged in the context of the Regional Programme for the Promotion of Social Dialogue in French-speaking Africa (PRODIAF), but that, in the absence of any reaction by the social partners, it was limited to activities initiated by the Ministry of Employment and the Public Service and carried out at the national level. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to describe in its next report the training activities undertaken in relation to international labour standards. It also requests it to continue providing information on any progress achieved in the implementation of the PRODIAF programme in relation to the necessary training for participants in the consultation procedures, as required by the Convention.