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Repetition Formulation and implementation of education and training policies. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee notes the adoption of the National Strategy for Employment and Human Resources Development for the period 2016–20, which aims at “creating optimal conditions for employment growth and improving human resources in Montenegro”. The Government indicates that the Strategy places priority on increasing employment, reducing unemployment, promoting the efficient functioning of the labour market, promoting social inclusion and reducing poverty. The Committee notes the various measures taken by the Government in the field of education and training to improve qualifications and competencies required by the labour market, including the activities carried out under the Action Plan for the implementation of the Lifelong Career Orientation Strategy (2017–18). The Committee requests the Government to communicate updated detailed information on the nature, content and impact of the vocational guidance and training programmes developed and implemented with the cooperation of the social partners. The Committee further requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which it ensures effective coordination between vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes, on the one hand, and employment and the public employment services, on the other hand. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide extracts from reports, studies and inquiries and statistical data relating to current policies and programmes of vocational guidance and training. Article 3(1) of the Convention. Coverage by the vocational training system of groups in vulnerable situations. In its previous comments, the Committee invited the Government to submit updated information with respect to measures taken to promote the development and use of vocational skills among workers in vulnerable situations, as well as to provide information on the evaluation of such measures. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding a series of training programmes seeking to promote inclusion in the labour market of persons in vulnerable situations, including: young people with no practical education, persons with disabilities and those belonging to the Roma and Egyptian population. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide up-to-date information on the nature and impact of measures taken to encourage groups of workers in vulnerable situations, such as women, workers belonging to ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, older workers and those working in the informal economy, to develop and use their vocational skills. Article 4. Lifelong learning. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the impact of measures taken to implement adult education, training and lifelong learning reforms and to introduce employment-oriented approaches, particularly with regard to low-skilled workers and the long-term unemployed. The Committee notes that the National Strategy for Employment and Human Resources Development for the period 2016–20 establishes as one of its priorities “Improving Qualifications and Competencies Adapted to Labour Market Needs”. The Government indicates that this priority reflects the objective of promoting the participation of adults in lifelong learning. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the amendments to the Law on Vocational Education, introduced on 29 June 2017, improved the provisions related to practical education and dual education. The Committee notes a series of measures targeting “hard-to-employ” persons, as defined by the Law on Employment and Exercising of Rights from Unemployment Insurance, and long-term unemployed persons, including public work programmes, adult education and training, professional rehabilitation, training for work with employers as well as training for independent work. The Committee requests the Government to continue to report on the impact of the measures taken in relation to adult education, vocational guidance and lifelong learning, in particular measures targeting low-skilled workers and the long-term unemployed.
1. Formulation and implementation of education and training policies. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention received in September 2008. The Government refers briefly to the relevant provisions of the Labour Code and the Law on Employment, the General Law on Education and the Law on Adult Education, which were attached to its report. The Committee notes that the adjustment of the education system to labour market needs is one of the objectives of the National Strategy for Employment and Human Resources Development 2007–11 in line with the recommendations set out in the Country Review of Employment Policy on Montenegro prepared by the ILO and the Council of Europe in 2007. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report on Convention No. 142 detailed information on the impact of the measures taken under the National Strategy for Employment and Human Resources Development 2007–11, so as to ensure that: (i) vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes take due account of employment needs, opportunities and problems, thereby improving the integration between work and learning; and (ii) there is coordination between vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes and the strategies for poverty reduction and promotion of social inclusion (Article 1(1) to (4) of the Convention).
2. Coverage by the vocational training system of vulnerable groups. The Committee notes that the reform of the vocational education and training system in Montenegro is not yet complete and that there are still significant gaps in the existing vocational training programmes as concerns the integration into the labour market of women workers or workers belonging to vulnerable groups. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report on Convention No. 142 detailed information on the impact of the reform of the vocational education and training system so as to ensure that: (i) access to active labour market policies is improved for women, young workers and workers belonging to ethnic minorities; and (ii) the number of programmes for vocational training and requalification of unemployed persons with disabilities and of older workers are increased.
3. Article 4. Lifelong training. The Committee notes that, in its National Strategy, the Government refers to the need to increase the level and quality of adult education and training services and envisages the adoption of measures aiming at promoting the culture of lifelong learning at the level of society and among the adult population. The Committee asks the Government to report on the measures taken to implement adult education and training and lifelong learning reforms so as to introduce employment-oriented approaches, in particular those measures targeting low skilled workers and the long-term unemployed.
4. Article 5. Cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations. In its report, the Government indicates that the social partners are consulted over the formulation of laws and regulations concerning vocational education and training as well as professional orientation. The Committee also notes that in its National Strategy, the Government recognizes the need to increase the participation of the social partners and the private sector in the design and planning of training programmes. The Committee asks the Government to include in its next report information on the measures taken in order to ensure that vocational education and training policies and programmes are formulated and implemented in cooperation with the social partners.