Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2014, Publicación: 104ª reunión CIT (2015)

Repetition

1. Article 1 of the Convention. Development and implementation of education and training policies. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report received in October 2008 in reply to the 2004 direct request. It notes with interest the information that the Vocational Training Centre, a public enterprise collaborating with the Ministry of Labour, the Lebanese Industrial Association and the General Confederation of Labour, established an accelerated training programme in 2008. The programme has benefitted 2,154 trainees, including 1,161 women and 993 men in this programme covered a number of sectors, including information technology, mechanics, dressmaking, aesthetics and tourism. A mobile training programme reaching out to the most remote villages has also been launched by the Centre. The objective of this programme is to offer accelerated vocational training courses, not exceeding three months in length and which move around regularly so as to benefit all regions. The Committee also notes the National Plan of Education for All (2006–15), which focuses on training for young persons, their integration into the labour market and the prevention of the social marginalization of school drop-outs. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing up to date information on the outcomes of the training and guidance programmes, with an indication of the skills and qualifications acquired by the beneficiaries, disaggregated by sex and age, in the context of the activities of the Vocational Training Centre. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the manner in which coordination is ensured between the programmes established by the Vocational Training Centre and those of the National Employment Agency, as required by Article 1(1).

2. Article 3(1). Information for vocational guidance. The Committee asks the Government to provide updated information on the measures adopted to ensure that comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance are available to all persons concerned.

3. Lifelong learning. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the measures taken to constantly establish, maintain and improve a coordinated system of lifelong education and training, in accordance with Article 4 of Convention No. 142 and the guidance contained in Recommendation No. 195.