Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2004, publiée 93ème session CIT (2005)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2004. It asks the Government to provide information in its next report on the following points.

2. Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest that 1,278 jobs have been created for persons with disabilities and that information meetings on the employment of persons with disabilities were organized for employers in 2003. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether other measures have been adopted in the context of the implementation of the National Programme on the Improvement of Social Welfare for Disabled Persons, 1999-2004 and, if so, to indicate their content. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on the measures adopted with a view to promoting the employment of persons with disabilities on the open labour market.

3. Article 5. With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee asks the Government to indicate the manner in which representative employers’ and workers’ organizations and representative organizations of and for persons with disabilities are consulted on the matters referred to in this Article.

4. Article 7. The Committee notes with interest that the National Rehabilitation Centre for the Disabled has received financial support to improve the quality of the training provided. It also notes that in 2003-04, 477 persons with disabilities and 200 entrepreneurs with disabilities received specific training and that meetings were organized in 2003 to help persons with disabilities find jobs. The Committee asks the Government to continue providing information on the various services provided to help persons with disabilities secure, retain and advance in employment.

5. Article 8. The Committee refers to its previous direct request and would be grateful if the Government would describe the measures adopted to promote the establishment and development of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities in rural areas and remote communities.

6. Article 9. The Committee refers to its previous direct request and asks the Government to indicate the measures taken to ensure that staff suitably qualified in vocational rehabilitation are made available to persons with disabilities.

7. Part V of the report form. The Committee notes that a census of persons with disabilities was undertaken jointly by the National Statistical Office, the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. The Government is requested to keep the Committee informed of any further measures taken to promote the vocational integration of persons with disabilities in the light of the information compiled in the census. The Committee also asks the Government to continue providing information on the practical impact of the measures adopted to implement a national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities within the meaning of Convention No. 159.