Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2007, publiée 97ème session CIT (2008)

Articles 2, paragraph 1, and 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the first report on the application of the Convention, received in October 2006. The Government provides information on the activities of the National Labour and Employment Promotion Council (Act No. 27771 of April 2002, issuing the internal rules governing the organization and functions of the Council, approved in April 2005). Discussions are held and policies agreed upon in the Council in the fields of labour, employment promotion and social protection in relation to national and regional development. It appears from the report that the social partners have not considered the inclusion on the Council’s agenda of the follow-up to Convention No. 144, even though some of the subjects addressed, and particularly the discussion of possible legislative reforms, are related to the consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes with interest that the Council has benefited from support and assistance from a project undertaken by the ILO and the Government of Spain with a view to strengthening the institutional machinery for social dialogue and that the Technical Secretariat of the Council has intensified its action to advise and train the social partners in the management and organization of regional tripartite bodies. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the manner in which the tripartite consultations required by the Convention have been promoted both in the context of the Council and in the activities carried out at the regional level. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report how the procedures implemented ensure effective consultations with respect to each of the matters relating to international labour standards covered by the Convention.