Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1970)

The Committee notes the brief information supplied by the Government in its report. It indicates that the results of the national labour force survey will make it possible to take practical measures concerning employment policy and that the employment data will be supplied in future reports. The Committee trusts that the Government will supply a complete report, in accordance with the report form approved by the Governing Body, including detailed information on the following aspects of employment policy, which were already raised in its previous direct request.

1. Please indicate whether the National Employment Office, set up under Act No. 85-15 of 11 December 1985, has begun to operate and, if this is the case, specify its role in the formulation and implementation of an active employment policy under Article 1 of the Convention.

2. Please supply available results from the national labour force survey and indicate the measures taken or envisaged as a result (Article 2). Please also supply any relevant document (extracts of reports, studies, statistical data) so that the Committee can make a better assessment of the implementation of the Convention (Part VI of the report form).

3. Please specify the measures taken or envisaged regarding the promotion of employment of skilled nationals and measures intended to adapt the guidance and training system, and in particular technical training, to the manpower needs of the country's economy.

4. The Committee noted the information as to the priority given by the Government in the Fifth and Sixth National Development Plans to the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises. With particular reference to Paragraphs 30 and 31 of the Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169), the Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information on the jobs offered in this sector and indicate whether measures have been contemplated or adopted, in consultation with the representatives of the persons concerned, in order to improve working conditions in small and medium-sized enterprises and the access of such enterprises to markets, credits, technical expertise and advanced technology.

5. Please supply information on the results of the Fifth Plan with regard to employment in the rural and informal sectors and indicate the measures contemplated or adopted in consultation with the persons concerned, within the framework of the Sixth Plan, with a view to promoting the development of productive employment in these sectors.

6. More generally, please indicate how account is taken of the "employment" variable in the planning process and describe the main policies adopted in order to ensure that there is work for all who are available for and seeking work, with particular reference to policies concerning investment, trade, regional development and the application of appropriate technologies (Article 1).

7. Part V of the report form. Please indicate the action taken as a result of the technical co-operation projects carried out by the ILO, where they concern, either directly or indirectly, employment policy measures and the implementation of the Convention.