Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Guinea (Ratification: 1978)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee takes note of the information supplied in the Government's report in reply to its previous direct request. It notes with interest that co-operation with employers' and workers' organisations is ensured in the executive bodies of the National Office for Vocational Training and Further Training Office (ONFPP) and the National Employment and Manpower (ONEMO). The Government also indicates that the ONFPP education programme is formulated under the administration of its executive body, to take account of the real needs of employers and workers and of the national economy (Article 1, paragraph 1, and Article 5 of the Convention).

The Committee requests the Government to refer to the questions in the report form concerning the practical application of the Convention, and to supply particulars in its next report of the following aspects:

Article 1, paragraphs 2 to 4. Please describe the policies and programmes currently being implemented and indicate in what manner account is taken of the factors mentioned in paragraphs 2 to 4.

Article 1, paragraph 5. See under Convention No. 111, as follows:

1. The Committee takes note of the Government's statement that, with the establishment of the National Fund for Vocational Qualification (financed by undertakings) in the National Office of Vocational and Further Training, programmes of training and further training will be prepared in accordance with the needs of undertakings and that the information requested, including statistics, will shortly be supplied with regard to:

(a) access to vocational training;

(b) access to employment and to the various professions;

(c) conditions of employment.

The Committee accordingly hopes that this information, analysed by sex and if possible by ethnic origin, will be supplied by the Government in its next report.

2. The Committee takes note of the Government's statement that, in pursuit of its vocational training policy, the vast programme for the identification of undertakings that take employment opportunities into account is at the stage of processing the data collected. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to indicate in its next report the results obtained through the implementation of that policy, specifying in particular the measures taken or contemplated to facilitate women's access to training and employment.

3. Noting that, under section 21 of the Fundamental Act, the State guarantees equal access to public posts, the Committee also asks the Government to indicate the measures taken to implement the policy of equal access to public posts and to provide, in particular, statistics on the distribution by sex, and if possible by ethnic origin, of the staff of the public service at the various levels of responsibility.

4. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee again asks the Government to supply a copy of Decree No. 019/PRG/SGG/88 of 17 January 1988 establishing a Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment and of Decree No. 131/PRG/SGG/88 of 15 June 1988 concerning its functions, powers and organisation.

Article 2. Please describe the systems of general, technical and vocational education, educational and vocational guidance and vocational training. Please indicate, for example, the number of existing vocational schools and vocational training centres, the skills taught and the approximate number of students.

Article 3, paragraph 1. See under Convention No. 122 (point 5 of the 1988 direct request).

Please indicate also any vocational guidance measures which relate specifically to the handicapped.

Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3. Please describe the type of information made available by the ONFPP and supply specimens of the documentation made available.

Article 4 and point VI of the report form. Please supply information on training policies and programmes for rural areas, small and medium-sized undertakings, craft occupations or particular groups of the population (see Parts V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X of the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975, appended to the report form).

Point V of the report form. Please indicate the action taken as a result of ILO technical assistance to the National Centre for Further Training in Management.

Finally, the Committee recalls that the subject of this Convention may go beyond the immediate competence of the ministry responsible for labour matters, and that the preparation of a full report on the Convention may therefore require consultation with other ministries or government agencies concerned, such as the ONFPP and the ONEMO.