Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending in September 1999. It would appreciate receiving further details on the results obtained by the various measures implementing the national policy promoting the vocational rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons cited in the report, including particulars on the impact of the Companies for Employment of Disabled Persons Act in promoting employment opportunities for disabled persons in the open labour market.

2. The Committee notes the indication according to which a programme of measures for the promotion of employment of persons with disability and with reduced employability was under preparation within the framework of the Croatian Employment Office and would be launched in the second half of 1999. It would appreciate receiving details on the implementation of such programme or on any subsequent arrangements made in compliance with Article 7 of the Convention. Please specify whether representative organizations of employers and workers or organizations of and for disabled persons are consulted in this regard (Article 5). The Committee also hopes that the Government will indicate the measures taken to ensure the availability of suitably qualified vocational rehabilitation staff (Article 9) and to develop vocational rehabilitation and employment services for the disabled persons in rural areas and remote communities (Article 8).

3. Please also provide statistics, extracts of reports concerning the matters covered by the Convention (for example, with respect to particular area or branches of activities or particular categories of disabled workers) (Part V of the report form).