Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - North Macedonia (Ratification: 2005)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2010 containing detailed replies to its previous direct request. The Committee notes with interest that a new agreement on the Economic and Social Council was signed by the relevant parties on 25 August 2010, which covers in its section 2 the tripartite consultations on international labour standards required by the Convention. It further notes the involvement of the ILO Office in Budapest in facilitating the agreement and the drafting of the new legislative texts. The Government also indicates that, upon the initiative of the Trade Union of Civil Engineering, Industry and Planning (SGIP) and, based on a proposal of the Economic and Social Council, there is an ongoing parliamentary procedure for the ratification of the Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94). The Government also indicates that it plans to strengthen tripartite consultations through a project by the Austrian Development Agency and the ILO, and by using other financial and technical support from international institutions. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the content of the consultations and the recommendations formulated by the Economic and Social Council on the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention. Please also provide information on the follow-up regarding the ratification of Convention No. 94 (Article 5(1)(c)).

Financing of training. The Committee notes that in light of the present circumstances of an economic crisis and due to limited financial resources, currently the Government has not provided funds for training of participants in the consultative procedures. The Committee invites the Government to include in its report information on any change that may occur regarding arrangements for the financing of any necessary training (Article 4(2)).