Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1964)

Part II of the Convention. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies conducted with a view to profit. In response to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government indicates in its report that, contrary to the assertions of the Free Confederation of Mauritanian Workers (CLTM) in its observations of 2014, when the monopoly of employment offices was abolished, a new mechanism was created in collaboration with the social partners, namely the National Youth Employment Agency (ANAPEJ). The Government also refers to a new partnership agreement between the ANAPEJ and the ILO, signed in August 2016, for the improvement of employment services to facilitate the social and vocational integration of young people, particularly in the construction and public works sector (BTP). The Government indicates in this regard that the strengthening of employment services is focused on improving the Accueil-Emploi database and strengthening the skills of employment advisers, trainers and their managers. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report in relation to the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), on the creation of employment agencies in Nouakchott, Kiffa and Nouadhibou. In addition, the Committee notes that the Government reported during the discussions at the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families that a draft decree issuing regulations on private employment agencies was being prepared (see the summary record of the meeting held on 12 April 2016, document CMW/C/SR.309, paragraph 32). The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that Mauritania, like other member States that have ratified Convention No. 96, has accepted Part II of the Convention, which requires it to abolish fee-charging employment agencies conducted with a view to profit. The Committee also refers the Government to its direct request on the application of Convention No. 122. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the activities of public employment agencies which have been opened or reopened, and to indicate the measures taken to give effect to the Convention. It also requests the Government to provide information on any new developments affecting the activities of private employment agencies, such as the adoption of new regulations or the prospects of ratifying the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181).