Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments initially made in 2016.

Repetition

Articles 1–4 of the Convention. Formulation and implementation of policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training. The Committee previously requested the Government to provide information on progress made to ensure that the skills of workers match actual labour market demands. The Government indicates in its report that, given the surplus of labour in Tajikistan, the problem of professional development and, hence, the adaptation of the workforce to the demands of the labour market is of paramount importance. The Government adds that the development of professional skills among the workforce to meet the demand for qualifications required by the labour market, in particular with regard to the development of modern advanced technologies and innovations in production, is one of the important strategic issues for any government and the country’s socioeconomic development depends on this issue being resolved. The Committee notes in this regard that various measures have been envisaged to develop the workforce and to adapt it to the requirements of the labour market, including the implementation of adult vocational education and vocational guidance development programmes in Tajikistan for 2011–15. Moreover, the Government indicates that the development of labour resources and the active participation of the public in the development process have been identified as national priorities and included as such in policy strategy documents, such as the Government Labour Market Development Strategy to 2020.

Vocational training, enhanced qualifications and the retraining of unemployed people are mainly provided in the Labour and Employment Agency’s educational centres and, in particular, in the Tajikistan Adult Training Centre and other institutions. The Committee notes in this regard that, in 2014, under the direction of the Labour and Employment Agency, 18,226 people underwent vocational training, of whom 11,017 were young people. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the impact of the policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training which have been adopted. It also requests the Government to indicate the manner in which it ensures effective coordination between these policies and programmes, on the one hand, and employment and the public employment services, on the other. Please also provide extracts of reports, studies and inquiries, and statistical data regarding training policies and programmes.

Article 5. Cooperation of employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee previously invited the Government to describe the measures adopted to ensure the cooperation of employers’ and workers’ organizations and, where applicable, other interested bodies in the formulation and implementation of vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes at the national and local level so as to fully take into account their experiences and views. The Government indicates that setting up coordinating committees for vocational training and education at the national, regional, municipal and district levels and setting up a social partnership for adult vocational education are included among the list of actions envisaged to develop the workforce effectively and to adapt it to the requirements of the labour market. The Committee requests the Government to provide specific information on the cooperation of employers’ and workers’ organizations and other interested bodies in the formulation and implementation of vocational guidance and vocational training policies and programmes, such as in the activities of the coordinating committees for vocational training and education.