Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Guinea (Ratification: 1995)

Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In its previous comments, the Committee asked the Government to provide information on the tripartite consultations held in the National Social Dialogue Council (CNDS), its two substructures and any other tripartite structure tasked with giving effect to Article 2 of the Convention, as well as on the tripartite consultations held on each of the matters relating to international labour standards (Article 5(1)). The Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the constitutional, legislative and regulatory provisions governing social dialogue at the national level. It also notes that advisory bodies have been established within the Ministry of the Civil Service and Labour, in particular the CNDS, established by Decree No. D/2016/256/PRG/SGG, pursuant to sections 515.7–515.9 of the Labour Code; and the Labour and Social Legislation Advisory Committee (CCTLS), established by Order No. A/2017/3552/METFPTE/DNTLS/CAB, pursuant to sections 515.1–515.6 of the Labour Code. The Government indicates that the CNDS is a tripartite body composed of 48 titular and alternate members from the Government and the employers’ and workers’ organizations. It also indicates that the CCTLS is a tripartite structure tasked with social dialogue in the private and semi-public sectors. As regards the question of tripartite consultations on international labour standards, the Government indicates that on the eve of each session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), the representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted, in particular on matters relating to the participation of the Guinean tripartite delegation in the Conference and on the items on the ILC agenda. The Government further indicates that at the 109th Session of the ILC the Guinean delegation made a recommendation regarding the organization of a session of the CCTLS concerning international labour standards to enable the Government and social partners to discuss the points raised by the Committee of Experts. However, the Committee notes that no consultations have been held so far. Noting that the Government has not provided any specific information on the tripartite consultations on international labour standards required by Article 5 of the Convention, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide detailed, up-to-date information on the frequency, content and results of the tripartite consultations held on each of the matters relating to international labour standards, in particular in relation to the questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the Conference (Article 5(1)(a)); the submission to the National Assembly of instruments adopted by the Conference (Article 5(1)(b)); the re-examination at appropriate intervals of unratified Conventions and of Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)); questions arising out of reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)); and proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)).

Article 4(2). Training. The Committee notes that the Government has not supplied any information on arrangements made at the national level to finance training on the consultation procedures provided for by the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information in its next report on appropriate arrangements made for the financing of any necessary training of participants in the consultations provided for by the Convention.