Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Afghanistan (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee notes with deep concern that the Government’s report has not been received. It expects that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments. The Committee informs the Government that, if it has not supplied replies to the points raised by 1 September 2024, then it may proceed with the examination of the application of the Convention on the basis of the information at its disposal at its next session.

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Adoption and implementation of policies and programmes of vocational guidance. Close link between employment and training. The Committee notes the report provided by the Government in which it indicates that three Ministries (Education, Higher Education and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD)) undertake activities on human resource development. The report draws attention to the fact that the Labour Law includes provisions for human resource development, such as supporting training institutions and training courses for young employees and for persons with disabilities. With respect to the implementation of the National Skills Development Program (NSDP), the Government indicates that Technical Vocation and Educational Training (TVET) have been conducted in Kabul and provinces and that a total of 2,300 people, including persons with disabilities, have been trained in various areas including construction, services and agriculture. The Committee notes, in particular, that from 2002 until 2012 more than 100,000 people, nearly half of them women, received training from the MoLSAMD and that more than 10,000 people are currently under training. The Committee welcomes the Government’s indication that it has begun the process of developing the National Vocational Education and Training Authority (NVETA) and that the zero draft of the National TVET policy has been developed and circulated for further consultation. Moreover, the Committee takes note of the Government’s indication that the TVET policy aims to coordinate TVET related issues in the country in light of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and national priority programmes, and that it contains provisions to encourage women and vulnerable categories of workers to develop and use their capabilities for work in all branches of economic activity and at all levels of skill and responsibility. The Committee invites the Government to include in its next report up-to-date information on the implementation of the NSDP and on the NVETA and its operation in coordination with the social partners, as required by Article 5 of the Convention. It also invites the Government to include information on the implementation of measures undertaken in the framework of the ANDS and the TVET policy to develop comprehensive and coordinated policies and programmes of vocational guidance and training closely linked with employment, in particular through public employment services, and the results thereof (Articles 1–3). Finally, the Committee would appreciate receiving information on measures taken to encourage women and vulnerable categories of workers to develop and use their capabilities for work in all branches of economic activity and at all levels of skill and responsibility.