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Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Greenland

The Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government. It notes that unemployment has declined slightly but continues to account for a substantial percentage of available manpower (an estimated 10.2 per cent in 1986). It hopes that the Government will pursue its efforts to promote the objectives of full, productive and freely chosen employment, in accordance with the Convention, and that its next report will contain information on the following points.

1. In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government indicates that the Greenland authorities have adopted Act No. 18 of 16 December of 1988 to regulate labour in Greenland. The Committee duly notes that the Government intends to include more detailed information on the changes introduced by the new legislation in its next report.

2. The Government indicates that employment surveys reveal a decline in unemployment in 1987. Processing of unemployment statistics has recently been computerised. The Committee recalls that improved labour statistics can be of help to the Government in securing the planning and implementation of appropriate employment policy measures. It hopes that the next report will contain data on developments and trends in the labour market, showing the employment situation in the various sectors of activity and groups of the population.

3. The Government states that there will be a continued increase in the resources allocated to promoting employment and that emphasis is placed on projects which involve training of the labour force or which have an employment-increasing effect. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would include information on the results of the employment promotion projects implemented by the local authorities, in both the urban and rural sectors.

4. The Government indicates that the educational reform, which covers vocational training, has been implemented but that it is too early to evaluate its effects. The Committee asks the Government to provide the relevant information as soon as it is available and, more generally, to indicate the impact of the measures to co-ordinate education and training policies with employment prospects.

5. Article 3 of the Convention. The Government states that the Trade Development Council has been abolished. Please indicate the way in which the representatives of the sectors concerned are consulted concerning employment policies and state whether formal consultation procedures have been established for this purpose.