Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1988, published 75th ILC session (1988)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1977)

Article 5 of the Convention. With reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes that the National Employment and Wages Council of the Ministry of Labour has established the national employment advisory committees (CNEs). The Government indicates that these committees are composed of the directors of human resources, both national and regional, responsible for executing employment policies in the different sectors of the economy.

The Committee also takes note of the provisions of Decree No. 223, of 1986, instituting the National Training System (SINACAP). This Decree provides for the setting up of central and regional training councils, composed of employers' and workers' representatives from the different sectors of the economy, including services. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the manner in which SINACAP policies and programmes were formulated and implemented in co-operation with employers' and workers' organisations. Please provide particulars of all other formal procedures or consultation mechanisms established to this end.

Point V of the report form. The Committee takes note of the conclusions and recommendations of the report prepared for the Government of Nicaragua by the ILO in its capacity as executing agency for the UNDP, of the ILO/DANIDA project (ILO/DANIDA/NIC/80/2) "Strengthening the national training system and employment services". Please indicate the measures taken as a result of these recommendations, with particular reference to the participation of employers and workers (see Article 5), the training of female workers and the vocational training policy. In this connection, the Committee suggests that the Government refer to the relevant provisions of the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975 (No. 150).