Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1984)

The Committee notes that the Government's report, which was received in May 1988, contains no specific information on the application of the Convention. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 1988 direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the first report on the application of the Convention and would be grateful if the Government would supply in its next report detailed information on the following points:

1. In the Ministry of Education paper A Brief Description of the Venezuelan Education System, Caracas 1985, which was supplied by the Government with its report, it is stated that various programmes of training, further training and skills teaching have been implemented through direct action (Ministry of Education and INCE) and indirect action (INAGRO, INAPET, INCATUR, INCATEX, INPROSEG, INCAPEN and INSBANCA). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would describe the results achieved through the direct and indirect action referred to above, and the contents of the programmes that were implemented, and if it would indicate, for each programme, the way in which account was taken of the factors set out in Article 1, paragraphs 2 to 4, of the Convention.

2. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate how effective co-ordination is secured between the Ministry of Education, the INCE and the Ministry of Labour. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would supply, in particular, extracts from reports, studies and surveys, statistics, etc. on the programmes and activities of the INCE.

3. Article 2. The Committee takes note of the provisions of Decree No. 604, of 8 March 1980, under which studies that are successfully completed by students under the National Apprenticeship Programme of the INCE are accredited as being equivalent to those of primary and middle education (the basic and diversified cycles). Please indicate the number of young persons who have been able to enter the labour market as a result of these measures.

4. Article 3, paragraph 1. The Committee notes with interest the common strategy for disabled persons introduced by the Ministry of Labour. Please continue supplying information in this connection. Please also indicate the measures taken to ensure that comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance are available to all children and young persons.

5. Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3. The Government indicates in its report that it is preparing a vocational guide to occupations. The Committee trusts that the Government will take into account when preparing this guide the relevant provisions of the Convention and that it will supply copies of the guide in the near future.

6. Article 4. Please indicate the impact achieved by the national programme of grant-wages referred to by the Government in its report and the other measures that have been adopted or are contemplated in order to ensure that vocational training systems meet the needs of persons throughout their life, and the requirements of the economy and the various branches of economic activity.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.