Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee takes note of a general report - received in November 1990 - in which the Government states that there have been no significant changes in national legislation and practice as regards the application of the provisions of Convention No. 122, among others, and refers the Committee to previous reports. The Committee notes that the general report does not take into account the comments it made in 1989.

In its observation of 1989, the Committee expressed the hope, in particular, that the Government would continue to provide detailed information on the impact on employment of the measures taken to meet its monetary and financial commitments. The Committee considered that in order to be in a position to examine in detail the way in which effect has been given to the provisions of the Convention it would be necessary for the Government to provide full and detailed information on the matters set out in the report form for the Convention approved by the Governing Body, with particular reference to the difficulties that have arisen in achieving the objectives of the national programme for the generation of employment (as set out in Decrees Nos. 17269-TSS, of 1986, and 17436-TSS, of 1987) and to the consultations with representatives of the persons affected, including those who work in the rural and informal sectors (Article 3 of the Convention).

Since the report on the application of the Convention has not been received, the Committee hopes that the Government will submit a complete and detailed report, as requested in the previous comments, so that it may be examined at the Committee's next meeting in March 1993.

Part V of the report form. In its communication of February 1988, the Government referred to the cooperation and technical assistance proposed by the ILO under a technical cooperation agreement for the national employment and social development programme, executed by PREALC with UNDP resources. The Committee trusts that the Government's next report will also contain detailed information on the action undertaken as a result of the advice received from the ILO in connection with the Convention.