Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1971)

1. The Committee notes the brief report supplied by the Government in reply to its previous request. It notes in particular the establishment of the Mauritanian Agency for the Implementation of Public Works for Employment (AMEXTIPE), which has the principal objectives of combating unemployment in urban areas, promoting small- and medium-sized enterprises and undertaking projects of public utility using labour-intensive techniques. The Committee requests the Government to specify in its next report the impact which the implementation of the Agency's programmes is expected to have on employment.

2. The Committee also notes that studies are being carried out on the integration of the unemployed and of graduates into the labour market. It would be grateful if the Government would describe the measures which have been taken or are envisaged as a result of these studies. In more general terms, the Committee hopes that the Government will soon be in a position to report fresh progress in the formulation "as a major goal" of a policy designed to promote full, productive and freely-chosen employment and its implementation within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy, in consultation with the representatives of all the persons affected, in accordance with Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention. It would be grateful if the Government would supply information which is as detailed as possible in its next report in reply to the questions contained in the report form approved by the Governing Body. The Committee recalls in this respect that the preparation of a full report on this Convention may involve the Ministry of Labour consulting other ministries or bodies concerned by employment policy.

3. The Committee notes that the UNDP/ILO technical cooperation project on the development of human resources and poverty alleviation was due to commence at the beginning of 1994. It requests the Government to supply information in its future reports on the implementation of this project, which is of a nature to facilitate the application of the principal provisions of the Convention (Part V of the report form).