Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - France (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments and particularly the information concerning practical application of the Convention (point V of the report form).

Article 9 of the Convention. From the Government's first report, the Committee noted the general statement to the effect that staff of bodies responsible for the occupational and social integration of the disabled are recruited according to their qualifications in the areas of employment, vocational training and special problems of the disabled. It asked the Government to provide more detailed information on the measures taken with regard to the training and availability of rehabilitation counsellors and other suitably qualified staff, as required by this provision of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government's report does not provide any new information in reply to its request apart from the indication contained in the report of December 1992 on the "situation of the COTOREP" which states that achieving the objectives of the 1984 circular would require staff to be more available and better trained. The Committee hopes that the Government will not fail to provide all appropriate information in this respect in its next report.