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

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Mongolia (Ratification: 1976)

1. The Committee notes the Government's report and the useful information that it contains in reply to its previous request. The Committee notes that, according to the Government's estimates, the rate of registered unemployment rose to 8.3 per cent in 1994, in comparison with 3.5 per cent at the beginning of 1991. Unemployment principally affects rural areas and young persons leaving the school system. Employment prospects are a matter of particular concern in view of the rapid growth of the active population at a time when the reform of the centralized economic system is leading to the closure of many enterprises and redundancies arising out of the privatization process. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing as detailed information as possible on the situation and trends of employment, underemployment and unemployment, with an indication of the progress achieved in the compilation and analysis of the appropriate statistical data.

2. The Government states that, in this difficult situation, it adopted Decision No. 134 in August 1993 to establish measures for the promotion of employment and the reduction of unemployment, and that these take into account some of the recommendations adopted at the national employment symposium held in April 1993 in association with the ILO. The Committee notes in particular the establishment of a labour market information system and the organization of a network of employment services. It requests the Government to continue supplying information on the activities of the employment services. The Committee also notes the establishment of an employment fund, which is constituted partly from the resources of the privatization fund and which contributes to the funding of employment creation measures. A specific fund has also been established to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Please provide any available information on the measures financed by these funds. With reference to its previous request, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the unemployment compensation system and its coordination with employment policy.

3. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would also supply information on the manner in which the impact on employment is taken into account of the principle decisions in the field of general economic policy. Please, in particular, indicate whether measures are envisaged in the context of privatizations in order to provide employment for the workers in the enterprises concerned. The Committee notes that the Government is encouraging temporary migration for employment. Please continue to supply information on this subject and describe the measures adopted for this purpose.

4. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the manner in which the representatives of the persons affected by the measures to be taken in the field of employment policy, and particularly the representatives of employers and workers, are consulted with regard to employment policies, in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee cannot overemphasize the importance that it attaches to full effect being given to this fundamental provision of the Convention, particularly in the context of the deep-rooted structural reforms affecting the labour market.

5. The Committee notes with interest the information concerning the ILO technical cooperation projects which are being implemented. It requests the Government to continue providing information on technical cooperation activities for the formulation and implementation of employment policy (Part V of the report form).