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

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Sudan (Ratification: 1970)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government which contained brief and partial replies to the points raised in the previous direct request. It would be grateful if the Government would communicate, for the next reporting period, detailed information on the effect given to the whole of the provisions of the Convention for the aforementioned period, as requested in the report form. It also asks the Government to supply additional information on the following points, which formed the basis of its previous comments.

1. The Committee notes the statements concerning the objectives and guiding principles of the Triennial Programme of Economic Recovery 1990-93. According to the description provided in the report, the Government intends to privatize the economy and implement appropriate economic, financial and institutional structural adjustments, all in a way which minimizes the negative effects on vulnerable sectors or groups. The measures will include programmes, for example to create a reserve fund for artisans and small industries, or another fund for the development and retraining of workers affected by the reduction of the public sector. It asks the Government to indicate if and by what measures the objectives defined in the 1990-93 programme have been achieved, if particular difficulties have been encountered, and what are the objectives of employment defined in the development plans or programmes actually in force.

2. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report concerning a list of relevant measures more or less directly within the domain of the employment policy and which will be adopted. These seem to correspond to certain objectives defined in the triennial programme, but the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide a complete description of the employment and labour market policy, and furnish available statistics which would facilitate the evaluation of the precise measures and understand the situation and the trends in employment, unemployment and underemployment. If these do not exist, please indicate the measures envisaged to set up an information system for the labour market. Additionally, the Committee hopes that the Government soon will adopt the revised law on the workforce, and also will send a copy of the text to the ILO.

3. The Committee notes the information on the participation of employers' and workers' organizations in the tripartite committee which has proceeded to revise the aforementioned law, as well as the Council of Professional Relations. It would be grateful if the Government would specify the manner in which the representatives of the employers and workers are consulted, recalling that the consultations envisaged in the Convention are not limited to the questions of employment policy in the narrow sense of the term, but should include all of the aspects of economic policy which affect the labour market. The Committee also asks the Government to indicate if the consultations in the sense of Article 3 of the Convention include representatives of other sectors of the economically active population, such as persons engaged in the rural and informal sectors.