Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Belarus (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report and the attached documents, and of the information that had been supplied in reply to its previous request. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide detailed information on the following points:

1. The Committee notes that the system of general and vocational education is currently undergoing a process of reform aimed in particular at achieving better integration of initial and in-service training. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which this reform will ensure a better complementarity between general, technical and vocational education within the formal system of education and the systems of in-service vocational training, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention.

2. Article 3. Please continue to provide information on the measures taken in the context of the employment service to extend the systems of vocational guidance and continuing employment information for adults.

3. Article 4. The Committee notes the obstacles to collaboration between technical and vocational training establishments and enterprises. It requests the Government to indicate to what extent these difficulties have been overcome in the context of the current structural reforms. Please also continue to provide information on the vocational training and retraining activities for the unemployed in its future reports on the application of Convention No. 122.

4. Article 5. The Committee notes that, in the opinion of the Government, the participation by representatives of private sector employers' organizations in drawing up vocational training programmes is insufficient. It requests the Government to indicate any progress made in achieving more effective collaboration with the employers' organizations in drawing up vocational guidance and training policies and programmes. Please also describe the role of the conciliation commissions for social and labour issues.

5. Part VI of the report form. Please continue to supply any extracts from reports, studies, surveys or statistics that have a bearing on vocational guidance and training.