Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - New Caledonia

The Committee takes notes of the Government’s report on the application of the Convention in 2003 and the documentation attached thereto. It would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide detailed information on trends in employment and the measures implemented to promote employment, with regard to the following points in particular.

1. General economic policy measures (Article 1, paragraph 3, and Article 2(a), of the Convention). The Committee notes that the objectives of greater autonomy and economic diversification are being pursued inter alia through the development contracts concluded with the provinces, and through fiscal investment incentives. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the results obtained in terms of a more balanced distribution of activities between the provinces and the various sectors. Please indicate in particular the effect - or expected effect - on employment of the two important mining projects in North and South provinces. Please also describe the measures taken or envisaged to encourage diversification of economic activity.

2. Labour market policy measures (Article 1, paragraph 2(c), and Article 2(b)). The Committee notes the measures implemented to secure the integration of jobseekers. With regard to youth employment, it notes that the 2002 report on the "young trainees for development" programme found that it did not facilitate lasting occupational integration for the beneficiaries. The Committee requests the Government to continue to send all available evaluations of the results obtained by the various labour market policy measures and to indicate the action taken on them.

3. Consultation of representatives of the persons affected (Article 3). With reference to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to provide more specific information on the manner in which representatives of the persons affected, including workers’ and employers’ representatives, are consulted on employment policies, as required by the Convention. Please give examples of such consultations together with the views expressed and the manner in which they have been taken into account.