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

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Kyrgyzstan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It asks the Government to provide detailed information in relation to the following matters already raised in its 1995 comments.

Article 5 of the Convention. 1. Please indicate whether representative organizations of employers and workers are consulted on the implementation of the national policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities.

2. Please indicate if any other organizations created under the Act on the social protection of persons with disabilities, besides the Society for Deaf and Blind referred to in the Government’s report, and describe the manner in which these organizations are consulted on the implementation of that policy.

Article 8. Please describe the measures taken to promote the establishment and development of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities in rural areas and remote communities.

Article 9. The Committee noted the provision of section 17 of the Act on the social protection of persons with disabilities concerning training of vocational rehabilitation staff which shall be financed and organized by the State. It also noted the Government’s statement to the effect that there are no teaching institutions providing training for such staff, though there is a real need to train qualified staff for work with persons with disabilities. It asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure the availability of suitably qualified vocational rehabilitation staff, in accordance with this Article of the Convention and the national provision referred to above.

Part V of the report form. Please provide a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including more detailed information on any difficulties encountered, as well as statistics, extracts from reports, studies and inquiries, concerning the matters covered by the Convention (for example, with respect to particular areas or branches of activity or particular categories of persons with disabilities).

[The Government is invited to reply in detail to the present comments in 2005.]