Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Egypt (Ratification: 1954)

Contribution of the employment service to the promotion of employment. The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government in its report. An integrated system has been established to provide employment services all over the country. The Governments of Canada and of the United States provided technical assistance to strengthen some 288 employment offices. The Committee requests the Government to continue reporting on the measures adopted by the public employment services to achieve the best possible organization of the employment market, including adapting them to meet the new needs of the economy and the active population (Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention). It further asks the Government to provide statistical information concerning the number of public employment offices established, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by such offices - indicating the efforts made to meet the needs of employers and workers in each region of the country (Part IV of the report form).