Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Sao Tome and Principe (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It is therefore bound to repeat its 2002 observation, which read as follows:

1. Please provide information on the arrangements made in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention by the National Council for Social Dialogue (CNCS) or the Directorate of Public Employment Services to ensure the cooperation of representatives of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy.

2. Please indicate the manner in which the employment service is organized and the activities which it performs in order to achieve effectively the objectives and carry out the functions set out in Article 6 of the Convention.

3. Please also provide the detailed information requested in the report form concerning the effect given to Articles 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention.

4. Part IV of the report form. Please furnish 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.

5. The Committee recalls that the Office is available to provide the Government with technical advice and assistance for the implementation of a public employment service within the meaning of the Convention.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.