Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Congo (Ratification: 1999)

1. The Committee notes with regret that the Government has provided no information on the application of the Convention since its first report, received in June 2004. It reminds the Government of the importance of providing precise and up to date information on a regular basis to enable it to assess the extent to which effect is given to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide precise and up to date information responding to the points raised in its 2004 direct request, which are repeated below.

2. Articles 2 and 6 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations required by the Convention. In 2004, the Committee pointed out in particular that section 2 of Order No. 788 of 6 September 1999 provides for the establishment of a Technical Advisory Committee on International Labour Standards with responsibility for promoting effective consultations between the Government and the most representative organizations of employers and workers on the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Government indicated that the abovementioned committee was still not operational owing to lack of funds. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the efforts made to establish the Technical Advisory Committee on International Labour Standards, describing the consultation procedures established within the committee (Article 2 of the Convention). If the committee has started to operate, please send a copy of the annual report on the operation of the consultation procedures, prepared under the terms of section 6 of Order No. 788 of 1999 (Article 6 of the Convention).

3. Article 4, paragraph 2. Training. The Committee noted that training of the participants in the consultation procedures is ensured in the form of seminars organized by the administration and by intergovernmental organizations. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the arrangements made or envisaged to finance necessary training for participants in the consultation procedures.

4. Article 5, paragraph 1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government stated previously that consultations on the subjects listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, are conducted in writing. The Committee refers to the comments it has been making for several years on the obligation to submit instruments adopted by the Conference to the National Assembly, and trusts that the Government will provide detailed information on the consultations held, particularly in the Technical Advisory Committee, on each of the subjects listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, particularly subparagraph (b), during the period covered by the next report, stating their purpose and their frequency, and any reports or recommendations made as a result thereof.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2008.]