Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Comoros (Ratification: 1978)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Implementation of an active employment policy. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its brief report of September 2008. The Government indicates that a framework document on the national employment policy has been adopted following a national workshop organized in November 2007 and that a Bill formulated on this basis has been submitted to the Assembly of the Union for examination and adoption. The Government adds that a survey of young graduate jobseekers, undertaken in the island of Grande Comore by the General Directorate of Employment, will be extended to the islands of Mohéli and Anjouan so as to obtain full data on the employment market. The Committee notes that the central objective of the ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) in the Comoros is employment promotion and that the expected outcomes include the formulation of an employment promotion strategy and the adoption of laws and regulations with a view to: the implementation of the strategy; the development of the Act respecting cooperatives; the formulation of a strategy for women’s entrepreneurship and youth employment; the introduction of transparent and confidence-building procedures to spur investment and job creation; and, finally, the implementation of an information and monitoring system on labour market trends. The Committee hopes that the Government will be in a position to indicate in its next report whether specific difficulties have been encountered in achieving the objectives established by the framework paper on national employment policy and the extent to which these difficulties have been overcome. The Government is also invited to provide indications on the progress achieved in the collection of labour market data and on the manner in which such data are taken into consideration in the formulation and implementation of the employment policy.

Article 3. Participation of the social partners in the formulation and application of policies. The Government refers to the importance of the involvement of the social partners both in the formulation and implementation of employment policies and in the preparation of the DWCP, which is due to be launched in the Comoros. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information in its next report on the measures adopted with a view to achieving the priorities of the DWCP, with an indication of the mechanisms and regularity of the consultations held with the representatives of the persons concerned, in particular the representatives of employers and workers, on the subjects covered by the Convention. Please also indicate the initiatives that have received ILO support for the promotion of the objectives of the creation of productive employment, as set out in the Convention (Part V of the report form).