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

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - El Salvador (Ratification: 1995)

Implementation of policies and programmes of vocational guidance and training. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending June 2008, which includes detailed replies to the matters raised in the 2003 observation. The Government attaches a study on training needs in the western, central and para-central regions conducted in November 2004. In June 2006, a training and vocational integration project was executed with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation. This project is intended to develop and implement training programmes with standardized criteria of relevance and quality, disseminate the information available in the Labour Market Observatory, achieve the mutual recognition of occupational training at the Central American level and extend coverage of the national territory by the public employment services. The Government adds that 195,310 people were trained between June 2007 and May 2008, of whom 167,504 were active workers and 27,905 were trained in the context of programmes for the unemployed, underemployed and young persons. The Government also provides information on the Vocational Training Programme (HABIL) and the Enterprise-Centre Programme, which are targeted at young people between 16 and 25 years of age. The Committee hopes that for its next examination it will be provided with updated information illustrating the manner in which the vocational guidance system has been extended and effective coordination ensured between the employment offices of the Ministry of Labour and the El Salvador Institute of Vocational Training (INSAFOR). In particular, the Committee would be grateful to be informed of whether the national vocational training system has been defined with greater precision and to be provided with updated information on the programmes implemented with the participation of the social partners so as to continue giving effect to the Convention.