Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 2006)

Articles 2 and 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Consultation procedures and tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in the report received in September 2009 in reply to the 2008 direct request. The Government indicates that no procedure has been fixed for tripartite consultations but that it is planning to set up a tripartite national commission on international labour standards. This commission will be responsible for handling all issues relating to international labour standards and for submitting to the competent authorities, further to opinions from the most representative employers’ and workers’ organizations, all the instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference. The Government explains that no consultations were held on the matters set out in Article 5 and that these consultations will only be effective once the tripartite national commission on international labour standards has been established. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to indicate in its next report that progress has been made with regard to actually establishing the tripartite national commission on international labour standards. It requests the Government to establish procedures, with the participation of the social partners, which ensure effective consultations on the matters relating to international labour standards set out in Article 5(1).

Article 3. Establishment of tripartite bodies. The Government indicates that the most representative occupational organizations themselves appoint their representatives to a tripartite advisory body, and that the three most representative occupational organizations have so far not held any elections. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any progress made on the application of Article 3.

Article 4, paragraphs 1 and 2. Administrative support. Financing of training. The Government states that, for the moment, no arrangement has been made for the financing of any necessary training for the social partners. The Committee notes the activities to promote awareness of the fundamental Conventions and the training of supervisors established in the context of the programme to promote the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (PAMODEC). The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report any new developments with regard to suitable arrangements for the financing of any necessary training for persons participating in the procedures required by the Convention.