Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Senegal (Ratification: 1967)

Parts I and II of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in March 2010, in reply to the direct request of 2008. The Government indicates that in July 2009 the progress of the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (GPRSP) 2006–10 was reviewed, the four strategic components were evaluated and performances were rated. As regards the matters raised by the National Confederation of Workers of Senegal (CNTS), the Government states that the Ministry of Family Affairs has competence for taking the measures required to prevent the disruption of family life and ensure the economic and social promotion of families. As regards the rural exodus, the Government indicates that two programmes have been established to develop rural areas through agriculture, namely the REVA plan (return to agriculture) and the GOANA plan (major agricultural offensive for food and abundance). As regards migration policy, the Government indicates that programmes have been implemented by the ministries concerned in collaboration with development stakeholders and that the drawing up of a national migration policy is under examination and its implementation will be assigned to a ministerial department working in collaboration with all the ministries concerned. The Committee requests the Government to include up-to-date information in its next report on the matters raised by the CNTS and also indicate how the implementation of the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper has enabled the objectives of the Convention to be pursued, specifically Articles 1 and 2 thereof, which state that “all policies shall be primarily directed to the well-being and development of the population”. It also requests the Government to include statistical data on the improvement of standards of living, especially with regard to housing, clothing, medical care and education (Article 5 of the Convention).