Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Paraguay (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the informative annexes, which include a detailed report by the Secretariat for Social Action. The Committee refers to certain matters directly related to Convention No. 117 which are raised in particular in its comments on employment policy (coordination of employment policy with economic and social policies, and coordination of training policy with employment opportunities).

Parts I and II of the Convention. Article 2. Improvement of standards of living. The Government provides information on the results of the pilot community development project (PRODECO) implemented between 2003 and 2008, the Abrazo programme for children, and on other programmes implemented by the Secretariat for Social Action. The Committee also notes the document Paraguay para todos y todas, a proposed public policy for social development 2010–20, in which emphasis is placed on the rights approach and on seeking equity by promoting a model of development that generates social cohesion and economic inclusion. The Committee invites the Government to provide updated information on the results achieved by the measures implemented to ensure that the “improvement of standards of living” has been “regarded as the principal objective in the planning of economic development”.

Part III. Articles 6 to 9 and 14(3). Migrant workers. The Government refers to the activities undertaken in collaboration with institutions of the United Nations system to improve services for migrant workers. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing information on the measures adopted to ensure that the terms and conditions of employment of migrant workers within and outside the country take account of their family needs and to facilitate the remittance of their wages and savings.