Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2010, Publicación: 100ª reunión CIT (2011)

Convenio sobre la administración del trabajo, 1978 (núm. 150) - Albania (Ratificación : 2002)

The Committee notes with interest that, according to the Government Law No. 7995 “On the promotion of employment” of 20 September 1995 has been amended to improve the definition of employment, introduce the concept of employment services, counselling and orientation for the profession, and develop new employment programmes, such as professional practice for recent high school graduates. It also notes with interest that the Government carried out 2008 different programmes in this context to promote employment, which provided financial support to employers participating in these programmes, such as: 15 projects promoting employment of unemployed women jobseekers, as a result of which 456 women were employed; 44 projects promoting employment through training at work, as a result of which 1,180 unemployed jobseekers were trained; 29 projects promoting employment of unemployed jobseekers in difficulties, as a result of which 250 unemployed jobseekers were employed within a 12-month term; 69 projects offering professional practice to recent high school graduates, as a result of which 302 unemployed jobseekers took professional practice at public and private institutions. The Government also reports on the implementation of other programmes promoting training and employment of women, with priority given to particular groups of women such as victims of trafficking, women with disabilities, Roma women, women over the age of 35, young mothers and divorced women, as well as about the programmes providing vocational training for free or reduced rates for the Roma community.

The Government also supports capacity building through the development of a public vocational training system. At present there are ten regional directorates of public professional training and a mobile regional directorate centre for professional training in the north-east of the country where unemployment is high, the latter being funded by the Swiss Government under the AlbVET project. These centres offer courses of occupations mainly for those who want to take up a profession or keep their workplace by getting new skills. In this context, the EU assists the Government under the CARDS programme, “Support for the VET reform”, as a result of which the National Agency for Vocational Education and Training was established. At the same time, the German Government assists to improve the VET system by solving and equipping the centres with materials, assisting in curricula development, offering training and coaching through the project “Learning during life”. So, in 2008, as a result of the activity of ten regional directorates 7,577 trainees were certified, of whom 1,857 were unemployed jobseekers. Moreover, in order to integrate jobseekers into the labour market, the Government organized few employment fairs in cities like Durres, Fies, Berat and Tirana in 2008, where up to 70 per cent of the vacancies offered by the employers were filled.

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the organization of the preparation, administration, coordination, checking and review of the national employment policy, and on the functions and existing policies of the entrusted bodies with respect to the national employment policy. The Government is also requested to provide information on the implementation of the abovementioned National Strategy of Employment and Professional Training, transformation of the national employment service, as well as on the measures taken to ensure a positive impact of the existing policies aimed at reducing the level of unemployment and the programmes carried out in this respect.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.