Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2010, publiée 100ème session CIT (2011)

Convention (n° 88) sur le service de l'emploi, 1948 - Argentine (Ratification: 1956)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. In reply to the 2005 observation, the Committee notes the report received in 2010 in which the Government indicates that 324 municipal employment offices have been established in 23 provinces with a coverage of 76 per cent of the total population. In 2008, the employment offices provided services for 157,548 persons and in 2009 for 316,957 persons. The Committee notes that the National Employment Services Network also endeavours to provide vocational guidance, support for job-seeking, employment placement, guidance for self-employment and referral to educational institutions and/or training activities. The Committee invites the Government to provide up-to-date information in its next report on the measures adopted to ensure that the National Employment Services Network has sufficient offices to meet the needs of employers and workers in each of the regions of the country (Article 3 of the Convention). In this respect, the Committee invites the Government to include the statistical data requested in Part IV of the report form for the Convention on the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the 324 municipal employment offices.

Cooperation with the social partners. The Government refers in its report to the action taken by employment offices and also mentions the establishment of the Employment Services Directorate under the National Directorate of the Federal Employment Service. The Committee refers to its General Survey of 2010 on the employment instruments, in which it highlighted the fact that direct and constant interaction between the public services and employers and jobseekers in the job market is essential (paragraph 208 of the General Survey of 2010). The Committee reiterates the request that it has been making for many years for the Government to include in its report information on the manner in which the social partners have been associated with the activities of the public employment service. The Committee recalls the requirement in Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention to establish advisory committees for the full cooperation of the representatives of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service.

Strengthening of employment services through technical cooperation. The Committee notes the final report of the Integrated Support Programme for the Reactivation of Employment in Argentina (AREA) of October 2008. The AREA programme was supported by the Government of Italy and received ILO assistance to facilitate the creation of public employment services, vocational training and local development. The Committee invites the Government to include information in its next report on the manner in which ILO advice has contributed to strengthening the operation of the public employment service.