Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2013, publiée 103ème session CIT (2014)

Convention (n° 142) sur la mise en valeur des ressources humaines, 1975 - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1977)

Implementation of policies and programmes of vocational guidance and training The Committee notes the Government’s report received in September 2013, which includes information in reply to the 2009 direct request. The Government recalls that the National Technology Institute (INATEC) oversees technical education and vocational training, maintaining links with subsidized and private centres through technical and pedagogical monitoring. The Committee notes that the Tripartite Agreement on Stability of Employment and Production in Export Processing Zones, signed in December 2012, provides that the parties shall work with INATEC in the training of men and women workers. The Government indicates that, with a view to improving labour market access and allowing upward mobility, INATEC is developing one component of the certification of job skills. The Committee notes the information on training course enrolment and graduation, disaggregated by type of training and gender for the period 2007–12. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the vocational guidance activities conducted by INATEC and to include information on policies and programmes to further access to ongoing education, training and apprenticeship for persons with special needs, such as young persons, unskilled persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, elderly workers, persons who are socially excluded, workers in small and medium-sized enterprises, and workers in the informal economy. The Committee would also appreciate receiving disaggregated data on the results obtained in integrating the beneficiaries of INATEC training in the labour market.