Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1988)

Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention. Implementation of a national policy. Consultation of representative organizations of employers and workers. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in August 2009, in which it provides information on the Vocational Training Programme for Persons with Disabilities (PROCLADIS), a decentralized programme established by the National Institute for Vocational Training and Employment, and the action undertaken such as the mainstreaming of the programme through exploratory job search activities and courses combined with programmes for young persons, women and rural workers; the strengthening of the programme’s focus on territorial development; the signing of agreements between PROCLADIS and educational institutions; and awareness-raising activities. The Committee also notes the participation of the social partners in the analysis of the labour market, the development of employment profiles and the promotion of corporate social responsibility, which resulted in the identification of 72 jobs for workers with disabilities. The support given to companies under PROCLADIS has been strengthened with the participation of the Inter-Union Assembly of Workers–National Convention of Workers (PIT–CNT). The Government also mentions as one of the initiatives taken in the context of PROCLADIS the promotion of productive undertakings involving persons with disabilities. These undertakings fall into the category of “social cooperative”, and a legislative initiative on protected productive workshops. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the results achieved by the measures implemented under PROCLADIS and other relevant information on the participation of persons with disabilities in the open labour market. Please also include information on the recruitment and promotion of persons with disabilities in the public service.