Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Guinea (Ratification: 1995)

In reply to the direct request made in 2001, the Government states that the provisions of the Convention are applied by legislative and regulatory instruments in force in the Republic of Guinea. The Committee requests the Government to include in its next report specific information on the following points.

Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the community-based National Rehabilitation Programme (PNRBC), initiated by the Ministry for Social Affairs and the Advancement of Women and Children, provides for vocational rehabilitation measures including the integration of disabled children in schools, vocational training and promotion of the employment of people with disabilities. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the actual application of measures for promoting the employment of persons with disabilities and the results obtained and to indicate the vocational training measures and the number of beneficiaries in practice. Noting also that the vocational rehabilitation policy is revised six-monthly and that an annual report is prepared, the Committee requests the Government to supply a copy of or extract from the report or any other document containing statistics, studies or surveys on the matters covered by the Convention (Part V of the report form).

Article 4. The Committee notes that rules are applied to guarantee equal opportunities and that a bill has been prepared on the protection and advancement of persons with disabilities. Please provide information on the content of the rules on equal opportunities and send a copy of the abovementioned text, when it is adopted.

Article 5. Noting that representative organizations of workers and employers and representative organizations of persons with disabilities are consulted in the context of the PNRBC, the Committee asks the Government to provide information on the consultations held with the above organizations during the period covered by the next report.

Article 7. Noting that there is a department in charge of the occupational integration of persons with disabilities under the National Directorate of Technical Education and Vocational Training, and that the National Office for Vocational Training and Retraining has set up a special unit to be responsible for the training of young persons with disabilities, the Committee asks the Government to indicate the manner in which these measures contribute to enabling persons with disabilities to secure, retain and advance in employment.

Article 8. The Committee notes that vocational rehabilitation and employment for persons with disabilities at their place of origin (rural areas and remote communities) is an essential objective of the PNRBC in cooperation with the Guinean Federation of Disabled Persons (FE.GUI.PAH). Furthermore, some measures have already been taken, such as the establishment of branches of the National Orthopaedic Centre (CNO) in the interior of the country (Mamou and N’Zérékoré) and the granting of tax exemptions for enterprises comprising persons with disabilities. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on the development of services for persons with disabilities in rural areas and remote communities.

Article 9. The Government states that since 1973 there has been a National Orthopaedic Centre for rehabilitation and apprenticeships for people with disabilities of all ages. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the application of this Article of the Convention, indicating the number of persons trained and made available for such work with persons with disabilities.