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

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Togo (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government has not provided any information on the application of the Convention since its last report received in September 2004. The Committee trusts that the Government will be able to provide a report, including information in reply to the points raised in the Committee’s 2004 observation, which set forth the following matters:

Consultation procedures. The Committee noted the project to create a national task force on standards to be responsible for “consensus-based management of relations with the ILO essentially in matters pertaining to constitutional obligations and ongoing promotion of social dialogue”. It requests the Government to provide information on the effect given to this project.

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government supplied information on the activities of the National Labour Council. The Committee noted that the information was not specific enough to enable it to assess the effect given to this Convention. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the consultations held on each of the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention, specifying their purpose, and frequency, and the nature of any reports or recommendations resulting from the consultations.

The Government stated that the main difficulty is finding funds for the activities of the bodies that conduct social dialogue and that extra assistance would be essential to strengthen such dialogue, which is becoming increasingly indispensable. The Committee hopes that the Office will be able to furnish its advice in response to the Government’s request so that effective consultations can be held on the subjects covered by the Convention.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2010.]