Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

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

Article 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In its previous comments, the Committee invited the Government to continue providing detailed information on the tripartite consultations held on the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention, including information on the frequency of such consultations, and to indicate the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations. The Government indicates that a copy of the report covering government replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference and government comments on proposed texts to be discussed by the Conference is sent to the social partners. A meeting date is then fixed by joint agreement and amendments are adopted further to tripartite consultations. In this context, amendments have been made to reports relating to the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), and the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71). As regards the proposals to be made to the competent authority in connection with the submission of Conventions and Recommendations, the Government indicates that a copy of the communication accompanying the text to be submitted to the competent authority is sent to the social partners by the Government and their observations are taken into account. As regards the re-examination of unratified Conventions, the Government refers to tripartite workshops for exchange and communication and workshops for the validation of studies concerning the conformity of national law and practice to international standards. It indicates that reports to be made to the Office under article 22 of the ILO Constitution are sent to the social partners and their observations are taken into account. As regards the frequency of consultations, the Government indicates that the National Council for Social Dialogue meets once a year and the National Labour Council meets every three months or at the request of two-thirds of its members. These consultations concern the conception, formulation and validation of policies, plans and programmes relating to the world of work. The Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on all the matters referred to in Article 5(1) of the Convention, and to indicate the nature of all reports or recommendations resulting from these consultations.