Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1992, publiée 79ème session CIT (1992)

Convention (n° 159) sur la réadaptation professionnelle et l'emploi des personnes handicapées, 1983 - Grèce (Ratification: 1985)

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. 1. With reference to its earlier comments, the Committee notes from the Government's report that, apart from seven vocational rehabilitation offices for disabled persons operating in the capital and some other cities of the country and providing vocational guidance, vocational training and placement for these persons, the local offices of the Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED) as well as the offices of the OAED correspondents which are usually based in the prefectures, also render information to disabled persons and provide services to them on issues falling within their competence. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate, in its next report: (1) whether these local offices and the offices of the OAED correspondents provide vocational guidance, vocational training, placement and other related services for disabled persons; (2) whether they are used with necessary adaptations to enable disabled persons to secure, retain and advance in employment; and (3) whether they provide services for disabled persons in rural areas and remote communities.

2. The Committee also notes from the Government's report that a study concerning the evaluation of the special services for disabled persons, referred to by the Government in its previous report, has not been conducted, but there is a general code in the National Centre of Social Researches in which reference is made to the services providing vocational training in the country. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply, in its next report, any relevant extracts from this code concerning, in particular, vocational guidance, vocational training, placement, employment and other related services for disabled persons.