Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2005, publiée 95ème session CIT (2006)

Convention (n° 159) sur la réadaptation professionnelle et l'emploi des personnes handicapées, 1983 - Trinité-et-Tobago (Ratification: 1999)

1. Promotion of employment for workers with disabilities in the private and public sectors. The Committee notes with interest the information contained in the Government’s report received in May 2005, regarding the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee on Disability, which was reconstituted and had their first meeting in July 2003. It requests further information on the proceeding and results of the periodic review of the policy on persons with disabilities (Article 2 of the Convention). It would also appreciate receiving further information on the way consultations are handled with the National Coordinating Committee on Disability, and on the practical results of their activities (Article 5). Please also include statistics, extracts from reports, studies and inquiries concerning the matters covered by the Convention (Part V of the report form).

2. Rehabilitative programmes. The Committee notes the recent rehabilitative programmes provided by the National Centre for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD). It also notes the training programmes put in place to facilitate access to employment. It would appreciate receiving further information on the results of the programmes implemented (Article 3).

3. Equal opportunity of treatment. The Committee requests the Government to indicate, in its next report, the impact of any measures so far adopted by the NCPD on equal opportunity and treatment of men and women among the persons with disabilities, and between workers with disabilities and other workers (Article 4).

4. Adaptation of existing services to the needs of persons with disabilities. The Committee notes the new programmes implemented by the Government to expand general services, regarding employment, to reach people with disabilities. It would appreciate receiving information on the practical impact of these new policies as well as on the difficulties that are encountered (Article 7).

5. Rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities in rural areas and remote communities. The Committee notes that there are measures yet to be implemented to promote the establishment and development of vocational rehabilitation and employment services for persons with disabilities in rural areas and remote communities (Article 8). It invites the Government to consider if the activities performed by the NCPD might be expanded to assess the needs of people with disabilities in rural and poorer areas, and to put into place such facilities as may appear necessary.

6. Qualification of rehabilitation counsellors and other staff. The Committee requests that the Government provides further information on measures taken to ensure that rehabilitation counsellors and other staff are suitably qualified (Article 9).