Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Ukraine (Ratification: 1979)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s report and the new initiatives for the development of vocational guidance and training to which it refers. It invites the Government to continue to provide detailed information on the application of the Convention, particularly with regard to the following points.

2. Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee notes the description of the vocational guidance activities of the public employment service for persons making use of that service. Please also supply information on arrangements to provide vocational guidance for children and adolescents within the formal education system.

3. Article 4. The Committee notes that the Government reports an increasing trend in the volume of vocational training at enterprise level. Please indicate the measures taken or contemplated to encourage enterprises to contribute to the further training of workers that they employ. Please continue to provide detailed information on vocational training activities for unemployed persons undertaken by the public employment service, in forthcoming reports on the application of Convention No. 122.

4. Article 5. The Committee notes that the Government refers to consultations held only with employers’ organizations with regard to training issues. It recalls that, under this important provision of the Convention, policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training must be formulated and implemented in cooperation with both employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee asks the Government to provide detailed information on the manner in which effect is given to this provision, describing any consultation procedure which has been adopted for this purpose.