Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Kazakhstan (Ratification: 1999)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 2003 direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s first report received in January 2002 on the measures taken under the Constitution of 1995 to promote the right of every person to freedom of work and to social protection from unemployment. The Government also mentions its programme to combat poverty and unemployment for 2000-02, in particular through micro loans. It indicates that since the launch of the programme, 23,000 micro-loans have been issued, creating an estimated 70,000 new jobs. The Committee would appreciate continuing to receive in the Government’s next report further indications on the elaboration of an active policy designed to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment (Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention). Please also provide information on the effects noted or expected on employment as a result of implementation of the Government’s programme to combat poverty and unemployment.

2. Article 1, paragraph 3, and Article 2(a). Please also include in the Government’s next report information on decision-making procedures on employment policy measures and their regular review within the framework of the overall economic and social policy. The Committee recalls that, as requested by Article 2 of the Convention, the collection of data and analysis of the labour market should be the basis for deciding on measures of employment policy. The measures of employment policy have to be decided and kept under review within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy.

3. Article 3. The Government mentions in its report that under the Social Partnership Act consultations and agreements are engaged between employers’ and workers’ representatives on issues of employment promotion, vocational training and retraining of workers. The Committee would appreciate receiving more details on the tripartite consultations held on the matters covered by the Convention. Please indicate how the social partners and other persons concerned are involved in the process of the elaboration and implementation of the employment policy.

4. Part V of the report form. The Committee notes with interest that the Government considers that the ILO should play a key role in coordinating the activities of international organizations within the field of employment for countries in economic transition and in preventing unnecessary duplication of employment programmes. Please report on the action taken as a result of the involvement of the ILO in providing technical assistance for the implementation of an active employment policy in the sense of the Convention, both at national and subregional levels.