Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 2001)

1. Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government indicates in its report received in September 2007 that discussions have been under way since 2001 to establish a formal framework for tripartite consultations, and that a series of workshops have been planned to this end but have been unable to be held so far owing to budgetary constraints. The Government states that, while this is pending, the opinions of employers’ and workers’ organizations on all the matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention are gathered in reply to correspondence issued by the Ministry of Labour. The Government confirms this situation in its report received in November 2007. The Committee recalls the importance of providing precise and up to date information on the content and outcome of any tripartite consultations on international labour standards, so that it can assess how the provisions of the Convention are applied in practice. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on progress made in the actual establishment of procedures for effective tripartite consultations on international labour standards. It also refers to its observation of 2007 on the obligation to submit instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference to the National Assembly (article 19 of the ILO Constitution) and trusts that the Government’s next report will contain detailed information on all the tripartite consultations which occur during the reporting period on each of the matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention (questionnaires on the Conference agenda, submission of instruments adopted by the Conference to the National Assembly, prospects for ratification, reports to be presented on the application of ratified Conventions and denunciation of Conventions).

2. Article 4. Administrative support and financing of training. The Government states that members of already formalized consultative bodies, such as the Labour Advisory Committee, receive a flat-rate daily allowance of CFA15,000, covered by the state budget. The Committee notes that further details of administrative support and financial arrangements will be provided when the consultation framework is formalized. It requests the Government to continue providing information on the progress made regarding administrative support for tripartite consultation procedures, and also regarding arrangements made for the funding of training needed for participants in consultative procedures.