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International Labour Conference 92nd Session 2004 Report III (Part 1B) General Survey concerning the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and the Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169), and aspects relating to the promotion of full, productive and freely chosen employment of the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142), and of the Job Creation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Recommendation, 1998 (No. 189) Third item on the agenda: Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution) International Labour Office Geneva Promoting employment Policies, skills, enterprises INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GENEVA ISBN 92-2-113034-7 ISSN 0074-6681 First edition 2004 The designations employed in ILO publications, which are in conformity with United Nations practice, and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Labour Office concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. 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Catalogues or lists of new publications are available free of charge from the above address, or by email: [email protected] Visit our web site: www.ilo.org/publns Printed in Switzerland SRO Summary Paragraphs Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1-61 Chapter I. Employment policies..................................................................................... 62-198 Chapter II. General, technical and vocational education policy and the promotion of full employment......................................................................................... 199-277 Chapter III. The role of labour market services and institutions in employment promotion ...................................................................................................... 278-312 Chapter IV. The role of small and medium-sized enterprises in employment promotion ...................................................................................................... 313-430 Chapter V. Involvement of the social partners in the design and implementation of policies ...................................................................................................... 431-462 Chapter VI. Prospects for ratification and implementation............................................... 463-481 Final remarks ...................................................................................................................... 482-495 Contents Page Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 I. Background to the survey .................................................................................................. 1 II. Context of the ILO’s standard-setting activities in the area of employment ..................... 2 The road to the adoption of Convention No. 122 .............................................................. 3 The World Employment Programme................................................................................. 4 The World Employment Conference and its follow-up..................................................... 5 The Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation.......................... 6 The work of the Governing Body ...................................................................................... 7 The World Summit for Social Development and its follow-up ......................................... 8 Human resources development.......................................................................................... 12 Job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises.......................................................... 13 III. Content of the instruments................................................................................................. 13 IV. Relationship with other international labour standards...................................................... 14 V. Other international instruments.......................................................................................... 15 VI. Status of ratification of Conventions ................................................................................. 17 VII. Information available......................................................................................................... 18 VIII. Outline of the survey.......................................................................................................... 18 Chapter I. Employment policies .................................................................................... 19 I. Adoption of an active policy designed to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment ....................................................................................................................... 19 Declaration of the policy.................................................................................................... 19 Implementation within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy ....... 23 Impact on employment of macroeconomic policies .......................................................... 26 Inter-ministerial coordination in the field of employment policy...................................... 29 Mechanisms to monitor progress....................................................................................... 32 II. Labour market data ............................................................................................................ 34 Labour market surveys, collection and analysis of data .................................................... 34 Uses of data........................................................................................................................ 36 Assessment of policy impact on employment.................................................................... 37 III. Free choice of employment................................................................................................ 38 Freedom of choice and equal opportunities ....................................................................... 38 Prevention of discrimination in employment..................................................................... 39 Employment of women, older workers, people with disabilities and other categories of people subject to discrimination ........................................................................................ 41 Contents Page Women......................................................................................................................... 41 People with disabilities................................................................................................ 43 Older workers .............................................................................................................. 46 Indigenous and tribal peoples and ethnic minorities.................................................... 47 Entry of young people into employment............................................................................ 49 School-to-work transition programmes ....................................................................... 49 Post-compulsory education skills training................................................................... 51 Subsidized temporary employment, training and work experience schemes .............. 52 Business creation schemes........................................................................................... 53 Re-entry into the labour market ......................................................................................... 54 Decent work and the informal economy............................................................................ 56 Re-employment of workers who lose their jobs for economic reasons ............................. 58 Policy regarding international migration ........................................................................... 60 Prevention of long-term unemployment ............................................................................ 62 Chapter II. General, technical and vocational education policy and the promotion of full employment ............................................................................................ 65 I. Orienting education and training towards full employment .............................................. 66 II. Educational and training policy and legal frameworks...................................................... 67 Expanding basic education ...............................................................................................