For the purposes of this Agreement:

(a)

The term "administration of labour" refers to the activities of the public administration in the field of national labour policy;

(b)

The terms "system of work administration" cover all bodies of the public administration responsible for or responsible for the administration of work-whether they are ministerial administrations or public institutions, including the Para-state organisations and regional or local administrations or any other decentralised form of administration-as well as any institutional structure established to coordinate the activities of these bodies and to ensure consultation And the participation of employers, workers and their organisations.

Any Member ratifying this Convention may delegate or entrust, under national law or practice, certain activities of the administration of work to non-governmental organizations, including organizations Employers and workers, or-where appropriate-representatives of employers and workers.

Any Member ratifying this Convention may consider certain activities, subject to its national labour policy, to be part of the questions which, under national law or practice, are settled by the action Direct negotiations between employers'and workers' organisations.

Any Member ratifying this Convention shall, in an appropriate manner in accordance with national conditions, ensure that a system for the administration of work is organised and operated effectively on its territory, and that the tasks and Assigned responsibilities are appropriately coordinated.

1. Any Member ratifying this Convention shall adopt provisions adapted to national conditions with a view to ensuring, within the framework of the system of administration of work, consultations, cooperation and negotiations between Public authorities and employers'and workers' organisations which are the most representative, or-where appropriate-representatives of employers and workers.

2. To the extent that this is compatible with national legislation and practice, these provisions will have to be taken at national, regional and local level as well as in the various sectors of economic activity.

1. The competent bodies within the labour administration system shall, as appropriate, be responsible for the preparation, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the national labour policy, or participate in Each of these phases, and be, within the framework of public administration, the instruments for the preparation and implementation of the legislation implementing it.

2. In particular, taking into account relevant international labour standards:

(a)

To participate in the preparation, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the national employment policy in accordance with national legislation and practice;

(b)

To study in a manner monitored the situation of persons who are employed, as well as persons who are unemployed or underemployed, in the light of national legislation and practice relating to working, employment and living conditions To draw attention to the shortcomings and abuses noted in this area and to submit proposals on how to remedy them;

(c)

Offer their services to employers and workers and their respective organisations, under the conditions permitted by national legislation or practice, with a view to promoting, at national, regional and local level, as well as Various sectors of economic activity, consultations and effective cooperation between public authorities and bodies and employers'and workers' organisations, as well as between these organisations;

(d)

Respond to requests for technical advice from employers and workers, as well as from their respective organizations.

If the national conditions so require in order to satisfy the needs of the widest possible number of workers and to the extent that such activities have not yet been carried out, any Member ratifying this Convention shall encourage The extension, where appropriate, of the functions of the work administration system so as to include activities which will be carried out in collaboration with other relevant bodies and which will concern working conditions and Professional life of categories of workers who, in the eyes of the law, are not Employees, including:

(a)

Farmers who do not employ foreign labour, sharecroppers and similar categories of agricultural workers;

(b)

Self-employed workers who do not employ outside labour, occupied in the informal sector as defined in national practice;

(c)

Co-workers and workers in self-managed businesses;

(d)

Persons working within a framework established by custom or community traditions.

To the extent that national legislation and practice so permit, the competent bodies within the labour administration system will have to participate in the preparation of national policy in the field of international relations of the Work and representation of the State in this field and in the preparation of measures to be taken to that effect at the national level.

In order to ensure appropriate coordination of the tasks and responsibilities of the system of work administration, as determined in accordance with national legislation or practice, the Ministry of Labour or any other body Should have the means to verify that the para-state bodies responsible for certain activities in the field of labour administration and the regional or local bodies to which such activities would have been delegated act In accordance with national legislation and in accordance with the objectives set for them.

Personnel assigned to the work administration system shall be made up of persons suitably qualified to perform the duties assigned to them, having access to the training necessary for the performance of those functions and Independent of any undue external influence.

2. This staff shall enjoy the status, the material resources and the financial resources necessary for the effective performance of its functions.

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

(1) This Convention shall only bind the Members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratifications of two Members have been registered by the Director General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

1. Any Member having ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Convention by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office And by registered him. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.

2. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year of the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not make use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound For a new period of ten years and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.

The Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations made available to it by the Members of the Organization.

2. By notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification which has been communicated to it, the Director General shall call the attention of the Members of the Organization on the date on which this Convention enters into force Vigor.

The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for registration, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations ¹ , complete information about all ratifications and all acts of denunciation which it has registered in accordance with the previous articles.

Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and consider whether it should be included in the agenda of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.

1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:

(a)

Ratification by a Member of the new revision agreement would automatically entail, notwithstanding Article 13 above, the immediate termination of this Convention, provided that the new revision agreement is entered into In force;

(b)

From the date of entry into force of the new revision agreement, this Convention shall cease to be open for ratification by Members.

(2) This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its form and content for Members who have ratified it and which do not ratify the revised Convention.

The English and French versions of the text of this Agreement are equally authentic.