Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Togo (Ratification: 1983)

Article 4(2) of the Convention. Financing of any necessary training of participants in consultation procedures. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that although a grant may be made to employers’ and workers’ organizations to finance training in labour matters, the necessary training of participants in consultation procedures is not yet guaranteed. It welcomes the Government’s commitment to make all efforts to ensure that such training is put in place. The Committee recalls its, recognizing the importance of training for the effective holding of tripartite consultations, Article 4(2) of the Convention provides that arrangements shall be made between the competent authority and the representative organizations for their financing. The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide detailed information on the measures taken or envisaged with the employers’ and workers’ representative organizations to ensure the financing of the above-mentioned training.

Articles 5(2) and 6. Consultations at regular intervals. Production of an annual report. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the national legislation provides that the National Council for Social Dialogue (CNDS) shall, under normal circumstances, meet twice annually but notes that its last session was held in 2022. Moreover, the Government does not mention the frequency of the meetings of the National Taskforce on International Labour Standards (CNIT) which is, as previously indicated by the Government, the competent body regarding the consultations required under the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a process to re-found social dialogue was launched in 2022, with the organization of a national forum with the social partners and civil society actors, which led to the adoption of a road map aimed at increasing stability, promoting inclusive growth and reinvigorating the CNDS. The Committee requests the Government to clarify in which body the tripartite consultations required by the Convention are held and the frequency of its meetings. It further requests the Government to provide any report or set of minutes of the sessions of that body, if any.