ILO and Malawi on the Regular Supervision of Ratified Conventions: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

Malawi is experiencing some problems concerning her international reporting obligations on the application of her ratified International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions. This paper discusses problems and prospects that Malawi is experiencing through ILO’s regular supervision of her ratified conventions by analyzing various commentary/documentary reports about Malawi. A total of 52 ILOCommittee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations reports, ILO-CEACR’s
observations (30) and direct requests (22), for Malawi were critically analyzed in addition to social partners’ and Government’s reports/responses. The paper finds that while Malawi is currently confronted with main problems such as incompatibility of the operating systems’ requirements; absence of established appropriate models for publication of comparable information; and inadequate coordination with respect to production of convention application reports, there are, however, great prospects for the country to gain advanced knowledge, skills and institutional capacity to improve its country labour administration system
services as required at national, regional and international levels. Based on this finding, the paper recommends for Malawi to continue committing her resources towards meeting all her obligations as an ILO member state with respect to the regular reporting activity on the country’s ratified conventions.