with the increase in the number of Labour Inspectors from 50 in 2016 to 130 in 2017159, 244 in 2018, and 42 Service Heads for Health and Safety at Work who rank as Inspectors. Some 2,558 inspections were conducted in 2018. D: Guaranteeing the Worker Freedom of Association 1: Institution of Social Dialogue Monitoring 211- As part of promotion of social dialogue, an institutional framework enabling the expression of the ILO tripartite mandates was set up by Order No. 67/CAB/PM of 14 July 2014. It is the Social Dialogue Consultation and Monitoring Committee, a tripartite body (Government, Employers, Workers) under the authority of the Minister of Labour and Social Security. The duty of the Committee is to oversee the effective implementation of the measures taken by Government as part of social dialogue160. Indeed, the body consolidates the already existing mechanism in the promotion of social dialogue, comprising the National Labour Advisory Commission and the National Health and Safety at Work Commission. 112- At the different sessions of the Social Dialogue Consultation and Monitoring Committee, discussions focused, among others, on the socioeconomic impact of tensions in North West and South West Regions, and procedures on tripartite negotiations to appease the social climate in other situations161. Discussions also resulted in the signing of 2 collective agreements in 2017: the National FEICOM Enterprises Collective Agreement and the National Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) Collective Agreement. In 2018, 3 other agreements were signed. 159 Order No. 10/MINTSS of 17 February 2017 to appoint officials in Regional Delegations of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security; and Order No. 11/MINTSS of 17 February 2017 to appoint officials in Divisional Delegations of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. 160 The Social Dialogue Consultation and Monitoring Committee in in charge of: - promoting relations between the different social dialogue partners with a view to preventing all types of social conflicts; - collecting, discussing, examining, and ruling on claims by professional organizations in order to seek negotiated solutions; - diligently proposing precautionary solutions to strike actions; - promoting and encouraging consultations between Government and social partners on all issues relating to the social climate; - giving opinions that will anticipate social crisis situations; and - monitoring and ensuring the effective implementation of measures approved by Government geared towards the restoration of social peace. The Committee meets once every 3 months. 161 In 2017, the following claims were made by workers in the following sectors: - education sector: claims focused on the holding of a National Education Forum and the absorption into the Public Service of the 2005-2006 Batch of trained Teachers and Teachers recruited on contract basis. A consultation forum chaired by the Prime Minister, Head of Government was held on 5 December 2017, at the end of which the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform, the Minister of Secondary Education, the Minister of Basic Education and the Minister of Higher Education were on the express directives of the Head of State, exhorted to lay the groundwork for the organisation of the said Forum; - transport sector: claims by workers of the TIC LE BUS Company focused among others, on payment of salary arrears, the non-payment of social contributions, the non-payment of family allowances, and nonpayment of the social benefits of former employees. Tripartite discussions resulted in the disbursement of CFAF835,490,528 for the payment of the social benefits of employees of TIC LE BUS. - major projects sector: claims focused on the failure to apply the National Collective Agreement of Building and Construction, non-payment of salaries, wrongful termination, and non-payment of housing allowance. The outcome was the strike action by workers of the China First Highway Engineering Corporation, and JTEGC Construction Company in charge respectively of the construction of the Yaounde – Douala motorway, and re-asphalting of the Kumba – Mamfe road 43