August 2016

1. An exposure visit of delegates from Pakistan to Nepal to Study Migrant Resource Centre Operations and Regulations

   15 - 17 August 2016

   Since the concept of Migrant Resource Centre is new to Pakistan, a delegation of eight MRC staff from Lahore and Islamabad will participate in an exposure visit to Nepal to understand and learn in depth the day to day operations of MRC, outreach work of MRC, establishment and expansion of MRC and its services and management models of MRC with the support from ILO/EU funded project “South Asia Labour Migration Governance”.

June 2016

1. Launch of the Code of Conduct on Ethical Recruitment for Overseas Employment

   22 June 2016

   Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (POEPA) will unveil their National Action Plan (NAP) on Ethical Recruitment and will sign the code of conduct to show their commitment and action to promote ethical recruitment practices in Pakistan. POEPA has developed their sectoral Code of Ethical Conduct and NAP with the technical and financial support from ILO under EU funded project “South Asia Labour Migration Governance”.

April 2016

1. Launch of Migrant Resource Centre - Lahore

   28 April 2016

   Department of labour and Human Resource Punjab has established a first ever Migrant Resource Centre in Lahore. The centre will provide a range of services to intended migrant workers, migrant workers and their families, counselling, pre-departure orientation and referral to save migrant workers from exploitation and abuse in the migration cycle. The department has established this centre and planned an inauguration of the centre in November with the support of EU funded ILO project “South Asia Labour Migration Governance”.

May 2015

1. Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour Flows between Asia and Arab States, Asia Tripartite Meeting

   6 - 7 May 2015

   Tripartite partners meet to develop origin-country inputs to an action plan for fair migration in Asia to Arab States labour flows.