Programmes and projects

2010

1. ILO's response to the floods

   01 September 2010

   The ILO activities in response to the severe floods in Pakistan that have caused widespread destruction of infrastructure includes an initial assessment and “Cash for work” programmes in Nowshera, Peshawar and Sukkur.

2. Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE)

   15 April 2010

   The project is based upon ILO’s conviction that gender equality in the world of work is a fundamental matter of human rights, social justice and is instrumental in achieving social and economic development goals.

3. Mainstreaming Decent Work through One-UN

   01 January 2010

   Aims to support the One-UN programme by enhancing its relevance and effectiveness. The project has three main components contributing to different Joint Program Components of Delivering As One.

2009

1. Towards Gender Parity in Pakistan Project (TGP)

   01 July 2009

   The ILO in partnership with 14 other UN agencies started this joint project to ensure equal access to decent work and productive employment for women and men is essential as a sustainable way out of poverty.

2008

1. Combating Abusive Child Labour II

   01 April 2008

   This project contributes to the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate child labour, including its worst forms (WFCL).

2007

1. Pakistan Earthquake Child Labour Response Project (PECLR)

   10 May 2007

   A four-year initiative developed as a response to technically assist the efforts of the Government of Pakistan to address the issue of child labour in affected areas resulting from the devastating earthquake of 8 October 2005 in which a large number of school going children have been left without schools, teachers and teaching supplies.

2. Promoting the Elimination of Bonded Labour in Pakistan (PEBLIP)

   01 March 2007

   Amongst the variations of forced labour, the most prevalent form that exists in Pakistan is debt bondage. Economic sectors with incidences of bonded labour are brick kilns, agriculture, domestic service, construction and others.

2006

1. Activating Media to Combat Worst Forms of Child Labour in Pakistan (Phase II)

   01 August 2006

   Aims to contribute to national efforts towards reducing and effectively eliminating worst forms of child labour in the country.

2. Capacity Enhancement of Ministry of Labour through Establishment of Labour Market Information and Analysis Unit

   01 July 2006

   In order to address the short comings of the existing Labour Market Information System (LMIS) of the Labour and Manpower Division, a Labour Market Information and Analysis Unit has been established to provide up-to-date and timely Labour Market Information and Analysis that will serve as an input into the formulation and monitoring of labour and employment policies. The project is being implemented with the assistance of UNDP and ILO.

3. Community Based Livelihoods Recovery Project (CBLRP)

   01 April 2006

   A joint initiative of four UN agencies including ILO, FAO, UNDP and UNIDO to promote community-based livelihoods.

2005

1. Women Employment Concerns and Working Conditions (WEC-PK)

   01 March 2005

   A national project adopting the ILO Decent Work Agenda aimed at enhancing the quantity and quality of women’s employment in Pakistan by working with key ILO’s constituents: government, workers' organizations, employers’ organizations and civil society.

2004

1. Preventing and Eliminating Exploitative Child Domestic Work in South Asia

   01 March 2004

   In April 2001, under the IPEC core action programmes, an initiative was launched in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, to address the issue of Child Domestic Labour (CDL) in Pakistan, under the Ministry’s programme to assist children in especially difficult circumstances.

2003

1. Supporting the National Time-Bound Programme (TBP) on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in Pakistan

   01 September 2003

   During 2003-2008, ILO implemented its flag-ship Project of Support to the National Time-bound Programme on the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour (TBP Project). It was a major project that made both policy level and district and community level interventions to build capacity of ILO’s tri-partite constituents on the issue of Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL).

2. Combating Hazardous and Exploitative Child Labour in Surgical Instruments Manufacturing (Phase II)

   01 July 2003

   The project aimed to withdraw children from surgical instruments manufacturing; prevent their entry into surgical instruments manufacturing; and provide appropriate rehabilitation, prevention, and protection to the children and families targeted by the programme. The project also strengthened the capacity of social partners (employers' and workers' organizations) to prevent and progressively eliminate child labour in the surgical instruments industry.

2002

1. Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE)

   03 September 2002

   A project based on community based skills training launched in Mardan, Malakand and Attock in NWFP and Punjab.

2. Combating Child Labour in the Carpet Industry (Phase II)

   09 January 2002

   Aims to provide non-formal education, mainstreaming, and pre-vocational education to about 23,000 carpet weaving children and their siblings, and access to micro credit to 2,000 poorest carpet weaving households.

1999

1. Combating Child Labour through Education and Training (CCLET)

   01 April 1999

   Aims to contribute to the elimination of the worst form of child labour in Pakistan by 2016.