Events and training on labour migration

February 2022

  1. Event

    Policy dialogue on fair foreign employment process and good practices of migrant workers in Baluchistan

    25 February 2022

    The ILO’s Project “Governance of Labour Migration in South and South East Asia” (GOALS) funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) in collaboration with Ministry of Overseas Pakistani and Human Resources Development (MOP&HRD) and Department of Labour Baluchistan and with its constituents, will organize a policy dialogue in Quetta to identify the pathways to promote fair recruitment for foreign migrant workers and minimize the role of subagents/intermediaries in foreign employment recruitment in Pakistan. The participants will deliberate on the key challenges, encountered by Pakistani migrant workers during foreign employment process and discuss other related policy recommendations.

  2. Event

    First technical meeting on South Asia qualifications referencing framework convened

    15 - 16 February 2022

November 2021

  1. Event

    Refresher- Training of trainers for Pakistan Workers Federation to promote safe, orderly and regular labour migration

    29 - 30 November 2021

    A two-day refresher training of trainers for trade union leaders from across Pakistan (from high migration districts) will jointly be organized by ILO and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF). The training will be facilitated by senior officials representing the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment; the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC), Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), Migrant Resource Centre, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and ILO. This activity is supported by ILO- Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration (REFRAME) project funded by European Union.

September 2019

  1. Fair recruitment

    Data collection and analysis of labour related SDG targets: Social protection and recruitment cost indicators

    23 - 26 September 2019

    The ILO Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration (REFRAME) project and ILO Achieving SDGs and ending poverty through Universal Social Protection Project organise a four-day training workshop on measuring and analysing key labour market SDGs with a special focus on social protection and recruitment costs.

  2. Fair recruitment

    Roundtable consultation with media on promoting fair recruitment of migrant workers from Pakistan

    19 September 2019

    The ILO Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration (REFRAME) project organises a roundtable consultation with a dynamic group of media and civil society organizations.

  3. Fair recruitment

    Advocacy session to promote fair recruitment of migrant workers among ILO constituents in Pakistan

    18 September 2019

    The ILO Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration (REFRAME) project organizes an advocacy session on relevant international instruments pertaining to fair recruitment of migrant workers to core ILO constituents in Pakistan.

August 2019

  1. Fair recruitment

    Training with Pakistani workers’ organizations on fair recruitment to promote safe, orderly and regular migration

    30 August - 1 September 2019

    The ILO Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration (REFRAME) project supports capacity building of workers’ organizations in Pakistan on the topic of fair recruitment to promote safe, orderly and regular migration.

March 2018

  1. Event

    Tripartite-plus Consultation on Female Labour Migration

    29 March 2018

    To identify reasons for low Female Labour Migration in Pakistan, ILO-Islamabad has initiated a national study under its EU-funded REFRAME Project and organized a Tripartite Consultation to discuss the matter in detail and identify avenues for improvement.

August 2016

  1. Event

    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. Event

    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”.