Two days orientation session on “Provincial Survey on Child and Bonded Labour” and “Child and Bonded Labour Monitoring and Reporting System”
Department of Labour and Human Resource, Government of the Punjab organized the two day orientation session on "Provincial Survey on Child and Bonded Labour" and "Child and Bonded Labour Monitoring and Reporting System" with the technical support of ILO Country Office, Pakistan.
29 August 2014
LAHORE (ILO News): Department of Labour and Human Resource, Government of the Punjab organized a two day orientation session on Provincial Survey on Child and Bonded Labour and Child and Bonded Labour Monitoring and Reporting System with the technical support of ILO Country Office, Pakistan. The orientation session was held at the Saeed Ahmad Awan Centre for Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment, Lahore on 25-26th August 2014.
Secretary P&D, Mr Waseem Ajmal Chudhary Secretary Labour and Human Resource Department, Mr Farhan Aziz Khawaja, Senior Joint Secretary MoOPH&RD, Government of Pakistan, Sheikh Muhammad Asif, Country Director ILO, Mr Francesco d’Ovidio, DG Labour Welfare, Mr Muhammad Saleem Hussain, DG Punjab Bureau of Statistics, Ch. Muhammad Shahim, Director HQ Labour Welfare, Syed Hasnat Javaid, Project Director Integrated Project Dr. Javaid Iqbal Gill, along with District Officer Labour (DoL)s, officials from the field offices of Labour Department, Health Department, Social Welfare and participants from the other relevant departments attended the two day orientation session.
The Session was formally opened by Mr Waseem Ajmal, Secretary, P & D. He highlighted the importance of labour statistics in policy formulation and planning and stressed upon the participants to take interest in the presentation of the experts from the ILO and the national experts. Mr Francesco d’Ovidio, Country Director ILO appreciated the Punjab Government to initiate a mega project to eliminate child and bonded labour and reconfirmed ILO’s commitment to support the efforts of the Government of Punjab. Presentations on Elimination of Child and Bonded Labour (Integrated Project) was made by the Project Director and the ILO component was elaborated by Mr Saghir Bukhari from ILO. Ms Sherin Khan, a senior Child Labour Specialist from ILO Decent Work Team South Asia, Mr Nasir Dogar, Executive Director IMAC, Mr Akram Jan from the Literacy Department and Mr Mateen Janjua were among the important speakers.
The orientation session provided an opportunity to the relevant provincial and district level official’s engaged/or to be engaged in the implementation of the integrated project for Promotion of ‘Decent Work for Vulnerable Workers’ in Punjab Province. The orientation provided an opportunity to enhance knowledge and understanding on the application of Bonded and Child Labour Survey and Bonded and Child Labour Monitoring and Systems. Expert from ILO Geneva and ILO Decent Work Team South Asia provided detailed presentations on the subject followed by discussions in the plenary. The Director General Provincial Bureau of Statistics gave presentation on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and explained that how the existing potential of the Bureau can be utilized for conducting of Provincial Child Labour Survey and establishment of Child Labour Monitoring and Reporting & System (CLM&RS). Detailed insights was also shared with respect to the national examples from Shaiwal and Sialkot.
The participants provided detailed feedback on the local and provincial structures required to conduct such survey and establish monitoring system to be anchored within the project.
The Session was closed by Mr Farhan Aziz Khawaja. He thanked the participants for their active participation and making the recommendations and suggestions as a way forward. He also appreciated the ILO for technical support in the fields of child labour and bonded labour statistics.
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ILO Country Office for Pakistan
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Secretary P&D, Mr Waseem Ajmal Chudhary Secretary Labour and Human Resource Department, Mr Farhan Aziz Khawaja, Senior Joint Secretary MoOPH&RD, Government of Pakistan, Sheikh Muhammad Asif, Country Director ILO, Mr Francesco d’Ovidio, DG Labour Welfare, Mr Muhammad Saleem Hussain, DG Punjab Bureau of Statistics, Ch. Muhammad Shahim, Director HQ Labour Welfare, Syed Hasnat Javaid, Project Director Integrated Project Dr. Javaid Iqbal Gill, along with District Officer Labour (DoL)s, officials from the field offices of Labour Department, Health Department, Social Welfare and participants from the other relevant departments attended the two day orientation session.
The Session was formally opened by Mr Waseem Ajmal, Secretary, P & D. He highlighted the importance of labour statistics in policy formulation and planning and stressed upon the participants to take interest in the presentation of the experts from the ILO and the national experts. Mr Francesco d’Ovidio, Country Director ILO appreciated the Punjab Government to initiate a mega project to eliminate child and bonded labour and reconfirmed ILO’s commitment to support the efforts of the Government of Punjab. Presentations on Elimination of Child and Bonded Labour (Integrated Project) was made by the Project Director and the ILO component was elaborated by Mr Saghir Bukhari from ILO. Ms Sherin Khan, a senior Child Labour Specialist from ILO Decent Work Team South Asia, Mr Nasir Dogar, Executive Director IMAC, Mr Akram Jan from the Literacy Department and Mr Mateen Janjua were among the important speakers.
The orientation session provided an opportunity to the relevant provincial and district level official’s engaged/or to be engaged in the implementation of the integrated project for Promotion of ‘Decent Work for Vulnerable Workers’ in Punjab Province. The orientation provided an opportunity to enhance knowledge and understanding on the application of Bonded and Child Labour Survey and Bonded and Child Labour Monitoring and Systems. Expert from ILO Geneva and ILO Decent Work Team South Asia provided detailed presentations on the subject followed by discussions in the plenary. The Director General Provincial Bureau of Statistics gave presentation on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and explained that how the existing potential of the Bureau can be utilized for conducting of Provincial Child Labour Survey and establishment of Child Labour Monitoring and Reporting & System (CLM&RS). Detailed insights was also shared with respect to the national examples from Shaiwal and Sialkot.
The participants provided detailed feedback on the local and provincial structures required to conduct such survey and establish monitoring system to be anchored within the project.
The Session was closed by Mr Farhan Aziz Khawaja. He thanked the participants for their active participation and making the recommendations and suggestions as a way forward. He also appreciated the ILO for technical support in the fields of child labour and bonded labour statistics.
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Mr Saghir BukhariProgramme Officer
ILO Country Office for Pakistan
Tel: +92 51 2276456-8