LOBBYING & ADVOCACY 2.pdf · 2013-01-04 · Training 1. EFP President a member of the “Training Board” Government of Pakistan, 2. President EFP also the Chairman Skills Development

EMPLOYERS’ FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN

Presentation # 2

PRESENTATION By

HAJI MUHAMMAD JAVED President EFP

Assisted by

SYED SAUD ALAM (OIC)

LOBBYING & ADVOCACY

1. Strengthening and

Efficiency of

Institutions

1.The Employees Old Age

Benefit Institutions

(EOBI) under the

influence of the

government started to

diversify the employees

fund. Resistance was

created and EOBI

Management advised to

resist the practice


Following are the priority areas where advocacy

and lobbying has helped to improve the situation

2.Health and

Primary

1. Every year on 28th April starting from 2006.

Continuous advocacy with Federal Secretary

Labour & Manpower, Provincial Health

Minister and other senior officers of the federal

and the provincial governments issue for OSH

guideline. Federal Ministry of Labour &

Manpower agreed to form a committee on OSH

but 18th Amendment to the Constitution held up

the work

2. Best Practice Award in OSH&E for the last

seven years.

3. Adopted Enterprise policy on OSH&E in

its Seminar held on 28th April, 2011

(cont )



4.Two special training programmes

on OSH at Karachi & Lahore in

December, 2011.

5. EFP is working with ITC, Turin

and DECP to start Certificate

Training Programme on OSH.


3. Child

Labour

elimination

1. Child Labour Project with

Model Districts.

2. Federal Steering Committee on

Combating Abusive Child

Labour.

3. Provincial Coordination

Committee on Child Labour

4. District Coordination

Committee in Child Labour at

Sukkur & Sahiwal.


4.Labour

Market

Efficiency

1. After the 18th Constitutional Amendments,

EFP held Meetings at provincial level. EFP

intends to carry out research in the IR area

for preparation of a report with recommend

actions

2. The Labour Inspection A tripartite meeting

held with the Punjab Chief Minister. A 3-day

training programme was arranged

3. Meeting with the Sindh Labour Department.

EFP nominated its representatives on three

committees.

4. Meetings with Labour Department of the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government


5. Gender Equality 1. EFP President a member of the

Federal Government’s Steering

Committee on “Gender

Equality”.

2. EFP has contributed well to

improve the gender equality

situation in the country.

3. Developed Gender Equality

Policy adopted by the members


6.Skills

Training

1. EFP President a member of the

“Training Board” Government of

Pakistan,

2. President EFP also the Chairman

Skills Development Council

Peshawar.

3. Five employers led Skills

Development Councils in Pakistan

are producing the highest number

of skilled manpower.


7. Advocacy

on

Principles

of Global

Compact

1.EFP established Global Compact Pakistan

Local Network

2. Advocating to practice the Ten principles of

Global Compact relating to Human Rights Labour Standards Environment Anti-Corruption

3. A series of Seminars/ Conferences have been

held.

4. A series of CSR Meetings have been held.

(36 Talk)


8.Partnership with

GIZ

(Gesellschaft fur

Internaionale

Zuasamenarbeit)

of Germany

Meetings with GIZ to

develope and promote

skills and vocational

training and Labour

Market Information


9. Co-operation

programme with

HIDA

(The Overseas

Human Resource

and Industry

Development

Association)

1.Organized two seminars

at Karachi& Lahore on

productivity in July this

year.

2. Invitation programmes

of HIDA/AOTS.


10.Collaboration

with ITC &

DECP

Three meetings at

Kathmandu & Turin

for the capacity

building of EFP.

Strategic Action Plan

has been prepared

and is under

implementation


11.Collaboration

with ILO

Implementing a number

of programmes under

DWCP.

Signing ceremony of

DWCP-II was held by

ILO on 20th

September, 2011


PRESENTATION By

HAJI MUHAMMAD JAVED

President Employer Federation

&

Assisted by: SYED SAUD ALAM (OIC)

THANK YOU

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LOBBYING & ADVOCACY 2.pdf · 2013-01-04 · Training 1. EFP President a member of the “Training Board” Government of Pakistan, 2. President EFP also the Chairman Skills Development