International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan's SMEs (ILES)

Under International Labour and Environment Standards Application in Pakistan’s SMEs, The ILO office for Pakistan, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan, and in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan is helping tripartite partners and other stakeholders to strengthen their national labour and environmental standards compliance with international standards and is implementing pilot interventions in selected enterprises in textile and leather sectors to increase competitiveness, sustainability and inclusive growth. The overall objective of the project is to promote sustainable and inclusive growth in Pakistan by supporting the economic integration of Pakistan into global and regional economies and by improving compliance with labour and environmental standards and increase competitiveness. The specific objective is the promotion and implementation of and compliance with international labour and environmental standards through the implementation, application and enforcement of national legislation and standards by the public and private sectors in Pakistan. The project’s main partners include the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Provincial Departments of Labour, Provincial Departments of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan Workers’ Federation, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan, industrial and trade associations from the textile and leather sectors and other trade unions. The project has adopted a four pronged, gender-sensitive, intervention strategy to improve labour and environmental administration and compliance with labour and environmental standards. At the MACRO-level, the interventions are designed to create an enabling environment (legislation, regulations and policies) for adherence with international labour and environmental standards; at MESO-level focus is given towards strengthening institutional capacities for better application, monitoring and reporting of international labour and environmental standards; at MICRO-level pilots are designed to strengthen the capacities of enterprises to comply with national and international labour and environmental standards; and finally at META-level work is carried out to create a gender-responsive knowledge-base and awareness amongst stakeholders.

Project symbol

PAK/16/04/EUR

Admin unit

CO-Islamabad

Start date

01/10/2016

End date

31/01/2025

Total allocation

8926847

Total expenditure

Status

Active

8568456

Development Partners

Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan

Country/Countries

Pakistan

Outcomes

Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice