'Elimination of Child Labour': Punjab initiates integrated project in 36 districts

Punjab government has initiated an integrated project titled "Elimination of Child Labour" with the cost of Rs 5159.629 million in all the 36 districts. For this purpose, Punjab Labour Department, with the technical support of ILO organized an orientation session on provincial survey on child labour, child labour monitoring (CLM) and reporting system (RS) on Monday.
Country Director ILO Pakistan Francisco D'O Video, Secretary P&D Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry, Secretary Labour Farhan Aziz Khawaja, Senior Child Labour Specialist ILO for South Asia Shireen Khan, Additional Secretary Literacy, DG Punjab Bureau of Statistics, DG Labour Welfare, Director Labour, P&D Chief, Project Director Javaid Gill attended the session. According to the session discussion, child labour survey at provincial level could be conducted after the 18th Constitutional Amendment as subject of labour had been transferred to the provinces. The strategy of child labour monitoring and reporting system was being used internationally to sustain interventions to eradicate child labour.
It was recommended that child labour monitoring and reporting system introduced by the ILO in its projects under ILO-IPEC should also be introduced in Punjab under the said integrated project.
ILO expert from India and Geneva shared their methodology on child labour survey. National experts from Sialkot, Sahiwal and other districts also shared their local experiences regarding their success for elimination of child labour. The participants were briefed on the integrated project, its objectives, main components, roles and responsibilities of the implementing partners. The participants of the orientation session, included experts from Punjab Bureau of Statistics, Social Welfare, field officers of Labour Department and other stakeholders.