

In this visit the ILO team along with its FIT facilitators met the management of the enterprises, briefed them about the FIT methodology, the modules available and the support ILO will be providing to help the enterprises implement these modules.įIT is a customised tool set developed by ILO which is based on 60+ modules and is designed to cater to each and every relevant section/ department of a factory. All these participating enterprises had already completed SCORE short course offered by the ILO. The one day session was followed by initial visits to the eleven factories who had given consent to join the FIT pilot programme. She reminded the facilitators that decent work is the pre-requisite for sustainable enterprises and all the work that the ILO is supporting through the consultants may at one hand help in improving their employability skills and production capacity but at the other hand they are also aimed at achieving decent work objectives. I am sure that the Employers, Workers and the Supervisors in the textile and ready-made garments sector will be glad that we are adding yet another toolbox along with SCORE and WISE approach already in place, that will help the enterprises further develop as well as improve in so many areas.”

Speaking at the session the ILO’s Country Director Ms Ingrid Christensen said that: “We are happy to share that we are now adding Pakistan to the pilot programme of FIT. Facilitators were also sensitised on the challenges in implementing FIT and how they were addressed in other countries. The facilitators were briefed on the FIT programme including its key features different modules module roll out methodology key documentation monitoring module were given examples from other countries where FIT had already been piloted.

This session was attended by the ILO’s eleven trained facilitators under FIT and the ILO staff. Under its initial roll out phase, a one day orientation session was organised for the FIT facilitators on the 15 September 2021. KARACHI (ILO News): The ILO under its European Union funded ILES project, began pilot of the FIT Programme in Pakistan. All participating enterprises belong to the textile and ready-made garments sector. The pilot programme is offered to the enterprises that have already graduated from ILO’s SCORE Short course programme. The International Labour Organization (ILO) under its European Union funded International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s SMEs (ILES) project, began pilot of its Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) in eleven enterprises in Karachi. įactory Improvement Toolset (FIT) pilot programme in Pakistan’s textile and ready made garments sector Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) pilot programme in Pakistan’s textile and.Labour market governance and working conditions.
