EFP Skills Development Councils (SDCs) and Other Initiatives
The Employers' Federation of Pakistan (EFP) supports Skills Development Councils (SDCs) that provide skilled workforce to the industries as per their requirements and also supports cash to work programmes for unskilled and semi-skilled young people in Pakistan.
- Affiliation
- Employers' Organization
- Contact No.
- (+92) 51-2224501-2
- Address
Mr Muhammad Riaz, CEO, Skill Development Council House +107, Street - 8, F-11/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Email Address
- sdc@sdc.com.pk
- Website
- http://www.sdc.com.pk/
1. Source of funding
Training fees and Government funds
2. Mission and objectives
To identify, develop and arrange Vocational, Technical / Professional and IT Training Programs.
3. Areas of work relating to youth employment
Skills and employability
4. Partners and areas of partnership
Employers' Federation of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Labour and International Labour Organization (ILO)
5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO
The ILO provided technical support to the councils.
6. Successful youth employment interventions
Skills Development Councils (SDCs) across the country, in collaboration with the ILO and the Ministry of labour, provide skilled workforce to the industries as per their requirements. Currently there are five SDCs in all the four provinces and at the federal level that is providing skills development training to the youth of the country that one hand enhances employability of youth and on the other hand provides skilled workforce to the industries in the required areas and to the required skills level.
The Employers’ Federation of Pakistan also plays its role in emergency response by implementing cash for work programmes through the unemployed unskilled and semi-skilled young men and women. These projects are either funded by the ILO office or from the members of EFP.