In October 2019, the council welcomed Sona Welfare Foundation on-board as its promoter whilst also inviting Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park and Mr. Mian Imran Masood (Vice Chancellor of USA, Lahore and member of Punjab HEC) to join as promoters of the council. Additionally, further progress was made in fulfilling the pre-requisites for registering the council with the SECP – after obtaining relevant documents from the promoters.
Moreover, the council completed the work on its website and Labor Market Information (LMI) survey questionnaire, and transferred its control and maintenance to The Digital Basement (TDB) – a company contracted for the said purpose. In this regard, the GIZ’ technical support team also delivered a website orientation session to the TDB team. The council also held a two hours Capacity Building Session, by Mr. Shaban (Consultant – GIZ) at IPPA’s office which focused on apprising SSC members of the structure of NAVTTC and TEVTTA and provided relevant details to the workshop participants. The session also elaborated on the tasks and way forwards for the Sector Skill Councils. Besides, internal deliberations were held on LMI study and it was decided to circulate the LMI survey among the IPPA members in the first phase.
The Convener of Sector Skills Council RE also attended the launch of Kamyab Jawan Program – an initiative under the government’s Youth Development Framework which sees development in six areas. The ceremony was addressed by the Prime Minister.
Overall, the council remains engaged in several concomitant activities ranging from membership drive, sector mapping, PR campaigns and interactions with potential stakeholders and interested parties. With governmental oversight from NAVTTC, Technical support from GIZ, and international endorsement from Norwegian, EU and German Embassy; SSC-RE is constantly endeavouring to represent private sector’s interest as per ground realities and dynamic challenges that present themselves.