Expert panellists engaged were Bushra Khaliq, Executive Director, Women in Struggle for Empowerment (WISE); Baba Latif Ansari, Chairman, Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM) and Khalid Mehmood, Director, Labour Education Foundation (LEF).
Topics discussed were about the importance of collaborating with partners for knowledge and evidence-based research, significance of working on human rights, engaging with Govt. stakeholders and civil society stakeholders. It is important to understand how are taking the opportunity of GSP Plus. We need to have a political will. It is important to think and prioritize issues of women, children and minorities.
The experts also shared that the EU has recommended to further strengthen the monitoring component. EUs is looking how to formalize the role of CSOs, so we need to see how to capitalize. We also need to factor in the withdrawal protocols. Labour compliance and its ground realities were also discussed. It was concluded that we all want to avail and extend this opportunity for a better future.