Reintegration of Returnees in Pakistan

‘Reintegration of Returnees in Pakistan’ is an initiative under the TVET Sector Support Programme that offers reintegration assistance to Pakistani returnees and Pakistani nationals, particularly young adults, who return to their home country voluntarily.

This initiative supports returnees and the local Pakistanis (non-returnees) by offering them quick and effective start-up opportunities, especially in Punjab. The project will support 15,000 individuals, including 6,500 returnees from Germany and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

The returnees and local population will be facilitated in their economic reintegration after returning to Pakistan through these four support measures:

• Career and Entrepreneurship Advisory Services: This support measure will facilitate 6,000 individuals (including 3,000 returnees) by providing them with career and professional advisory services for employment opportunities in different economic sectors. These services will also support returnees and local population by connecting them with micro-financing institutions for start-up and viable expansion opportunities.
• Competency-based Training and Assessments:  This support measure will facilitate 3,000 individuals (including 500 returnees) in successful completion of Competency-based Training and Assessments (CBT&A).
• Recognition of Prior Learning: This support measure will facilitate 2,000 individuals (including 1,000 returnees) in the successful completion of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) certification. The main economic sectors for implementation will be Fashion & Beauty Care, Textiles, Hospitality, Construction, Automobile and Information and Technology.
• Employment Promotion: This support measure will facilitate 4,000 individuals (including 2,000 returnees) by creating pathways for self-employment and dependent-employment opportunities. This measure will include trainings on entrepreneurship followed by in-kind support for small business start-ups. Linkages will be created with Business and Industrial Association (BIAs) and recruitment agencies for dependent employment promotion. Awareness and access to Government of Pakistan’s National Employment Exchange Tool (NEXT) will be facilitated for job placements. Different employment promotion activities like career and job fairs as well as recruitment drives will be carried out.