ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on Wednesday signed an agreement with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in respect of technical cooperation to Pakistan’s textiles and apparel industry, with the aim to improve labour conditions, compliance standards and resource efficiency.
Under the programme, the Federal Republic of Germany would provide GIZ up to €7,500,000 for a period of three years.
MoC Special Secretary Dr Sohail Rajpoot and GIZ Principal Adviser Romina Kochius signed the agreement on behalf of their respective countries. The signing ceremony was attended by Commerce Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood.
An official statement said the agreement was signed in pursuance of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier signed between the Economic Affairs Division on behalf of Pakistan and Germany on Dec 23, 2020 in which the German government agreed to support two projects including the “Improvement of Labour, Soci