Breading the Barriers (bangla)

01 April 2012

Breading the Barriers (english)

01 April 2012

Bangladesh skills development policy 2010-2015

01 April 2012

Skills development depends on many different actors, including the private sector, non-for-profit actors, NGOs and civil society; as well as the large number of government ministries delivering skills based education and training. Consequently, the National Skills Development policy for Bangladesh represents a groundbreaking attempt to improve coordination and delivery of skills in Bangladesh for the betterment of the nation as a whole. This policy also extends and builds on other major government policies such as the Education Policy of 2009, the Non-Formal Education Policy of 2006 and the Youth Policy of 2003.

Skills vision 2016

01 April 2012

31% of the population in Bangladesh lives below the international poverty line (US$1.25 per day). This means every third person is struggling every day to survive. Poverty causes flow-on effects as well, on global problems such as conflict, crime and environmental degradation. Training and skill development offers a way to address the needs of Bangladesh’s huge and expanding population by providing skills to enhance employability and reduce poverty by ensuring safe and decent work for all.

Pilot Survey 2010 : Working Children in Dry Fish Industry in Bangladesh

01 December 2011

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has conducted the Pilot Survey on Working Children in Dry Fish Industry in Bangladesh 2010 with the technical assistance of ILO-IPEC. To undertake this survey, BBS and ILO-IPEC with other stakeholders jointly identified the Dry Fish Industry located in selected five coastal districts of the Bay of Bengal. The aim of the survey was to investigate the forced labour of children and its measurement on the basis of certain indicators such as unfree recruitment, work imposed, freedom of work, dependency, coercion/ penalty etc. in line with ILO Conventions C 29 and C 105.

ETE Newsletter Bangladesh December 2011

01 December 2011

This is the fourth issue of the quarterly e-newsletter of the ETE projectin Bangladesh. This newsletter is a forum for information about the effects of trade on employment issues and the activities of the ETE Project.

National seminar on the implementation of indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights in Bangladesh

30 November 2011

ILO and Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum (BIPF) jointly organized a national seminar on the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights on 29th November 2011 in Hotel Lakeshore in Dhaka. The seminar brought together development partners and donors to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights in Bangladesh.

ETE Newsletter Bangladesh September 2011

02 October 2011

This is the third issue of the quarterly e-newsletter of the ETE projectin Bangladesh. This newsletter is a forum for information about the effects of trade on employment issues and the activities of the ETE Project.

Options for Green Jobs in Bangladesh: Overview of Sectors

26 September 2011

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR MARKET

26 September 2011