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November 2015

  1. Ready Made Garment Sector

    Safety inspections for targeted Bangladesh export-oriented RMG factories complete

    09 November 2015

    The Government of Bangladesh has completed the inspection phase of its efforts to assess exporting ready-made garment (RMG) factories for structural, fire and electrical safety with emphasis now switching to remediation.

October 2015

  1. Project

    Promoting Social Dialogue and Harmonious Industrial Relations in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Industry

    29 October 2015

    The initiative will work to enhance workplace rights and industrial relations in the Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Sector primarily through improved dialogue between employers and workers, particularly at workplace level.

  2. Event

    Seminar on advancing interest of Bangladesh’s migrant workers: issues of financial inclusion and social protection

    21 October 2015

    The event organized in collaboration with the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment will focus on two key issues emerging as major concerns from the perspective of safeguarding the interests of migrant workers from Bangladesh: (a) Financial Inclusion of Migrant workers and (b) Social Protection of Migrant Workers.

  3. Event

    Fire and General Building Safety Training Module Development Validation Workshop

    18 - 20 October 2015

    The workshop will allow stakeholders to discuss and validate four training modules developed by the ILO International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin as part of a systematic approach to building capacity of government regulators to address fire safety issues.

  4. Event

    Technical Workshop: National Initiative Preliminary Assessment: Lessons Learned, Trends, and the Way Forward

    15 October 2015

    In order to ensure all preliminary assessments of Ready-Made Garment Factories conducted under the National Initiative supported by ILO are followed-up with lessons learned and clear recommendations, a workshop will convene to discuss the national initiative assessment and quality control process.

  5. Event

    Follow-up Training Workshops on Workplace Cooperation

    11 - 15 October 2015

    Two back to back workshops will reinforce Workplace Cooperation skills amongst workers, union and employer organization representatives as well as other stakeholders.

  6. Project

    Developing a National Employment Injury Insurance (EII) Scheme for the Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Sector

    06 October 2015

    This initiative supports the political willingness of the Bangladesh government and social partners to adopt a national employment injury insurance scheme and to set up the public institution required for its implementation.

  7. Ready Made Garment Sector

    ILO, Germany and Bangladesh sign agreement to jointly develop Employment Injury Insurance (EII) Scheme

    06 October 2015

    The International Labour Organization (ILO), Germany and the Government of Bangladesh will collaborate in the development of an Employment Injury Insurance (EII) Scheme for Bangladesh.

  8. Event

    Occupational Safety and Health KIT Sharing workshop

    6 October 2015

    The objective of the day long workshop is to share the concepts and outline of OSH KIT for managing and smooth functioning of OSH/Safety Committee at the factory level.

  9. Event

    Occupational Safety and Health unit planning workshop

    7 October 2015

    The objective of the day long workshop is to outline and define roles and responsibilities of OSH Unit at the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) of the Government of Bangladesh.