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August 2015

  1. News

    Nationally recognised NTVQF teachers training programme launched in Bogra

    25 August 2015

    The Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity Project launched a Competency-Based Training and Assessment NTVQF Level IV programme for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainers at the Vocational Teachers Training Institute (VTTI) in Bogra on July 4, 2015.

  2. Event

    Government officials gain understanding indigenous people’s issues

    12 August 2015

    Government officials have gained a better understanding of the issues facing indigenous and tribal people in Bangladesh with emphasis on the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

  3. News

    New NTVQF tourism and hospitality trainers and assessors

    17 August 2015

    The Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity Project, In collaboration with the Bangladesh Technical Education Board and the National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (NHTTI), assessed the competence of 30 TVET trainers and assessors in three tourism and hospitality occupations (tour guiding, food and beverage service and housekeeping) on July 2, 3 and 4, 2015 in the capital.

  4. News

    Public TVET institution graduates lend support for PPP

    17 August 2015

    Graduates of the Graphic Arts Institute Dhaka, now working in leading media and printing organisations, offered their support to the institute to implement public partnerships in a one-day workshop supported by the ILO on 30 Jan 2015.

  5. Press release

    160 labour inspectors to receive comprehensive labour inspection training

    16 August 2015

    DHAKA - A comprehensive labour inspection training programme was launched today that will see 160 labour inspectors gain the skills needed to boost working conditions and worker safety in Bangladesh.

  6. Publication

    The homecoming: Profiling the returning migrant workers of Bangladesh

    13 August 2015

    This study primarily develops a comprehensive profile of migrant workers who have returned to Bangladesh.

  7. Rights at work

    Improving Labour Law Compliance and Building Sound Labour Practices in the Export Oriented Shrimp Sector in Bangladesh

    11 August 2015

    The Shrimp project is funded by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and aims to promote better labour law compliance with international labour standards, particularly fundamental principles and rights at work in the export-oriented shrimp sector.

  8. International Youth Day

    Learning to work and working to learn

    10 August 2015

    An ILO programme in Bangladesh shows that quality skills training can be a powerful means not only to improve a country’s competitiveness and to reduce poverty, but also to help young people find a decent job.

July 2015

  1. Briefing note

    ILO-DFID partnership programme on fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East

    06 July 2015

  2. Article

    More opportunities in baking than an MBA in Bangladesh

    02 July 2015

    Educated in Karachi University, last year Jimi Ur Rahman was working as a pharmacist in a multinational company in Pakistan. This year, he is studying baking in Bangladesh and could not be more confident about his future.