Projects

2012

1. Better Work Bangladesh - Design Phase

   01 January 2012

   Better Work is a partnership programme between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that aims to improve compliance with labour standards and promote competitiveness in global supply chains, in particular in labour intensive industries.

2011

1. Completion of the Opening Phase of the project “Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh”

   08 February 2011

   Following the “Regional Symposium on Deployment of Workers Overseas : A Shared Responsibility” organized by ILO Country Office for Bangladesh and on the request of the Government of Bangladesh, the ILO in cooperation with IOM and UNWOMEN formulated a technical cooperation project entitled “Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh”. As a prelude to that main project, and as per request of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the funding agency, an opening-phase of the project was implemented during the period July-December, 2010. This opening phase was intended to initiate the project’s start up activities as a basis for more systematic interventions during the implementation stage of the main project that is expected to start in 2011.

2010

1. Green Jobs in Asia - Bangladesh

   01 August 2010

   The project is supported by the The Australian Government – ILO Partnership Agreement.

2. Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work (MAP)

   04 March 2010

   The ILO/EC project will work with government agencies (including Ministries of Labour), National Statistical Offices, workers’ and employers’ organisations and research institutions to strengthen the capacity of developing and transition countries to self-monitor and self-assess progress towards decent work.

3. 

   Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment (ETE) in Bangladesh

   01 February 2010

   The effects of trade and trade liberalization on employment is analysed in this project. It aims to support the formulation of effective and coherent trade and labour market policies that address the adjustment challenges that workers and employers face and expand opportunities for the creation of decent employment in developing countries.The project is implemented by the International Labour Organization and is funded by the European Union.

2009

1. Building Capacities on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Issues in Bangladesh: Rights and Good Practices

   06 December 2009

   Promotes the rights of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh through piloting a targeted capacity building and advocacy initiative based primarily on the principles of ILO Conventions (No.107, No.169, and No.111) and other international instruments relevant to Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.The ILO Office in Dhaka is implementing the project while NORMES (PRO 169) department has the technical backstopping responsibility.

2. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project in Bangladesh

   27 October 2009

   In cooperation with the Government of Bangladesh, the ILO is implementing an EU funded project to reduce poverty through reforms to the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system. These reforms will enable more people to acquire employable skills and thus generate income through wage-earning jobs or self-employment. The activities for this TVET reform project, the first of its nature in Bangladesh, have been carried out adopting five components dealing with specified major issues of TVET focusing on Bangladeshi context.

3. Joint Programme to Address Violence Against Women

   07 June 2009

   This is a well coordinated and designed programme by the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), led by UNFPA, and its partners to effectively address the unfavorable policy and legal frameworks for violence against women, and the social and individual attitudes and behaviours. The interventions are built around a three-pronged strategy: (1) The first strategy deals with the policy and legal framework in Bangladesh; (2) The second strategy aims at changing those behaviours related to violence against women/girls; (3) The third strategy revolves around protecting and helping victims of gender-based violence.

4. Green jobs

   03 June 2009

   In Bangladesh, the green jobs initiative is a joint programme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the ILO. It aims to empower women and men at the local level by creating green jobs that will help reduce poverty and environmental damage, and ensure decent work.

5. Urban Informal Economy (UIE) Project of Support to the National Time Bound Programme towards the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh

   27 May 2009

   The UIE project is one of the ILO supported projects to the national Time Bound Program (TBP). The TBP was developed following the ratification of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Elimination of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) by the Government of Bangladesh in 2001.