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European Development Days 2013

Bangladesh needs properly skilled workforce say ILO, EU and Bangladesh

The ILO organized a panel on “Skills for Bangladesh” at the European Development Days 2013 in Brussels. Bangladesh has a fast-growing labour population and needs a properly skilled workforce to be competitive and to ensure decent living conditions...

RMG building safety inspections to start tomorrow after major breakthrough

Inspections of all export-oriented Ready Made Garment (RMG) and knitwear factory buildings in Bangladesh will start tomorrow, 22 November 2013.

ILO, EU and project countries discussed how to monitor progress on employment and decent work

On 18 and 19 November 2013, a final conference took place on the ILO-EU joint project “Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work” (MAP), funded by the European Commission.

Working conditions

ILO report presents a path to sustainable growth in Bangladesh

The new study by the ILO's Research Department presents a series of policies to achieve both economic growth and decent working conditions in Bangladesh.

ILO to launch new report on Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes on Monday 18 November.

Labour standards

ILO Deputy Director General calls for faster implementation of the new labour law in Bangladesh

Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza building collapse...

Bangladesh

Emerging from the ruins of Rana Plaza

Six months on from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the ILO is helping survivors develop new skills and find jobs. Three workers who survived the tragedy talked to ILO News about their way back into employment.

Major ILO programme aims to make Bangladesh garment industry safer

The US$24m programme has been developed with government, workers and employers in Bangladesh, in response to a number of accidents that have hit the country’s ready-made garment industry.

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka.

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka.

Bangladesh

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

Press release

Bangladesh Minimum Wages Board returns from study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam

Members of the Minimum Wage Board returned to Dhaka on Friday from a study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam. The aim of the study tour was to better understand the approaches taken in other countries in order to inform the Board’s on-going negotiations...

Labour migration

The Lampedusa tragedy reminds us of palpable policy failures on migration

Skills training

Getting skills and jobs to Bangladesh's poorest

People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between Far East Knitting &...

Informal apprenticeships

Pakistan learning lessons from Bangladesh in structuring informal apprenticeships

A five-day visit of fourteen high-level officials from Pakistan’s public and private sector concluded today. The officials were here to learn about how the government and industry are working together to structure apprenticeships in Bangladesh’s...

Bangladesh factory conditions

ILO, partners aim to improve conditions in Bangladeshi garment industry

In New York, the ILO has signed new agreements with the Netherlands and the UK to respond to recent accidents in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

Apprenticeships for youth employment

Informal apprenticeships are an effective way to ensure youth employment and empowerment, high-level officials from the ILO, BRAC and the Ministry of Primary & Mass Education stated this week. The comments were made after almost 1,000 learners from...

Press release

Action plan development for Rana Plaza victims

Stakeholders in Bangladesh’s garment industry have developed strategies to strengthen the rehabilitation of garment factory workers and their families affected by the Rana Plaza building collapse.

ILO Deputy Director General Houngbo addresses European Parliament on Bangladesh garment industry

On 17 September 2013, the ILO Deputy Director General for fields operations and partnerships, Gilbert Houngbo, addressed the European Parliament International Trade Committee (INTA) on labour conditions and health and safety standards at work in...

Bangladesh

Assessment of garment factories to begin, to ensure building, fire and electrical safety

Garment industry stakeholders agree need for common safety standards.