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Azerbaijan hosts third round of peer review of youth employment policies

As part of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” implemented by ILO and financed by Public Joint Stock Company LUKOIL, a Peer Review network focusing on youth employment policies was launched in...

CEBAI trainees successfully placed in industry

The Centre of Excellence for the Bangladesh Apparel Industry (CEBAI) has successfully placed its first batch of 30 trainees into different RMG enterprises following their completion of the nationally recognised Sewing Machine Operator Level One...

Experts say skills key to unlocking Bangladesh's potential

Bangladesh is on the way to becoming a middle-income country, but increases in wages need to be offset by increases in productivity, and workers need better skills, experts said at an ILO-supported round table on Technical and Vocational Education...

A seminar on partnerships for sustainable model of disability inclusion in tourism sector

The tourism and hospitality Industry in Bangladesh has taken a significant step towards partnerships with disability organizations and technical training institutes for disability inclusion to make tourism and its supply chain accessible, according...

MOE approves 5% admission quota for persons with disabilities in TVET institutions

The Ministry of Education issued a letter on May, 24, 2015, to implement a 5% admission quota for persons with disabilities proposed by the ILO in all Directorate of Technical Education TVET institutions, in line with the Bangladesh Disability...

ILO promotes green entrepreneurship in Bangladesh's tourism and agro food sectors

The ILO is working with the Government of Bangladesh to introduce green entrepreneurship, to create green jobs and to reduce the negative environmental impact of industries contributing to climate change.

Launch of national strategy for gender equality in skills

In December 2014, the Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity (B-SEP) Project supported the National Skills Development Council (NSDC) to launch the National Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality in TVET. The launch took the format of a...

Partnerships for sustainable disability inclusion in private sector jobs

16 million people in Bangladesh live with a disability, according to estimates by the Centre for Disability in Development. Promoting access for persons with disabilities to skills and jobs is a key priority of the ILO and the government as well as...

National seminar highlights ways to link industry and TVET institutions

The ILO-supported seminar was held in the capital on 24 June as part of the Closing Ceremony for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Week 2014.

National workshop presents study findings on skills in four growth sectors

The ILO, in close consultation with government, industry, workers organizations and civil society organizations, held a workshop in the capital on December 8 and 9, 2014 to present the findings of a study focusing on the priority occupations for the...

National apprenticeship strategy takes shape

Supported by the ILO, the National Skills Development Council held the first formal stakeholder meeting on developing a national strategy for apprenticeships in Bangladesh on September 30, 2014 in SK Fazilutennesa Mujib Mohila Technical Training...

Bangladesh businesses to benefit from introduction of new global productivity improvement tools

Preparations are underway to introduce the globally accepted high-powered ILO productivity improvement tool SCORE to five industry sectors in 2015. SCORE, which stands for Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises assists small and medium...

Nationally recognised NTVQF teachers training programme launched in Bogra

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...

Mutual recognition of skills in Asean Economic Community discussed

Accelerating the mutual recognition of skills as an essential tool for safe migration and labour protection in the ASEAN region was discussed at a meeting held by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bangkok, Thailand.

ILO response to Gaza crisis

New skills and a brighter horizon for Gaza fishermen

An ILO training initiative gives a group of young Gaza fishermen, beleaguered by severe restrictions on movement and trade, a chance to learn new skills and increase their chances of employment.

New NTVQF tourism and hospitality trainers and assessors

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...

Public TVET institution graduates lend support for PPP

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.

International Youth Day

Learning to work and working to learn

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.

Promoting decent work for older out-of-school children in or at risk of child labour

The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries in conjunction with the International Training Centre for the ILO (ITC-ILO) conducted a Sub-Regional Skills and Livelihood Training for Older Out-Of-School Children in Child Labour or At Risk in the...

Press release

Most Vietnamese wage earners are young, dynamic and mobile

Young and dynamic women and men make up the biggest group among Viet Nam’s wage workers, who are willing to migrate within the country to find work, shows a new policy brief issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO).