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Skills and enterprise

Meeting and workshop

Skills and enterprise

Cox's Bazar resources

Skills and enterprise

Cox's Bazar team

Comments received from constituents on the referral request- Workers- BLF-Bangladesh

As of 13 October, in the language of submission

Comments received from constituents on the referral request- Workers-BFTUC-Bangladesh

As of 13 October, in the language of submission

Comments received from constituents on the referral request- Workers-BJSD-Bangladesh

As of 13 October, in the language of submission

Informality

Unlocking the potential of small and medium-sized businesses in Bangladesh

Despite impressive economic growth of more than six per cent per annum in the past decade, policymakers and businesses in Bangladesh continue to ponder why the country continues to rank low in productivity and innovation indices

Pensions

Fulfilling social protection for older persons in Bangladesh

Ensuring income security for people in old age is a crucial dimension of the UN common agenda of social security and universal social protection for all. The rights of older people to social security and to an adequate standard of living are laid...

Skills and enterprise

Empowering Cox’s Bazar: Transformative Project for Women and Youth

International Labour Organization (ILO) Bangladesh and the Ministry of Youth and Sports have launched a transformative project, "Leaving No One Behind: Improving Skills and Economic Opportunities for Women & Youth in Cox's Bazar (ISEC)” that will...

Skills and enterprise

ILO and the Government of Bangladesh launch skills and economic livelihoods project for women and youth in Cox’s Bazar

24,000 Bangladeshis, 18 to 35 years old, will learn valuable skills for work and business.

Community-based Child Labour Monitoring System rescues Bangladesh’s future teachers

A community-based child labour monitoring system supported by ILO in Bangladesh is identifying and rescuing children from poor families who would have otherwise been trapped and lost in the vicious circle of abject poverty.

Skills and enterprise

Introduction to ILO in Cox's Bazar

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting #5

The GOALS project assisted South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. As part of this process, a Regional Technical Meeting was organized and this report is a documentation...

Social security

Video tutorial on establishing model enterprise clinics

Since 2013, ILO has been working with the Government of Bangladesh and industry partners to promote the well-being of workers within workplaces resulting in the development of a comprehensive handbook with a checklist for establishing model...

Social security

EIS Sub-Committee continues to enroll RMG workers for compensation for work-related death and disability

Since the piloting of an Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) for workers in June 2022, the Government of Bangladesh constituted a tripartite sub-committee to regularly meet and review cases of work-related deaths and disabilities in the ready-made...

Sustainable development

Bangladesh businesses constitute SDG Committees to accelerate Agenda 2030

The Bangladesh Private Sector Working Committee (BPSWC) unveiled its organizational structure and the members of its five working groups that will work with the Government and the UN to accelerate achievement of the SDGs.

Bangladesh Youth Champion Green Skills for Youth Impacted by Climate Crisis

In collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched their first joint Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge Call in May 2022. The joint initiative was aimed at fostering innovation...

Our impact, their voices

Skills training proved to be a transformative experience for Rozen

The EU-funded Skills 21 project is making a real difference to the lives of young women and men in Bangladesh.

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting #4

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. As part of this process,...

Youth employment

ILO research highlights gaps and potential in use of technology to help youth find work

Technological transformation in public employment services can support youth in Asia-Pacific to navigate labour market transitions and enter decent work.