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Skills stories

Equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

The ILO’s work in Bangladesh focuses on competency-based training and assessment linked with the modern day job market to facilitate lifelong learning and access to Decent Work.

Project highlights - Bangladesh

Knowledge intensive business services gaps in environmental management in the textile and garment sector

The Decent Work in the Garment Supply Chains in Asia (DWGSCA) project funded by the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (SIDA) aims to support decent work and sustainability in the garment sector.

Launch of ILO 's report on the “Impact of COVID-19 on nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries:...

On 25 January 2022, the ILO launched an exploratory study considering the impact of COVID-19 on the nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries, particularly India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The study aimed to...

Agenda: Policy Dialogue on 'Building a market responsive, resilient, and inclusive MSME ecosystem for job rich and sustainable growth

Independent mid-term evaluation of ILO project on ILO-DFID Partnership Programme on Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant...

Agenda - Launch of Report: Impact of COVID-19 on nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries: An...

Transitions Between Informal and Formal Employment: Results from a Worker Survey in Bangladesh

Occupational safety and health

ILO fire safety campaign reaches out to half a million Bangladeshis

Successful Facebook campaign helps spread the word on prevention and protection against fire in the workplace

Supply and Installation of Furniture and Fixtures with Renovation work for ILO Migration Office

Interview

Vocational Teachers Training Institute to ensure quality teaching and learning system in Bangladesh

Engr. Md. Zinder Ali, Principal, VTTI talks about how VTTI is transforming itself as a centre for skills excellence to ensure the quality of technical education in Bangladesh with the support from ILO's EU Funded Skills 21 project.

Migrant workers

The invisible workers: Bangladeshi women in Oman

The purpose of this ethnography is to follow the lives of working women from Bangladesh and document and analyse the diversity of their individual and collective experiences. The findings reveal a reality that contrasts from the usual...

Migration and gender in Bangladesh: An irregular landscape

This survey is part of a series of studies commissioned by the Work in Freedom Programme of the ILO in order to document the motives and trajectories of migrant women workers. The survey explores the local and regional gendered specificities of...

ILO Bangladesh Country Director speaks on UNSDCF

Message of ILO Bangladesh Country Director, Tuomo Poutiainen on United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2022-2026.

Skills stories

Jubel's story of persistence and success

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), under the Technical and Madrasa Education Division (TMED), Ministry of Education, has carried out several steps in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make its 118 TVET...

Access to TVET

Inclusive TVET system- Jubel's testimony

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), under the Technical and Madrasa Education Division (TMED), Ministry of Education, has carried out several steps in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make its 118 TVET...

TVET awareness campaign materials

ILO's EU funded Skills 21 project supported the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) to develop a campaign strategy for the TVET institutes and implement the campaign. The range of communication materials have been used during the implementation...

Capacity assessment of Industry Skills Councils (ISCs) for better skills need analysis

The Skills 21 project supported the National Skills Development Authority to conduct a capacity assessment study of the selected ISCs to formulate a generic capacity development plan for the RMG and textiles and ICT sectors.

ILO supports the Government of Bangladesh for skills development for professional caregivers

The ILO's EU funded Skills 21 project has been facilitating the level 2 skills occupational training in caregiving through its partner TVET institutes.

Occupational safety and health

Bangladesh has its first Occupational Safety and Health Profile in place

Concept Note – Launch of the Regional Learning and Action Platform : A Knowledge Hub on Labour Migration in South Asia