All resources: Bangladesh

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

Terms and Conditions

Labour administration

Foundational training equips labour inspectors to promote workplace health, safety and welfare

Webinar

From Bangladesh to Qatar: Lessons from a fair recruitment pilot in the construction sector - Event agenda

ILO Working paper 31

Turning up the heat: Exploring potential links between climate change and gender-based violence and harassment in the garment sector

This working paper highlights the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence and harassment by exploring how climate change, measured by increasing heat stress and extreme weather events, could lead to heightened violence being...

How digital payment systems can boost Bangladesh's push to meet the SDGs

An op-ed by Tuomo Poutiainen, Country Director of ILO Bangladesh and Dan Rees, Director of Better Work published on the World Economic Forum website

Webinar agenda: From Bangladesh to Qatar: Lessons from a pilot in the construction sector

Strengthening the capacities of trade unions and workers' representatives to conduct awareness campaign for Women migrant workers

ILO and the Government of Denmark extends partnership to promote social dialogue and industrial relations in the Bangladesh RMG Industry

May Day Greetings by Tuomo Poutiainen, ILO Country Director for Bangladesh

Social security

Essentials for a successful employment injury insurance system

A practical guide on policy, institutional governance, legislation, administration and sustainable finance.

Greening guidelines for TVET institutes

The knowledge, skills and competencies acquired from TVET can help individuals contribute to the development of a green economy as well as practice sustainable actions in other areas of their life. ILO's European Union funded Skills 21 project...

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Greening TVET institutes

Skills 21 project intervention towards greening TVET institutes

ILO calls for resilient occupational safety and health systems for future emergencies

Better national occupational safety and health policies, institutional and regulatory frameworks that are also integrated into crisis response, are needed, says the International Labour Organization

Interview

Rana Plaza: More needs to be done to ensure workplace safety

The Rana Plaza building collapse on 24 April 2013 had killed 1,138 workers and left more than 2,500 injured. On the eighth anniversary of the tragedy, ILO’s Country Director in Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen sheds light on the progress in workplace...

Meeting Minutes

Factory productivity improvement

Productivity interventions available to garment factories in Asia: A mapping study

This study focuses on the availability of productivity interventions in the Asian garment sectors. By examining a subset of productivity interventions available to the industry, the paper depicts a broader picture of what type of support services...

Development and review/updating of Bangladesh National Qualification Framework (BNQF) documents

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Promising practices for fair recruitment: Bangladesh – Government capacity enhanced to promote fair recruitment in bilateral negotiations...

This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).

Promising practices for fair recruitment: Piloting fair recruitment from Bangladesh to Qatar in the construction sector

This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).