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Formalization

Asia-Pacific forum drives efforts to formalize informal economy, addresses climate impact on vulnerable workers

Regional stakeholders urge integrated strategies to promote decent work, emphasizing climate resilience and systemic change ahead of 2025 International Labour Conference discussions.

Preparatory Assessments for the EU-Bangladesh Talent Partnership Programme

Volume 3: Talent Partnership Models Assessment - EU Member States & Bangladesh

This report is a product of the collaborative effort within the International Labour Organization (ILO), combining the expertise of ILO-Bangladesh, through the ILO Skills 21 Project - Empowering Citizens for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, and the...

Fact sheet

Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh

This publication provides comprehensive information about the Talent Partnership project, which is implemented by ILO Bangladesh and funded by the European Union.

Employment creation

Bangladesh: Infrastructure development and maintenance key for decent work opportunities

The ILO and Bangladesh’s Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) convened a strategic dialogue together with international financial institutions to explore ways of unlocking employment opportunities in infrastructure development and...

Social dialogue

Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to harmonious industrial relations with tripartite declaration

A sound industrial relations system is the best cure to social unrest, violence and disruption; the ILO and the tripartite constituents call upon all stakeholders to uphold rights and use social dialogue to resolve disputes from their onset.

Social dialogue

Joint Declaration for "Improved and Harmonious National Industrial Relations System in Bangladesh"

The Government of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Employers Federation and the National Coordination Committee for Workers’ Education on 1 December 2024 signed a tripartite declaration on harmonious industrial relations.

Care economy

ILO Bangladesh organises National Care Academy

Gender equality

Bangladesh forms inter-ministerial gender and skills taskforce to spearhead gender mainstreaming in employment

Fair recruitment

Promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh: Digitised management of recruitment agencies

This document highlights promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh with a focus on the use of digital technology for increased management of recruitment agencies and facilitating access to labour justice.

Care economy

Government of Bangladesh launch Roadmap for Childcare in Bangladesh

ILO hosts first South Asian knowledge sharing event on labour law reforms and compliance with ILS

Legal officers from government agencies and labour departments in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and ILO officials met in Sri Lanka to exchange on progress made in developing national labour legislation to ensure...

GB.352/INS/14(Rev.2)/Decision

Decision concerning the report by the Government of Bangladesh on progress made in the implementation of the road map to address all...

Asia and the Pacific

ILO Regional Skills Webinar series kicks off looking at skills and the green transition

Experts from the EU, Singapore, and the ILO share strategies to equip Asia-Pacific's workforce for a green transition, fostering dialogue on skills development, just transition, and policy innovation in the region.

Inclusion

Employers impressed by exceptional skills at Chattogram disability job fair

Hundreds of job seekers with disabilities from Bangladesh's Chittagong and surrounding districts turned up for the job fair, with skills including mechanical, electrical, and genetic engineering, exceeding employers' expectations.

Care economy

Care Work and Care Jobs: Prerequisites for Decent Work and Social Justice

GB.352/INS/14(Rev.2)

Report by the Government of Bangladesh on progress made in the implementation of the road map to address all outstanding issues mentioned...

In version "Rev.1" of 15 October, paragraph 8 has been modified. In version "Rev.2" of 29 October, the decision point was added. This document is also available in French and Spanish.

Op-Ed

Establishing quality care system in Bangladesh is a cornerstone for gender equality and social justice

On the International Day of Care and Support, ILO Country Director for Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen, reflects on establishing a comprehensive care system in Bangladesh where the care workers will enjoy decent work.

Beneficiary story

Bangladesh employment injury scheme: silent guardian for garment workers and their families

Bangladesh's pilot employment injury scheme is providing vital income support to workers who suffer workplace accidents, and their families.

Asia Expert Roundtable on Unemployment Protection 2024

Regional meet seeks to strengthen unemployment protection schemes across Asia

Representatives from 15 Asian countries share insights and strategies to enhance social resilience and economic stability for workers in the region.

Social protection

World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

This Asia and the Pacific regional companion report complements the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition.