Events and training on labour migration
February 2022
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Event
First technical meeting on South Asia qualifications referencing framework convened
15 - 16 February 2022
January 2022
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Event
Launch of Report: Impact of COVID-19 on nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries: An exploratory study
25 January 2022
The study is anchored in the risk that migrants face due to climate change, further exacerbated by COVID-19 and its negative implications on the world of work in South Asian countries, especially in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The study further explores innovative solutions by governments, businesses and civil society organizations to overcome these existing challenges. The report is scheduled for a virtual launch on 25 January 2022 from 3:00 – 4:30PM IST
May 2018
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Event
New guide helps migrants find work on return to Bangladesh
14 May 2018
A new guidebook developed with support of International Labour Organization will help migrant workers returning to Bangladesh reintegrate into the labour market
April 2018
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Event
Technical consultation on recruitment costs borne by migrant workers
25 - 27 April 2018
This technical consultation brings together knowledge and experiences of national statistical offices in South Asia, research institutions, statistical experts, implementers of recruitment and migration cost surveys and the ILO to discuss ways of measuring recruitment costs that is borne by migrant workers.
May 2015
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Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour Flows between Asia and Arab States, Asia Tripartite Meeting
6 - 7 May 2015
Tripartite partners meet to develop origin-country inputs to an action plan for fair migration in Asia to Arab States labour flows.
June 2013
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Training for Trade Unions in International and National Labour Migration Regimes and Policy Frameworks
15 June 2013
On the 15 June 2013, the Labour Migration Project, conducted a day-long training in International and National Labour Migration Regimes and Policy Frameworks for the trade union members of the National Coordination Committee for Worker’s Education (NCCWE)
May 2013
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Stakeholder consultation on revision of the Overseas Employment Policy 2006
15 May 2013
The first stakeholder consultation to revise the Overseas Employment Policy took place on 15 May 2013 at the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and was attended by about 65 representatives from civil society organizations, academic experts, workers’ and employer’s organizations.
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Event
Migrant Workers' Rights and the May Day 2013
1 May 2013
On the 1st of May 2013, ie, on the occasion of the Labour Day, the NCCWE members advocated for the recognition of the rights of the migrant workers.
March 2013
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Event
Orientation Workshop for Dhaka Ahsania Mission Project Staff and Management
12 March 2013
ILO executed Labour Migration project supported Dhaka Ahsania Mission conduct an Orientation Workshop to familiarize project staff and management with the implementation approach and methodology for implementing a pilot initiative to give top-up technical training and impart life skills and pre-departure information to equip the Bangladeshi workers who have made a decision to migrate for work in another country and to support left behind families of the migrant workers.
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ILO Labour Migration Project office inaugurated on 11 March 2013
11 March 2013
The ILO Labour Migration Project office was jointly inaugurated on 11 March 2013 by the Honorable Minister of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) and the Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in the Ministry premises in the Probashi Kalyan Bhaban.