Project
Application of Migration Policy for Decent Work for Migrant Workers II
The project will help the Government of Bangladesh to operationalize policy and legal measures developed by earlier ILO initiatives, including, the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Policy 2016 and the Overseas Employment and Migrants Act 2013.
Duration
1 January 2016 - 31 December 2021
Development partner(s)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Reference
BGD/18/03/CHE, BGD/15/01/SDC
Contact
Laetitia Weibel Roberts, Chief Technical Adviser, e-mail: [email protected]
The initiative will help strengthen the institutions responsible for managing migration to deliver quality labour market information, occupational classification, pre-departure training accreditation, and welfare services abroad. It will also provide research and technical advisory support for strengthening labour negotiations for decent work as well as facilitate the engagement of stakeholders including workers' and employers' organizations in all processes.
Project outcomes
- Men and women migrant workers are better protected through improved policy.
- Public and private institutions contribute to safe migration and decent work for men and women migrants.
News update
Opinion
Human trafficking: Together, we can stop the scourge
Labour migration governance conference
Good governance can protect migrants’ labour rights in the destination country
ILO and Switzerland agreed to continue support for initiatives on decent work for migrant workers
Publications
The invisible workers: Bangladeshi women in Oman
Migration and gender in Bangladesh: An irregular landscape
Virtual dialogue
Impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh Overseas Migrant Workers
Migrant skills
Skills Development for Overseas Employment
Case study
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) for migrant workers in Asia: Bangladesh
Report
Pathways for empowering employment: Diversity and challenges for women migrant workers of Bangladesh
Labour information system
Towards an effective and integrated labour market information system for Bangladesh
Bilateral labour agreements
Assessment guide for bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on labour migration, with a special focus on Bangladesh
Good practice
Good practices and provisions in multilateral and bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding
Bilateral labour agreements
Core elements of a bilateral agreement or a memorandum of understanding on labour migration
Fair recruitment
General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (Bangla)
Migrant workers
Managing migrant worker information in Bangladesh: Survey on data integration
Migrant workers
Managing migrant worker information in Bangladesh: Needs and gaps
Migrant data
Managing migrant worker information in Bangladesh: Compatibility of data integration
Migration data
Managing migrant worker information in Bangladesh
Migrant workers
The mapping and scoping of services for the migrant workers of Bangladesh at various stages of the labour migration cycle
Labour migration
A Framework of services for reintegration and remigration of international labour migrants from Bangladesh
Lessons Learned by the Work in Freedom programme
Safe migration
Current regulations on safe migration and human trafficking (Bengali)
Bilateral labour agreements
Review of the government-to-government mechanism for the employment of Bangladeshi workers in the Malaysian plantation sector
Resources
Migrant workers
Predeparture training module of employment opportunities in Japan: as the destination country; and caregiving and beautician: as the...
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Predeparture training module for employment opportunities in Hongkong
Reintegration toolkit
Booklet for reintegration of returnee migrant workers
Labour migration
International labour migration statistics in South Asia: Establishing a subregional database and improving data collection for...
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Labour migration, skills development and the future of work in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Domestic Work
Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Garment Work
‘Basic English and Arabic words for Housekeeping trade: Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers’ – Students booklet
‘Basic English and Arabic words for Construction Trade: Promoting Decent Work for Construction Workers’ – Students booklet
‘Basic English and Arabic words for Electrical trade: Promoting Decent Work for Electricians – Students booklet
‘Basic English and Arabic words for Care Work: Promoting Decent Work for Care Providers – Students booklet
Basic English and Arabic words for Housekeeping trade: Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers’ – Instructors manual
Basic English and Arabic words for Construction Trade: Promoting Decent Work for Construction Workers’ – Instructors manual
Basic English and Arabic words for Electrical trade: Promoting Decent Work for Electricians– Instructors manual
Basic English and Arabic words for Care Work: Promoting Decent Work for Care Providers – Instructors manual
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