Project
Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh I
The “Promoting decent work thorough improved migration policy and its application in Bangladesh” project was initiated on request from the Government of Bangladesh to assist the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) and the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) to improve the overall management of labour migration and to ensure protection and decent employment conditions for Bangladeshi migrant workers.
Duration
1 July 2012 - 30 October 2015
Development partner(s)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Reference
BGD/11/01/SDC
Contact
Nisha, Chief Technical Advisor
The “Promoting decent work thorough improved migration policy and its application in Bangladesh” project was initiated on request from the Government of Bangladesh to assist the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) to improve the overall management of labour migration and to ensure protection and decent employment conditions for Bangladeshi migrant workers.
News and stories
Migration
Newsletter January-June 2014
National Workshop on Findings of “Profiling Survey of Returning Migrant Workers of Bangladesh” Held
District Level Training Facility for Migrant Workers Recommended
Need for Pre-departure Information and Training for Migrant Workers Stressed
Language skills a key factor for migrant workers' empowerment
Migration
Newsletter July-December 2013
The third project steering committee meeting of the ILO labour migration project in Bangladesh
Overseas employment policy
Interministerial reviews draft of the overseas employment policy 2013
Multistakeholder workshop to share the proposed overseas employment policy 2013
Safe migration
Intergovernmental regional seminar on promoting cooperation for safe migration and decent work
Publications
Final evaluation summary
Promoting decent work through improved migration policy and its application in Bangladesh
Skills
Skills for the international labour market: Bangladesh country report
Migrant workers
Project fact sheet: Application of Migration Policy for Decent Work for Migrant Workers
The Cost
Causes of and potential redress for high recruitment and migration costs in Bangladesh [Report's overview]
Promoting overseas employment
5th Annual Labour Attachés Conference
Report overview
Gender and migration from Bangladesh
Report
Gender and migration from Bangladesh: Mainstreaming migration into the national development plans from a gender perspective
Remittances
Reinforcing ties: Enhancing contributions from Bangladeshi diaspora members
Remittances report overview
Reinforcing ties: Enhancing contributions from Bangladeshi diaspora members
Report
In the corridors of remittance: Cost and use of remittances in Bangladesh
Report overview
Bangladesh: In the corridors of remittance
Report overview
Skilling the workforce: Labour migration and skills recognition and certification in Bangladesh
Report
Skilling the workforce: Labour migration and skills recognition and certification in Bangladesh
Fair recruitment
Promoting cooperation for safe migration and decent work
June 2013
Labour migration newsletter
March 2013
Labour migration NEWS
Resources
Pre-departure manual
Manual for the general migrant
Pre-departure manual
Takeaway for the general migrant
Pre-departure manual
Manual for Oman migrant
Pre-departure manual
Takeaway for Oman migrant
Pre-departure manual
Manual for workers migrating to Qatar
Detailed pre-departure manual
Manual for the Qatar migrant
Related content
Employers' assessment
Preliminary assessment of the impact of labour migration from South Asia on South Asian employers
Migrant workers
The homecoming: Profiling the returning migrant workers of Bangladesh
Labour market trends analysis and labour migration from South Asia to Gulf Cooperation Council countries, India and Malaysia
Employment opportunities
Returnee migrants: a ready workforce