Policy brief

Skills development for overseas employment

The brief focuses on different issues relevant to skill development for overseas employment in the National Skills Development Policy 2011

The brief focused different issues included- need for migrants, including returnee migrants, data base, establishing an information cell at the ministry for accurate labour market information database collected through trained staff of the embassies, accreditation of TVET courses in the destination country, strengthening industry-institute linkage for market relevant skills of potential migrant workers, introduction of destination country-specific extensive language training, aligning TVET course curriculum to international standards, and promote Mutual Recognition Agreement with destination countries and continuous capacity development of training providers for quality training to aspirant migrants.

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Skills 21 – Empowering citizens for inclusive and sustainable growth
Skills 21 project training at Khulna Mahila Polytechnic Institute

Project

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Relevant projects

Application of Migration Policy for Decent Work for Migrant Workers II
A disappointed Bangladeshi migrant worker slouches after failing to get an air tickets to return to Saudi Arabia to resume work

Project

Application of Migration Policy for Decent Work for Migrant Workers II