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Work diversification

Rapid market analysis of the salt value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Salt production in Bangladesh employs nearly 40,000 farming households in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar and involves over 500,000 workers in the value chain from production to processing, indirectly supporting an estimated 2.5 million people....

Work diversification

Rapid market analysis of the seaweed value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Seaweed at Cox's Bazar is harvested and cultivated on a small scale by households and clusters of women farmers, serving as a source of supplementary income. Yet, it is a highly versatile product with significant potential as a nutritious food...

Results

Bangladesh employment injury scheme phase 1 achievements

The Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme aims to provide income security to workers, and their families in the event of work-related injuries, disability or death.

APESO

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies

This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...

Fact sheet

Reintegration for Bangladesh's Migrant Workers

This factsheet provides a quick snapshot of the migrant re-integration project in Bangladesh

Fact sheet

Pilot employment injury scheme for Bangladesh's RMG sector

Updated fact sheet for the Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme (April 2024)

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

Skills demand and supply assessment in the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar region, Bangladesh

Two-faceted assessment was conducted that included industry skills demand anticipation and skills supply in the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar region, focusing on five priority economic sectors. The study provides strategic recommendations for fostering...

Skills development

Skills Matter!

The continuum of interventions allowed for meaningful changes in people’s lives, in institutions’ capacity, in companies’ productivity and in the way the TVET system operates. The ILO interventions, with the support of the European Union and...

Manual for training of trainers

Labour market reintegration of migrant workers and former refugees upon return in their origin countries

Gendering migration pathways from Bangladesh to Jordan and Lebanon: Before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Publication

Pictorial handbook to establish model enterprise clinic at RMG industries in Bangladesh

This handbook provides guidelines for implementing enterprise clinics in factories. They are based on relevant provisions in the Bangladesh Labour Act and Labour Rules and aim to ensure compliance while addressing the specific needs and challenges...

Migrant workers

Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States

This report has been jointly commissioned by ILO and IOM under the Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia (GOALS) programme in collaboration with UN-Women and seeks to map out and assess the nature and gaps in the reintegration...

Publication

Guidelines to establish model enterprise clinic at RMG industries in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour & Employment, employers' associations including BGMEA, BKMEA, BEF, and workers organizations including NCCWE and IBC, is working to establish effective...

Summary of lessons Learned, Work in Freedom Programme

This document summarises the lessons learned (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by the Work in Freedom Programme, a ten-year bi-regional programme (2013-2023) that aimed to reduce vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labour among women workers in occupations...

Fact sheet

Bangladesh Decent Work Country Programme 2022-2026 Brief

Summary of the Bangladesh Decent Work Country Programme 2022-2026 document

Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) Report

The BNQF has been formulated to ensure that qualification outcomes remain relevant and nationally consistent, continue to support flexible qualifications linkages and pathways enable national and international portability and comparability of...

TVET campaign booklet

The booklet contains the areas of technical and vocational education and skills development in easy and local language. This booklet was distributed during a national campaign conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education to the mass people.

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS) project

BNQF Brochure