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August 2023

  1. Event

    EIS Sub-Committee continues to enroll RMG workers for compensation for work-related death and disability

    17 August 2023

    Since the piloting of an Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) for workers in June 2022, the Government of Bangladesh constituted a tripartite sub-committee to regularly meet and review cases of work-related deaths and disabilities in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector.

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    Sustainable development

    Bangladesh businesses constitute SDG Committees to accelerate Agenda 2030

    13 August 2023

    The Bangladesh Private Sector Working Committee (BPSWC) unveiled its organizational structure and the members of its five working groups that will work with the Government and the UN to accelerate achievement of the SDGs.

  3. Article

    Bangladesh Youth Champion Green Skills for Youth Impacted by Climate Crisis

    11 August 2023

    In collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched their first joint Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge Call in May 2022. The joint initiative was aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among youth-led organizations focusing on green jobs and skills. The challenge garnered exceptional responses, and three youth-led organizations were awarded prizes at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to further develop their innovative initiatives.

  4. Our impact, their voices

    Skills training proved to be a transformative experience for Rozen

    09 August 2023

    The EU-funded Skills 21 project is making a real difference to the lives of young women and men in Bangladesh.

  5. Skills and enterprise

    Leaving No One Behind: Mainstreaming Livelihoods of Qawmi Madrasha Students

    8 - 9 August 2023

July 2023

  1. Skills and enterprise

    Consultative Meeting with NCCWE and Workers Organization for ILO’s Cox's Bazar Project

    27 July 2023

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    Youth employment

    ILO research highlights gaps and potential in use of technology to help youth find work

    26 July 2023

    Technological transformation in public employment services can support youth in Asia-Pacific to navigate labour market transitions and enter decent work.

  3. Skills and enterprise

    Generating Employment in the Tourism Sector in Cox’s Bazar through Destination Promotion and Entrepreneurship Development

    25 July 2023

  4. 24 July - 4 August 2023

    Young Leaders Boot Camp 2023

    24 July - 4 August 2023

    The ITCILO, training arm of the International Labour Organization, organizes the Young Leaders Boot Camp 2023 – a two-week interactive learning experience which welcomes undergraduate, graduate students and young professionals seeking to acquire the skills necessary to pursue a career in the UN system and other IOs.

  5. Skills and enterprise

    Orientation Workshop on Strategic Involvement of DYD-CXB Officials with the ISEC project in Cox’s Bazar

    15 July 2023