Feature articles

2020

  1. From Fahmida’s creative hands to the international fashion stage

    20 October 2020

    The ILO's Skills 21 Project trained 13 and 40 candidates to become Master Trainers and Trainers, respectively. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Project supported the implementation of entrepreneurship development training through online training modalities using digitalized SIYB materials. As a result, 38 trainees completed the online trainings that started on 31 August 2020, and 40 trainees are presently completing their trainings. In addition, 20 SIYB trainers from the Skills 21 partner institutes attended orientation programs to help them roll out online training.

  2. A decade of 'up-skilling' Bangladesh's skills sector

    07 August 2020

    This op-ed has been written by Kishore Kumar Singh, Chief Technical Adviser and Manas Bhattacharyya, Specialist, Policy Develop, Governance and SWAP, Skills 21 project, ILO Bangladesh and published on The Financial Express

  3. ILO Bangladesh celebrates World Youth Skills Day 2020

    17 July 2020

  4. A crisis within a crisis

    14 July 2020

    This op-ed has been written by Kishore Kumar Singh, Chief Technical Adviser and Ligaya Dumaoang, Specialist, TVET and Skills Development, Skills 21 project, ILO Bangladesh and published on The Dhaka Tribune

  5. Human trafficking: Together, we can stop the scourge

    11 June 2020

    This op-ed has been written by members of Bangladesh UN Network on Migration.

  6. How skills training transformed Taslima’s life

    23 May 2020

    Skills 21 project is a joint initiative of the Government of Bangladesh and the International Labour Organization (ILO), funded by the European Union. The project seeks to increase productivity and employment opportunities through an environmentally conscious, inclusive, demand-driven, and interlinked skills development system responding to the needs of the labour market.

  7. Model TVET institutions to equip young people with right skills to enter the world of work

    03 February 2020

    ILO’s EU funded Skills 21 project is transforming seven TVET institutes into ‘model’ training institutions that will be more inclusive, environmentally-conscious and better integrated with local economies/industry. The ‘model’ centres plan to train 17,500 youth in nine occupations.

  8. Sector Wide Approach (SWAp)

    03 February 2020

  9. The journey towards establishing a harmonized quality assured qualification system

    03 February 2020

2019

  1. Remediation finance scheme for a safer RMG industry

    24 December 2019