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November 2023

  1. Skills and enterprise

    Orientation of ISEC Project Lays Foundation for Skills and Livelihoods Breakthrough for Cox’s Bazar

    19 November 2023

  2. Skills and enterprise

    Multistakeholder consultation to boost market connectivity for local agribusinesses in Cox's Bazar

    19 November 2023

    To promote wider market connectivity for local agribusinesses in Cox's Bazar

  3. Skills and enterprise

    Beyond Gender, Towards Sustainability

    7 - 18 November 2023

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    Minimum wage

    Statement on the minimum wage in the Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) sector

    15 November 2023

    ILO calls for all parties to continue to engage in constructive dialogue to reach a consensus beneficial to workers and industry alike.

  5. Event

    ILO supports dialogue on safety of Bangladesh’s youth at work

    14 November 2023

    The youth work force in Bangladesh is at risk from various occupational hazards as many of them, especially the adolescents (15-17 years) are not aware of potential hazards and are not empowered to speak up about perceived hazards.

  6. Child Care

    Bangladesh holds dialogue to chart way forward for the childcare economy

    13 November 2023

    The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs together with ILO and UN Women held a consultative dialogue on ways of effectively scaling up accessible, affordable, and quality childcare services to all parents and children countrywide.

October 2023

  1. Skills and enterprise

    ToT on the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) Foresight Facilitation Workshop

    30 October 2023

  2. Article

    Unlocking the potential of CMSMEs in Bangladesh

    11 October 2023

    Despite impressive economic growth of more than six per cent per annum in the past decade, policymakers and businesses in Bangladesh continue to ponder why the country continues to rank low in productivity and innovation indices

  3. News

    Indonesia supports Bangladesh’s efforts to develop an unemployment insurance roadmap

    06 October 2023

    Indonesian social protection experts shared their knowledge and experiences of successfully developing and rolling out an unemployment insurance scheme with Bangladesh as the country contemplates developing its own unemployment insurance scheme for the workforce.

  4. Article

    Fulfilling social protection for older persons in Bangladesh

    03 October 2023

    Ensuring income security for people in old age is a crucial dimension of the UN common agenda of social security and universal social protection for all. The rights of older people to social security and to an adequate standard of living are laid down in the major international human rights instruments.