Project
Reintegration for Migrant Workers: Enhancing Policies, Capacities and Systems for Inclusive and Sustainable Reintegration
Duration
1 August 2022 - 31 January 2026
Development partner(s)
Switzerland
Reference
BGD/21/06/CHE
Contact
Rahnuma Salam Khan, National Project Manager; Email: dhaka@ilo.org
Additional details
Access project dashboardThe project aims to support the Government of Bangladesh to establish inclusive and accountable frameworks for reintegration complete with capable institutions, systems and schemes that can provide services for sustainable reintegration to returnee migrant workers, and an efficient coordination mechanism.
The project is implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), Government of Bangladesh as well as employers’ and workers’ organizations.
The project also partners with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Parliamentary Caucus on Migration and Development.
Project Outcome:
- The Government endorses an inclusive, gender responsive and accountable framework for sustainable reintegration.
- The Government has a policy-based, well-defined, coordination mechanism with participation of the concerned Ministries and departments to address the issues of sustainable reintegration.
- MoEWOE, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) and the Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB) strengthen systems that connect employers’ organizations and workers’ organizations to skills development and wage-employment for returnee migrant workers.
- The Government and the project partners share knowledge on sustainable reintegration of migrant workers to inform programming, policy, and practice.
News and stories
Migrant workers
Government of Bangladesh and ILO discuss with the private sector on reintegration of return migrant workers
Social protection
Gulf social security reforms create opportunities for protection for Bangladeshi migrant workers
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ILO, Bangladesh and Switzerland launch project for sustainable reintegration of migrant workers
Migrant workers
Bangladesh Government and ILO partner to support returning migrant workers’ re-integration into the labour force
Publications
Fact sheet
Reintegration for Bangladesh's Migrant Workers
ADBI-OECD-ILO joint publication
Labor migration in Asia: Trends, skills certification, and seasonal work
Migrant workers
Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States
Women migrant workers
Media representation of women migrant workers: A critical look
Women migrant workers
Rebels, victims, agents of change: The singular histories of women migrant workers
Publication
Understanding patterns of structural discrimination of migrant and other workers in some countries of South and West Asia
Resources
Labour market reintegration of return migrant workers and former refugees in origin countries: Concepts and definitions
Manual for training of trainers
Labour market reintegration of migrant workers and former refugees upon return in their origin countries
An exploratory study
Impact of COVID-19 on nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries
Human trafficking
Policy brief on anti-trafficking laws, policies and practices (Bangla)
Labour mobility between Asia and the Arab States: Sharing of experiences and progress under the Bali Declaration
Labour migration
International labour migration statistics in South Asia: Establishing a subregional database and improving data collection for...
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Labour migration, skills development and the future of work in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
Policy brief on policies related to migrants and unemployment in times of crisis
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