The creation of green jobs and the promotion of social dialogue are amongst the priorities which the government of Bangladesh, employers and workers organizations will work towards in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) until 2020.
These areas have been included in a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Bangladesh which was signed on Tuesday in a city hotel. Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment Afroza Khan, Chairperson, National Coordination Committee for Workers Education (NCCWE) Amirul Haque Amin, President, Bangladesh Employers Federation (BEF) Kamran T Rahman and Country Director, ILO Bangladesh Tuomo Poutiainen signed the programme. Speaking at the signing ceremony event, Afroza Khan said Bangladesh is fully supportive of the ILO’s Decent Work agenda and implemented two Decent Work Country Programmes so far covering the periods 2006-2009 and 2012-2015. “With the support of the ILO, we have succeeded in attaining the envisaged goals and activities of the previous DWCPs and I believe that this trend will continue in the future.”
Director of ILO’s Decent Work Team for South Asia Dagmar Walter said they are proud to work alongside the government, employers and workers in Bangladesh to promote decent and productive employment opportunities for its women and men. “Much progress has been made in many areas. However, certain challenges and gaps need to be addressed to keep up with the ever changing world of work. We hope that this Decent Work Country Program will make a major contribution to the socio-economic development of Bangladesh.” DWCPs have two main objectives. They promote Decent Work as a key component of national development strategies.
At the same time they organize ILO knowledge, instruments, advocacy and cooperation at the service of government, employers and workers, according to ILO. The new DWCP for Bangladesh, ILO said, is results oriented and coordinated with Bangladesh’s national policy documents and global development initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The implementation of the DWCP is based on partnership between government, employers and workers as well as the ILO Country Office.
