Business Desk :
Speakers at a seminar on Sunday said the country needs to create skilled workers to ensure their access to decent and dignified jobs in foreign countries for increasing the flow of remittance.
Bangladeshi workers are facing different sorts of obstacles at the international job market because of their low skill, they told the seminar on “Citizen Responsibilities for safe and low cost migration” at the CIRDAP auditorium here.
Secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr Nomita Halder, Secretary General of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting
Agencies (BAIRA) Md Ruhul Amin,
Managing Director of Bay Eastern Limited Farah Anjum, Proprietor of SA Trading Abdul Alim and owners from different recruiting agencies, among others, addressed the seminar.
Representatives from local and international organizations, journalists, recruitment agencies and workers, among others, took part in the open discussion.
Dr Nomita said, “We need to develop a worker-friendly system to reduce migration cost as well as ensure their safety. All stakeholders should extend their cooperation to introduce a better system for sending workers to overseas markets.”
Bangladesh is lagging behind compared to other neighboring countries as most workers are low skilled with poor communication skill, she observed.
Middlemen is one of the main factors for increasing migration cost, Ruhul Amin said adding, “We have send workers to foreign countries through proper channel to cut migration cost alongside different types of hassles.”
Farah Anjum said, “Bangladesh’s economy largely depends on remittances sent by migrant workers…. So, we are giving special importance to safety and security of both male and female migrant workers.”
Stressing the need for developing skilled workers for enhancing foreign currency earnings, she said the country should explore economically potential countries to increase the number of migrant workers.
Other speakers said the demographic dividend is an inextricable part of the economy of Bangladesh and is highly prospective, letting a window of opportunity swing open for the nation in the form of new economic development.
As many countries experience local shortage of labour, Bangladesh is in a credible position to provide much needed workers, thereby extracting a positive outcome out of its migrant workers, they added.
Speakers at a seminar on Sunday said the country needs to create skilled workers to ensure their access to decent and dignified jobs in foreign countries for increasing the flow of remittance.
Bangladeshi workers are facing different sorts of obstacles at the international job market because of their low skill, they told the seminar on “Citizen Responsibilities for safe and low cost migration” at the CIRDAP auditorium here.
Secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr Nomita Halder, Secretary General of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting
Agencies (BAIRA) Md Ruhul Amin,
Managing Director of Bay Eastern Limited Farah Anjum, Proprietor of SA Trading Abdul Alim and owners from different recruiting agencies, among others, addressed the seminar.
Representatives from local and international organizations, journalists, recruitment agencies and workers, among others, took part in the open discussion.
Dr Nomita said, “We need to develop a worker-friendly system to reduce migration cost as well as ensure their safety. All stakeholders should extend their cooperation to introduce a better system for sending workers to overseas markets.”
Bangladesh is lagging behind compared to other neighboring countries as most workers are low skilled with poor communication skill, she observed.
Middlemen is one of the main factors for increasing migration cost, Ruhul Amin said adding, “We have send workers to foreign countries through proper channel to cut migration cost alongside different types of hassles.”
Farah Anjum said, “Bangladesh’s economy largely depends on remittances sent by migrant workers…. So, we are giving special importance to safety and security of both male and female migrant workers.”
Stressing the need for developing skilled workers for enhancing foreign currency earnings, she said the country should explore economically potential countries to increase the number of migrant workers.
Other speakers said the demographic dividend is an inextricable part of the economy of Bangladesh and is highly prospective, letting a window of opportunity swing open for the nation in the form of new economic development.
As many countries experience local shortage of labour, Bangladesh is in a credible position to provide much needed workers, thereby extracting a positive outcome out of its migrant workers, they added.
