ILO launches programme for Bangladesh to increase productive jobs

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) today launched the fourth Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Bangladesh to increase the number of women and men in decent and productive jobs during the post-Covid period.

The ILO said DWCP is the decisive goal that the government, employers and workers' organisations will work towards in collaboration with the ILO until 2026, according to a statement from the Dhaka office of ILO.

The DWCP will be achieved by improving strategic policy and institutional frameworks and building capacities for inclusive, equitable and sustainable economic development, decent work and social protection for all.

The launching of the fourth DWCP was signed at a programme at the Radisson Hotel in Dhaka.

The DWCPs are the strategic frameworks for delivering ILO's support to countries where ILO draws on its distinctive global normative mandate centred on promoting international labour standards, social dialogue, tripartism and deploys decent work expertise to promote decent work for all.

Each DWCP is organised around a limited number of priorities and outcomes.

The priorities for Bangladesh have been chosen based on the participatory assessment of current challenges through stakeholder consultations involving a wide range of constituents and other interested parties.

In her remarks, Begum Monnujan Sufian, state minister for labour and employment ministry said: "The new DWCP has had to consider several crucial developments such as climate change, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, employment changes as a result of the 4th Industrial Revolution and a continuously changing economic and employment landscape."

 "The decent work country program supports Bangladesh in its quest to modernise institution of work and provide support for employment creation and sustainability of businesses," said ILO Bangladesh Country Director, Tuomo Poutiainen.