Project: Skills Profiling, Assessment of Challenges, and Development of Economic Reintegration Framework for Return Migrant Workers.
Partner: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Services: Skills profiling of 5,000 returnee migrants, Identification of migrants interested in employment or small enterprises, Development of a labor market reintegration framework, Assessment of bottlenecks in reintegration services.
Duration: April 2025 - November 2025
International labor migration contributes greatly to Bangladesh’s economy, but many returnees face challenges restarting their lives at home. To address this, WEWB and the RAISE project, with support from ILO and the Government of Switzerland, are strengthening reintegration systems under MoEWOE by improving institutional capacity, service delivery, and reforming policy.
As part of this initiative, ILO has engaged DEVCOM to support the economic reintegration of return migrant workers through the following key activities:
- Skills profiling: Conducting skills profiling of 5,000 returnee migrants to understand their qualifications, employment history, and capabilities.
- Interest Identification: Identifying returnees who are interested in securing employment or establishing small enterprises.
- Reintegration Framework Development: Designing a structured and strategic labor market reintegration framework, including recommendations on employment pathways and entrepreneurship opportunities.
- Bottleneck Assessment: Examining existing reintegration services and programs to identify bottlenecks and supporting returnee migrants and providing actionable, strategic solutions to overcome these challenges.