Local Economic Development (LED) Project
01.09.2025
- 30.09.2029
Small and medium entrepreneurs, their employees, and citizens will benefit from inclusive economic growth and equitable employment generation. Public and private sector actors will engage in joint local economic strategizing, planning and implementation. The improved framework conditions for inclusive business will result in more jobs, economic empowerment and ultimately increased sustainable income and well-being; particularly of the poor and disadvantaged.
Projet planifié
Building Skills for Unemployed and Underemployed Labour (B-SkillFUL)
15.08.2024
- 31.10.2027
The Building Skills for Unemployed and Underemployed Labour project will develop the skills of poor and disadvantaged men and women at the grassroots level, to enhance their income through decent employment and move them out of poverty. The project will work with the Informal Sector Industry Skills Council to improve work conditions through partnerships with the private informal enterprises and private training providers.
Projet planifié
Strengthened & Informative Migration Systems (SIMS)
15.12.2023
- 31.10.2026
The project supports men and women migrant workers and their families to make informed choices related to migration. The benefits of migration are enhanced for individuals and for the society through dissemination of key information on safe migration, access to legal support and trainings as well as through strengthening the service delivery capacity of government and non-government agencies. Bangladesh is a key partner in the global dialogue on migration and its continued active role in this sphere is in Switzerland’s interest.
Projet planifié
Scaling Social and Impact Enterprises in Bangladesh (SSIE-B)
01.11.2023
- 31.10.2027
This collaboration with a mix of private sector partners from Bangladesh and abroad aims at helping social and other impact enterprises in Bangladesh grow and thrive, improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of poor men and women in their roles as customers, suppliers or employees. This will be achieved by improving the services available to entrepreneurs, by stimulating investments into early-stage social enterprises, and creating incentives for enterprises to become more impact oriented.
Ashshash: for men and women who have escaped trafficking
18.11.2022
- 28.02.2029
20,000 people (of whom 70% women) who have experienced trafficking will be economically and socially rehabilitated. Public and private institutions will provide employment or in-kind support for entrepreneurship to men and women who have escaped trafficking. The Government will better address the prevention of trafficking, protection of victims, prosecution of traffickers in the revision and enacting of policies, and create partnerships, for bringing about systemic changes.
Bangladesh Agricultural and Disaster Insurance Programme
01.11.2021
- 31.12.2028
Farmers will improve their productivity and resilience by gaining access to client-oriented and affordable agricultural insurance products. Insurance-cover will allow farmers to invest in higher-return activities, access credit and to recover faster when affected by weather, diseases and disasters. By building capacity of and facilitating coordination and linkages among key stakeholders, inclusive insurance markets will be developed to eventually cater for several million farmers.
B-SkillFUL (Building Skills for ployed and Underemployed Labour) Phase Il
01.09.2020
- 31.12.2024
Drawing upon Switzerland's experiences with apprenticeship programmes and leveraging private sector investments, this programme will create economic opportunities for poor men and women within small and medium size enterprises in furniture, light engineering and leathergoods sectors. Combining business development senyices for enterprise development with workplace-based training, it will result in increased employment creation, better remuneration and working conditions in six informal SME clusters.
Projet planifié
SHOMOSHTI - Prosperity for the poor and disadvantaged
01.04.2020
- 30.06.2027
Rural households, engaged in agriculture and cottage industries, will benefit from a better wellbeing due to more income and savings, and improved nutrition, health and levels of education. The Shomoshti project will achieve this through a combined approach of facilitating markets to work for the poor and disadvantaged, and ensuring their effective access to social services and savings systems.
Projet terminé
Allocation of SDC Funding to ICRC Operations in 2019
01.01.2019
- 31.12.2019
In line with the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of predictable and flexible funding to respond to changing needs in humanitarian crises. SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence.
Application of Migration Policy for Decent Work of Migrant Workers
01.01.2019
- 31.12.2021
Men and women who opt for migrating abroad for employment will benefit from better protection through pre-departure orientation, the application of international standard contracts and access to social security/welfare. The project will improve migration governance in Bangladesh by strengthening the rather weak policy and legislative framework and by building the capacity of the government to expand and improve services for migrant workers.
Return and Reintegration of Migrant Workers in Bangladesh
01.01.2019
- 31.12.2021
The project’s over-arching goal is to make reintegration economically and socially sustainable for returnee migrants, so that they do not feel obliged to re-migrate. The project will raise awareness of the obstacles returnee men and women migrants are facing. The collaboration with European partners will allow to influence the discourse on dignified and development-oriented migration and return in Bangladesh
SHIKHON: Horizontal Learning Programme in Bangladesh
01.12.2018
- 30.11.2022
The elected local government institutions (LGIs) in Bangladesh have a mandate to provide public services to the people, but they lack both capacities and budget. The quality and outreach of their services can be improved at relatively low cost through facilitation of peer learning which benefits millions of people. Recognizing the effectiveness of the peer learning approach across LGIs, the Government of Bangladesh committed to institutionalize this approach in its main training institute for LGI officials, with support from SDC.
