Rationale
Although Bangladesh has had tremendous economic growth over the
past few decades but still has not been able to hold up the
employment elasticity of the country. Barriers to employment
include reasons such as; shortage of job opportunities, poor
quality of training and certificate accreditation, favoritism,
social stigma, and most importantly, lack of proper skills.
JAAGO is a youth lead organization with a network of 50,000 youth
volunteers. Volunteers for Bangladesh (VBD) works across 51
districts in Bangladesh on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
and other campaigns including local issues. The proposed project
is highly appropriate and timely for JAAGO where the activities
will be undertaken and organized by the youth with high-level
consultation with experts on the project content (sessions). It is
expected that the findings from the consultation sessions will
have the insights and recommendations of the youth along with the
directions from the skilled experts. These sessions would help
them achieve a clear national youth vision, understand ILO’s
declaration for the future of work, and build them as skilled and
competent individuals to join the labor force.
Objective
- To increase the knowledge of youth on civic engagement,
education, and employment and develop their skills
- To develop networks for hundreds of young people across the
country and shape them as a quality workforce for the future
Activity
Details
The project was designed to promote the youth engagement of
Bangladesh by connecting them with influential young leaders,
experts, and practitioners from corporate and development sectors,
develop their skills through training, dialogue sessions and
provide knowledge through groundbreaking new tools and resources,
take action and create impact by engaging them in new
opportunities to bring a sustainable impact in local and global
communities and develop their capacities for joining the labor
market in the future. The project organized four seminars with a
total of 320 youth participants from four divisional districts to
gain knowledge on employment, entrepreneurship, and other skills
followed by a closing session which included sharing the feedback
from the divisional seminars. A total of 500,000 people were
reached through mass media and social media.
