The “Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh” project was initiated on a request from the Government of Bangladesh to the International Labour Organization (ILO) to assist the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) and the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) to improve the overall management of labour migration and to ensure protection and decent employment conditions to the Bangladeshi migrant workers.

The project outcomes were based on the recommendations made at the “Regional Symposium on Deployment of Workers Overseas, A Shared Responsibility” held in Dhaka in 2008, and designed in close consultation with all stakeholders and partners.

The project aims to establish a policy to strengthen the governance of labour migration, including:

a) improving national policy and institutional frameworks;

b) improving the operational efficiency and effectiveness in overseas employment promotion, including recruitment regulation and awareness raising at central and local events, and;

c) developing better inforamtion and assistance services for migrant workerswhile abroad and uponn return.