ON GOING PROJECTS

• Migrants Workers
• Garments Workers
• Family Members Specially Women

• Promoting safe migration through education and awareness rising.
• Advocating for greater law enforcement through implementation of the 2012 Human Trafficking Deterrence and Suppression ACT.
• Government agencies are aware of the need for effectively implementing “Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers Act 2013”.

Activities-

• Courtyards meeting.
• Awareness meeting.
• Local govt. Advocacy meeting etc.

• Advocacy with Govt. and others  Stakeholders

• GFMD
• PGA

• To improve the living conditions of the garments communities.

• Community Workers.
• Service providers

• To improve the living conditions of the garments communities.

Activities-

• Advocacy with Govt. and others Stakeholders.

• GFMD
• PGA
• Labor Day Consultation
• Consultation with Various Stakeholders

• Safe migration has increased
• Migrants and their families have improved their financial situation and returnee migrants are re-integrated in their communities.
• Migrants are supported by the government and enjoying the benefits of revised Overseas Employment & Migrant Worker’s Act 2013

• Migrants
• Returnee Migrants
• Family Members of the Returnee Migrants

• Local people are aware about the MISCs services and have access to safe migration information  from  MISCs
• The migrant community in the project area is aware about the need to address migration-related issues on their own
• The target group is aware of and understands the risks of irregular migration and the procedures of safe migration
• Prospective and outgoing migrants become aware of the need for pre-departure information and take part in pre-departure sessions
• Left behind female member of migrant receives Handicraft training
• The target group is aware of the financial aspects of migration and ways to safely receive remittances
• Government agencies are aware of the need for effectively implementing “Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers Act 2013”
• Recruiting agencies are aware of the problems/lack of transparency of their recruiting practices
• The target group is aware of existing migration Act and the need for their effective implementation

Activities-

• Awareness Meeting
• Remittance Meeting
• Pre-departure Meeting
• Pre-decision Meeting
• CBO Follow-up Meeting
• Entrepreneurship Training

• Women Day Consultation
• Labor Day Consultation
• Consultation with Various Stakeholders
• Celebration of IMD, HR Day, Women’s Day, Diaspora Day etc.

• GFMD
• PGA

• Knowledge of international human rights standards relevant to migrant works.
• Knowledge of the UN’s human rights monitoring and accountability mechanisms.
• Knowledge of the legal and policy frameworks governing labor migration in Bangladesh.
• Knowledge and understanding of other international forums and processes relevant to migration with a special focus on the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda.
• Enhanced skills in developing strategies to advocate for better protection of migrants, including in destination countries.
• Enhanced skills and confidence to engage in meaningful, constructive dialogue with government agencies and the private sector to shape policy and practice related to labor migration.
• Knowledge of other migrant protection systems in other Asian labor sending countries to support the government in implementing changes/improvements of the existing systems and mechanisms in Bangladesh.
• Enhanced skills in alliance and network building.
• Capacity to engage strategically with GFMD process