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1 BRAC Skills Development Programme

2 Scenario in Bangladesh 2.2 million young people are entering the work-force every year Source 2.68 million unemployed among people aged 15+ Source 12.3% unemployed among those who are years old Source 5.3% unemployment rate among literates Source 40% youth not in Employment, Education or Training Source 36% women participation in Labor Force Source 85% employed in the informal sector Source 75% of all school drop-out girls are victim to child marriage Source

3 Skills Development Programme Established in 2015 Skills training via hands-on apprenticeships and institution and better jobs to 400,000 disadvantaged women and men Working to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 4.4: ensuring skills for youth and adults for decent employment and entrepreneurship SDG 8: promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Partnerships:

4 SDP Approach Leveraging existing platform system Institution based training Community based system Scalable model Not high or zero capital investment Market need oriented Hands-on apprenticeships Aligned with National Skills Development Policy Job & Entrepreneurship support

5 Apprenticeship Training & Entrepreneurship support Skills Training for Advancing Resources (STAR) Promoting Skills and Productivity Enhancement for Resilience (PROSPER) Promoting business Incubation for small entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Pro-poor Growth of Rural Enter-prises through Sustainable Skills-development (PROGRESS)

6 STAR Skills Training for Advancing Resources On-the-job training Theoretical training Soft skills training Six months apprenticeship Trainee o Age o Girls, boys, disabled people, school dropouts Mastercrafts person (MCP) o Micro or small business owner o Good reputation in the community

7 Impact of STAR: Oldest project of BRAC SDP and a highly successful model in informal economy 95% job placement rate 62% reduction in child marriage among female learners 6 Fold increase in income 1:3 cost-benefit ratio Higher training impact on females Enhanced empowerment, self-confidence and job satisfaction

8 PROSPER Promoting Skills and Productivity Enhancement for Resilience On-the-job training Theoretical training Soft skills training Three months apprenticeship Trainee o Age 18 and above o Willing to pay fee Mastercrafts person (MCP) o Micro or small business owner o Good reputation in the community

9 PROMISE Promoting business Incubation for small entrepreneurs Activity based Mentoring support Access to finance Classroom training 10 months skills knowledge and mentoring support to potential youth entrepreneurs Clients o STAR Graduate & others o Age 18+ Financial Background o Able to pay training fee o Can invest 20-30% cash or asset to start business within 6 months

10 PROGRESS Pro-poor Growth of Rural Enter-prises through Sustainable Skills-development Productivity and Capacity building Skills Development Establish new enterprises Economic Gain of Light Training in Light in micro & cottage Engineering Owners Engineering Sector industries 4 months apprenticeship Trainee o Age o Marginalized community o 40% Women, 10% PWD Light Engineerion Owner o Micro & Cottage enterprise o Willing to improve business

11 Institution Based Training BRAC Institute of Skills Development (BRAC-ISD) Skills Training Access in General Education (STAGE) Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) Empowering the ready-made-garment workers living in urban slums of Dhaka (ERMG) ABOLOMBON

12 BRAC-ISD BRAC Institute of Skills Development Registered NTVQF Certification Industry Driven Decent Training Organization City & Guilds accredited Competency-based Employment BTEB accredited Skills Training Institutional Technical & Vocational Training Trainee o Age 18+ o 20% Female, 1% PWD o 81% job placement rate Institution o CBT&A certified trainers o One-on-one employable Hands-on training Including occupational safety & health o Assessment & Accreditation of Skills

13 STAGE Skills Training Access in General Education Partnership Integrates skill training Alternative pathway Opportunity to receive with A2i into general education for youth who are National Skills Certificate (Govt of Bangladesh) potential drop-outs with SSC Certificate Being implemented in six general education institutions Beneficiaries o 2 schools & 4 madrasah o 120 student in grade IX o 36% female enrolment Current Scenario o.2 million do not pass SSC annually o 40% dropout in secondary schools

14 SEIP Skills for Employment Investment Program Partnership with Bangladesh Employers Federation (BEF) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Soft skills at workplace Training Master Trainers Training of youth and young adults in Tourism & Hospitality Capacity building in growth sectors: ICT Construction RMG Shipbuilding Light Textile, Leather Engineering & Footwear

15 ERMG Empowering the ready-made-garment workers living in urban slums of Dhaka Institution based Certification & Decent Employment Financial Sewing Machine Career Counseling & Industry Link-up Solvency Operation Training (25 RMG factories) Beneficiaries o 1200 workers (71% women) o Newly entrant in RMG sector o 92% placement rate

16 ABOLOMBON Partnership with SINGER Bangladesh 5000 vulnerable women Tailoring & Dressmaking Training 20 Training Centres

17 KORMO Job placement across formal & informal sector App-based Searchability as per Jobs 8000 seekers and 1000 Marketplace Pay range & Schedule Fulfilled employers on app

18 Cross-cutting theme Decent Work & Quality Assurance Strengthening Decent Work Occupational Safety & Health Ensure Quality of Skills Training Enforce: Decent Hours, Decent Wages, Job Security, Work & Sickness, Children at Work, Forced Labour Promote: Decent Wages, Maternity Benefits, Fair Treatment, Leave Facilities, Employment Security, Health & Safety

19 Cross-cutting theme Social Inclusion Reach the Improve terms and Ensure equal market hard-to-reach conditions for Girls, PWD, access and representation Transgender, Minorities & Indigenous in decision making

20 Output by Numbers 33,980 people equipped with skills 41% girls/women 5% people with disabilities 15,000 business owners trained in decent work 166 upazilas of 46 districts [30% urban : 70% rural]

21 Road Ahead Ensuring more female trainees and persons with disability Ensuring skills training for the masses amidst shrinking funds from development partners Addressing the skills mismatch Working with people s perception about technical & vocational skills training Changing the low-skill, cheap labour perception of local & overseas workers

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