Implementation of Bans on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship of Tobacco Control Laws of Bangladesh in Barisal Division
Background:
To control tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) through the implementation of effective measures Grambangla Unnayan Committee has been implementing a project in 6 district towns and 6 sub-district towns of the Barisal division. The Union/ The Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use are supporting the project.
Objectives
To reduce incidences of tobacco advertisements through enforcing TAPS bans in 6 districts and 6 sub-district towns of Barisal division. To reduce incidences of tobacco promotion through enforcing TAPS bans in 6 districts and 6 sub-district towns of Barisal division. To reduce incidences of tobacco sponsorship through enforcing TAPS bans in 6 districts and 6 sub-district towns of the Barisal division
Project Locations:
: Barguna, Amtali, Barisal, Babuganj, Bhola, Borhanuddin, Jhalokati, Nalchity, Patuakhali, Kuakata, Pirojpur, Kawkhali.
Project Duration::
October 2018 – September 2020
CLARISSA – Child Labour Action Research and Innovation in Bangladesh
Background:
Child labour in Bangladesh is common, with 4.8 million or 12.6% of children aged 5 to 14 in the workforce. The government of Bangladesh has the target of eradicating hazardous child labour from the country by 2021. To contribute to this endeavour Grambangla Unnayan Committee has been implementing the project “CLARISSA – Child Labour Action Research and Innovation in Bangladesh” since November 2019. This project has been technically supported by ChildHope UK and funded by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex/ DFID.
Main objectives:
The main objective of the CLARISSA project is to surface the key drivers of modern slavery and the worst forms of child labour and develop interventions to counteract them.
Project Locations: :
Hazaribag, Kamrangir Char, Savar, Pallabi, Darussalam, Adabor, Mohammadpur, Matuail slum area of Jatrabari.
Duration :
November 2019-June 2023
Creation of Decent Jobs for the Waste Pickers of Dhaka City through Imparting Livelihood Skill Training
Background:
In 2010, the rate of unemployed youth was 61.5 per cent. Bangladesh enjoys the demographic dividend with a large population of 160 million. For moving the economic growth to a higher trajectory Bangladesh needs to convert its large working-age population into productive human resources through enhancing their skills level. Skill sets are critical for productivity, industrial growth, export diversification, and producing high-value products. However, the country gains an average of approximately 2 million new entrants in the workforce annually. Out of two million of the new entrants, only 5% receive formal training before entering the labour market. Moreover, the quality of the labor force has remained poor around 40% of the workforce had no education and 23% had only primary level education in 2010. So it is an important the need for skilling of young population and up-skilling of the existing workforce through a number of skills development initiatives. So an initiative for skill development of the waste pickers of Dhaka City, implemented by GrambanglaUnnayan Committee and supported by Dutch-Bangla Pack Limited will remarkably contribute to the skill development, creation of opportunity of decent jobs, and poverty alleviation. Thus this type of project is highly important for the human development of the waste picker community of Dhaka City.:
The objective of the Project: :
The overall objective of the project is to organize a skill development training program for the waste pickers of Matuail waste dump site areas so that they can employ themselves in decent work sectors. :
Expected Output :
• In 6 months period a total of 20 trainees will be imparted training on sewing at Grambangla Technical Training Centre
• Each of the trainees received 360 hours training according to standards of Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB)/Bangladesh Skills Standards[360 hours training (4 days a week x 20 weeks x 4.5 hours a day = 360 hours) will be at Grambangla Technical Training Centre]
• During project period i.e. in 12 months period a total of 40 trainees will be imparted training on sewing at Grambangla Technical Training Centre
• A total of 40 eligible trainees will be qualified to join the factory of Dutch-Bangla Pack Limited or any other relevant factories after 6 months of training
• During the project period a total of 40 trainees will be appointed at the LC Packaging partner factory i.e. at the factory of Dutch-Bangla Pack Limited or any other relevant factories.