BRAC

Skills Development Programme

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 15-24 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

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:

SDP Approach

• Leveraging existing platform system

• Community based system

• Scalable model

• Not high or zero capital investment

• Market need oriented

• Aligned with National Skills Development Policy

Institution based training

Hands-on apprenticeships

Job & Entrepreneurship support

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)

STAR

Mastercrafts person (MCP)

o Micro or small business owner

o Good reputation in the community

Trainee

o Age 14-18

o Girls, boys, disabled people,

school dropouts

On-the-job training Theoretical training Soft skills training

Six months apprenticeship

Skills Training for Advancing Resources

• 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

Impact of STAR: Oldest project of BRAC SDP and a highly successful model in informal economy

PROSPER

Mastercrafts person (MCP)

o Micro or small business owner

o Good reputation in the community

Trainee

o Age 18 and above

o Willing to pay fee

On-the-job training Theoretical training Soft skills training

Three months apprenticeship

Promoting Skills and Productivity Enhancement for Resilience

PROMISE

Financial Background

o Able to pay training fee

o Can invest 20-30% cash or asset to

start business within 6 months

Clients

o STAR Graduate & others

o Age 18+

Activity based Mentoring support Access to finance

Classroom training

10 months skills knowledge and mentoring support to potential youth entrepreneurs

Promoting business Incubation for small entrepreneurs

PROGRESS

Light Engineerion Owner

o Micro & Cottage enterprise

o Willing to improve business

Trainee

o Age 18-30

o Marginalized community

o 40% Women, 10% PWD

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

Pro-poor Growth of Rural Enter-prises through Sustainable Skills-development

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

BRAC-ISD

Institution

o CBT&A certified trainers

o One-on-one employable Hands-on training

Including occupational safety & health

o Assessment & Accreditation of Skills

Trainee

o Age 18+

o 20% Female, 1% PWD

o 81% job placement rate

Registered NTVQF Certification Industry Driven Decent

Training Organization City & Guilds accredited Competency-based Employment

BTEB accredited Skills Training

Institutional Technical & Vocational Training

BRAC Institute of Skills Development

STAGE

Beneficiaries

o 2 schools & 4 madrasah

o 120 student in grade IX

o 36% female enrolment

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

Current Scenario

o .2 million do not pass SSC annually

o 40% dropout in secondary schools

Skills Training Access in General Education

SEIP

• 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

Skills for Employment Investment Program

ERMG

Beneficiaries

o 1200 workers (71% women)

o Newly entrant in RMG sector

o 92% placement rate

Institution based Certification & Decent Employment Financial

Sewing Machine Career Counseling & Industry Link-up Solvency

Operation Training (25 RMG factories)

Empowering the ready-made-garment workers living in urban slums of Dhaka

ABOLOMBON

Partnership 5000 vulnerable women

with SINGER Bangladesh

Tailoring & Dressmaking Training 20 Training Centres

KORMO

App-based Searchability as per 20000+ Jobs 8000 seekers and 1000

Marketplace Pay range & Schedule Fulfilled employers on app

Job placement across formal & informal sector

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

Cross-cutting theme

Social Inclusion

Cross-cutting theme

Reach the Improve terms and Ensure equal market

hard-to-reach conditions for Girls, PWD, access and representation

Transgender, Minorities & Indigenous in decision making

• 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]

Output by Numbers

• 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

Road Ahead

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