Given the disadvantageous situation of the 7.7 million CMSMEs of the country, a host of stimulus packages amounting to Tk. 59, 292 crore to deal with the adverse impact of the ongoing pandemic were announced by the government since April 2020.
The Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh organised a national Conference titled “VNR 2020 of Bangladesh: Positioning Non-State Actors” on 11 March 2020 in Dhaka. The event was organised in association with, eleven (11) of its Partner Organisations, ActionAid Bangladesh, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), HEKS/EPER, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), Nagorik Uddyog, Plan International Bangladesh, Save the Children in Bangladesh, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), VSO Bangladesh, WaterAid Bangladesh and the World Vision Bangladesh.
The non-state actors, such as civil society organisations, private sector, media and development partners, have been contributing in various capacities and extents in Bangladesh’s development journey.
The government has various schemes and projects to create skill development and employment opportunities for the youth cohort of the country. But the public services, aimed for creating employment opportunities for the youth, are not being effective enough to meet the country’s long term employment target – 30 million jobs by 2030, due to the lack of coordination among various government agencies.
Enhancing accountability and widened space for citizen’s participation in the delivery process of the public services are vital to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. A number of communities across the country are lagging behind due to critical challenges to exercise the rights of access to public services. Government needs to focus on strengthening coordination among local authorities and improving appreciation among local communities about public services to ensure smooth implementation of national policies at local level.
Graduates from the Bangladeshi Madrasah education system fail to get into decent jobs. Commonly, these students get into professions that provide low income. The income of Madrasah educated family heads are similar to that of the national level. This other way indicates their low income compared to other educated family heads.
Three issues need to put emphasis in order to ensure effective public service delivery for the youth living in slums. These are – access to public services availability of information on those services and effective coordination between Gos and NGOs for facilitating those services to the urban slum youth.
It is the high time for the government, to pass an ‘Anti-Discrimination Act’ to ensure the right-based development of the plain-land indigenous, dalit and other marginalised communities. It is often found that these communities are not properly incorporated in various national censuses.
দেশের সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর প্রতি বৈষম্য নিরসন এবং তাদের অধিকারভিত্তিক উন্নয়ন নিশ্চিতকরণে সরকারকে “বৈষম্য বিরোধী আইন” প্রণয়ন করতে হবে। দেশের সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর প্রকৃত সংখ্যা নিরুপণ ও বিষয়ভিত্তিক তথ্য সংগ্রহের মাধ্যমে বিভিন্ন জাতীয় নীতিমালায় তাদের উন্নয়ন চাহিদাসমূহ অন্তর্ভূক্ত করা প্রয়োজন। এছাড়া দেশের স্থানীয় ও জাতীয় পর্যায়ে শিক্ষা, কর্মসংস্থান ও ক্রীড়া ক্ষেত্রে সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর যুবসম্প্রদায়ের সুযোগ সৃষ্টির মাধ্যমে সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর জীবনমান উন্নয়নে সরকারের বিশেষ কার্যক্রম গ্রহন করা প্রয়োজন।
Youth of the marginalised groups, such as plain-land Adivasi and Dalit community, are deprived of getting access to public services required for education and skill development. It will require special attention from policymakers and public service providers to enhance their facilities and to improve their condition with a view to prepare them for employment.
