Lack of coordination among govt agencies undermining efficacy of public services for youth employment

2023-09-24T17:15:55+06:00January 26th, 2020|

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.

Ensure better education, training & access to decent jobs for Madrasah students

2023-09-24T18:15:21+06:00November 11th, 2019|

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.

Access, information & coordination – essential to ensure public services for youth in slums

2023-09-24T18:13:06+06:00October 3rd, 2019|

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.

‘Anti-Discrimination Act’ needed to secure rights of indigenous, dalit and other marginalised communities

2023-09-25T16:21:43+06:00August 28th, 2019|

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.

সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর সংকট নিরসনে “বৈষম্য বিরোধী আইন” প্রয়োজন

2023-09-25T16:21:18+06:00August 27th, 2019|

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।

Plain-land Adivasi & Dalit youths are deprived of public services

2023-09-24T18:17:44+06:00August 27th, 2019|

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.

Education, Skill and Jobs for Youth should be facilitated by Public Offices

2023-09-25T16:22:06+06:00August 6th, 2019|

Bangladesh is aspired to be a higher middle-income country and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Labour-productivity of Bangladesh would be far-behind than the higher middle-income countries in 2030, even lower than that of the lower-middle income countries as well as those of India and Vietnam.

A disaggregated look reveals cracks in the achievement of SDGs in Bangladesh

2023-09-24T18:26:48+06:00April 29th, 2019|

A day-long conclave titled, Citizens Conclave: Four Years of SDGs in Bangladesh was organised by the Citizen’s Platform on Saturday 27 April 2019 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) as the Secretariat of the Platform executed the event along with over 100 other partner organisations of the Platform.

Form a Local Government Commission to implement the SDGs

2023-09-25T16:22:53+06:00April 15th, 2019|

The local government needs to play an effective role in ensuring that the benefit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reaches all. Thus, enhanced participation in the SDGs implementation process and empowerment of the local government is vital. A “Local Government Commission” can be formed to ensure proper harmonisation among the ministries and the administration and also to strengthen the voice of the local government.

Private sector’s contribution in SDG delivery needs documentation

2023-09-24T18:31:00+06:00April 12th, 2019|

Private sector’s activities targeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs to be well structured and enhanced. Moreover, their work is not very well documented. They should have a targeted plan of action for achieving different targets of SDGs.

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