13’220 direct beneficiaries, e.g. returnee migrants who intend to stay in Bangladesh

-    6’000 returnee women and men migrant workers and their families in the districts of Cumilla, Chattogram, Tangail, Noakhali, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Feni, Faridpur, Barisal and Dhaka benefit through BRAC.

-    7’000 returnee women and men and their families supported through Manusher Jonno Foundation in Bhola, Narayanganj, Norail, Jessore, Khulna, Kushtia and Dhaka,

-    220 women returnee migrant workers in Manikganj are supported through OKUP.

The Ministry of Expatriates‘ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Wage Earners‘ Welfare Board and Welfare Officers (at the district level) benefit through the Joint UN Programme. At least 500’000 secondary beneficiaries will benefit from system changes over four years.

Outcome 1: Returnee migrant workers benefit from socioeconomic reintegration and stability after their return to Bangladesh.

Outcome 2: The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment ensures an inclusive and accountable framework for reintegration through capable institutions and systems.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

Output 1.1: Returnee migrant workers (15% women) and their families improved their livelihoods through economic reintegration support and skills training.

Output 1.2: Returnee migrant workers and their families benefit from social reintegration support and counselling services.

Output 2.1: The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment enacted an inclusive, gender responsive and accountable framework for reintegration of migrant workers.

Output 2.2: The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment established a policy-based and well-defined coordination, including mechanisms with participation of the concerned ministries and departments to address the issues of sustainable reintegration.

Output 2.3: The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment created effective synergies among employers’ organisations for skills development and wage-employment opportunities for returnee migrant workers.

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

Insights from the two-years pilot initiative with BRAC:

1)    Since women are usually confined within the household, districts with women migrant workers require additional attention;

2)    engaging youth volunteers to reach out to returnee migrant workers in their communities worked well, but further capacity building is needed;

3)    the project was not able to tap into resources from the Local Government Institutions at the outset. Thus, advocacy with Local Government Institutions have to be initiated before the work with the beneficiaries starts;

4)    Customised interventions are required for returnee migrant workers.

-    BRAC (including OKUP and Manusher Jonno Foundation as sub-contractors) for Outcome 1

-    International Labour Organization, for Outcome 2 (with participating agencies of International Organization for Migration and UN Women) 

Other development partners: World Bank, European Union, Royal Embassy of Denmark in Bangladesh, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Global Alliance Canada, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and European Regions Research and Innovation Network.

Swiss Supported Projects: GOALS project by the Global Programme Migration and Development, migration projects in Nepal and Sri Lanka, SIMS project, SDG16 and Go4IMPact.