📋 Tender Overview
Switzerland is interested in ensuring that international migration is regular, secure, respects human dignity and the rights of migrants. The project will institutionalise well tested awareness mechanisms on the perils of irregular migration and enhance further public and private capacities to deliver services to potential migrants. The intervention contributes to Switzerland’s dialogue on safe, orderly and regular migration at national and global levels.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Bangladesh
Migration
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Labour migration
Remittance
Migration generally (development aspects and partnerships)
01.04.2024 - 31.03.2029
CHF 7’570’000
The project in brief
Background The number of Bangladeshis migrating through official channels and in a documented manner has increased steadily over the recent years. In 2023, 1.3 million migrant workers have departed through official channels. During COVID-19, when regular migration became nearly impossible, irregular migration and migrant smuggling increased, and with this the risk of abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. Unfortunately, this trend has continued and smuggling/trafficking syndicates have adapted to the post-pandemic context and changed their targeting strategy to use different routes for trafficking and smuggling. Since international migration is a pivotal aspect of Bangladeshi society, this topic has become an area of priority focus for the Government of Bangladesh as it relates to both its current and future development and aim to increase migration-related benefits and reduce risks. The Government of Bangladesh has prioritised the establishment of normative and institutional frameworks to govern this area and provide services to migrant workers at all stages of the migration cycle. However, implementation of strategies remains inadequate, even though effective policies exist in many cases.
Objectives The goal of the project is to improve the well-being of migrants, particularly marginalised men and women, through safer migration practices and strengthened service delivery from both public and private actors.
Target groups
60'000 potential migrant workers receive pre-employment orientations and 4'000 migrant workers undertake trainings for upskilling.
2'775 local government representatives trained to provide legal and information services.
800 left behind migrant family members receive remittance management training.
The project will operate in three districts from Phase 1 (Cumilla, Chattogram and Narshingdi) and expand to two new districts in Phase 2 (Cox's Bazaar and Chandpur).
Medium-term outcomes Outcome 1: Men and women migrant workers have access to information and improved services which increase the benefits and minimise the risks of migration. Outcome 2: Migrant workers, especially women migrant workers, have access to strengthened grievance/ complaint mechanisms.
Results Expected results: Output 1.1: Aspiring men and women migrant workers access saf
