Skills Development for Migration: Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh Read more about Skills Development for Migration: Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh This presentation provides an overview of Bangladesh, focusing particularly on employment and migration. The need to skill migrants, situation of technical and vocational education and training, migration skills training, and the migration process in the country are explained. It also includes recommendations on how to advance skills development for migration.
Training the Youth for Ensuring Good Employment: The Bangladesh Perspective Read more about Training the Youth for Ensuring Good Employment: The Bangladesh Perspective This presentation examines human resources development initiatives, particularly skills development training in Bangladesh. Along with a discussion of the National Technical and Vocational Qualifications Framework, the present status of its implementation is assessed. Policies and strategies relating to skill development training in the country are discussed.
Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services Read more about Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services This video features a twinning program between an experienced mentor utility—in this case Maynilad (Philippines)—with a recipient utility, Khulna WASA (Bangladesh). The exercise is part of a knowledge sharing initiative called Water Operators Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific, established by Asian Development Bank in 2007.
Bicycle Distribution Programs Read more about Bicycle Distribution Programs This presentation explores whether the implementation of a bicycle distribution program could be the answer to major transportation challenges experienced by locals, especially during emergency situations, in most developing countries around the world.
Water Operators Partnership in Practice Read more about Water Operators Partnership in Practice This presentation introduces Maynilad Water Services, Inc. as a water and wastewater services provider in the Philippines. It includes a discussion of current Maynilad Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs), along with specific examples. The benefits of entering into WOPs are also enumerated.
Effective Household Water Treatment and Roles of Women in Flood Emergency Read more about Effective Household Water Treatment and Roles of Women in Flood Emergency Safe drinking water supply systems are often damaged during climate-related disasters; hence the risks for exposure of rural communities in developing countries to drinking microbiologically contaminated water consequently increase. The need to further develop point-of-use methods is crucial to meet the emergency water needs in current and changing contexts.
Effective Household Water Treatment and Roles of Women in Flood Emergency Read more about Effective Household Water Treatment and Roles of Women in Flood Emergency Safe drinking water supply systems are often damaged during climate-related disasters; hence the risks for exposure of rural communities in developing countries to drinking microbiologically-contaminated water consequently increase. The need to further develop point-of-use methods is crucial to meet the emergency water needs in current and changing contexts.
People's Participation in Sustainable Use and Management of Basin Water Resources: A Case Study of South West Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project Read more about People's Participation in Sustainable Use and Management of Basin Water Resources: A Case Study of South West Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project This paper discusses how sustainable development, with the use of modern technology and without compromising the vital ecosystems, can be achieved through the involvement of community people. It features the experience of a nine-year-long participatory river basin water resources management project in northwest Bangladesh.
Giving Locally Elected Women Voice in Local Governance Structures: Bangladesh Read more about Giving Locally Elected Women Voice in Local Governance Structures: Bangladesh This presentation provides background information on the second Bangladesh Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project. It shares examples of women participation in project activities, and also showcases project achievements. It reflects on the challenges encountered and lessons learned.
Promoting Safe and Secure Movement and Mobility of Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: ADB’s Bus Rapid Transit Project Read more about Promoting Safe and Secure Movement and Mobility of Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: ADB’s Bus Rapid Transit Project This presentation features the Dhaka Rapid Bus Transport Project as part of the ADB-supported Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport Project (GDSUTP) in Bangladesh. It delves into the issues related to urban transport and gender, and outlines the different interventions. An overview of the Gender Action Plan of GDSUTP is provided.