Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skills and Employment Programme of Bangladesh (SEP-B) to train up the RMG workers for enhancing their productivity.
Under the MoU, which aims at developing private sector-led vocational training systems for the RMG sector between BGMEA and SEP-B, financial support will be extended to the industry-led initiatives for developing and implementingvocational training system in Bangladesh.
BGMEA Vice President Reaz Bin Mahmud and Paul Weijers, team leader of SEP-B, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations.
The development activities of the Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry (CEBAI) will be implemented under this deal, as SEP-B will also provide technical support.
“CEBAI has been established considering the fast growing industry and envisaging the potential expansion of RMG market in the next 5-10 years,” said BGMEA President Atiqul Islam after the MoU signing ceremony.
He also said, “We need a platform that can demonstrate and implement the initiatives and make the best practices for the industry in terms of all sort of skill development and research.”
SEP-B is financed by UKAID through its department for Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The RMG sector is one of the focused sectors of SEP-B to establish integrated, market-driven, skill-training models that will enhance higher productivity, efficiency and investment among the trainees, said BGMEA Vice President Reaz Bin Mahmud.
On December 7, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association launched the Center of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry (CEBAI) to improve productivity through research and development. The project would be implement with the help of International Labour Organisation (ILO) to reach the RMG export target of US$50bn by 2021.