Uttoron - Développement des compétences pour de meilleures opportunités d’emploi (angl.) - Projets

Le projet

Uttoron – Skills for better life – is a three year long (2019-2022) skills development project implemented by Swisscontact with funding from Chevron under its Bangladesh Partnership Initiative (BPI). The project is currently being implemented in five districts (Dhaka, Khulna, Sylhet, Habiganj and Moulvibazar) in three divisions.

The project aims to support youths by providing training on trades that match the current industry demand. The Uttoron training consists of 300 hours of in-class training followed by job placement support.

The project has a strong working relationship with the government and strives to achieve meaningful impact through effective PPPs.

In 2021 Uttoron signed a partnership with Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) to establish a permanent training centre that will be operated by SCC and create easy access to vocational training for disadvantaged youth. Uttoron formed a second partnership with one of the premier government technical training centres. Under this partnership, Uttoron establishes an advanced welding training lab facility to introduce an internationally standardised advanced welding training in Bangladesh.

Objectifs du Projet

Résultats attendus

2 000 youth (23% women) will be finishing a three-month vocational training by April 2022.
One vocational training centre will be operational by the end of the project period which will be operated by the city corporation.
An advanced welding lab at a government training centre will be operational by the end of the project which will create access for Bangladeshi workers to the international job market. The training will be imparted by a premier government training institute.
A female friendly training entitled Packaging and Finishing Operation (PFO) to meet the demand of the growing packaging industry will be introduced by the end of the project.
The project contributes to the achievement of SDGs 4 (quality education), 5 (gender equality), 8 (decent work and employment) and 10 (reduce inequality).