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The Skills and Employment Programme of Bangladesh (SEP-B) is a DFID and SDC funded programme which aims to accelerate investment in technical and vocational education and training to create stronger links with productive work in the formal sector. The £20.9 million, 5-year project from April 2014 to March 2019, strives to cultivate an enabling policy environment and transform private sector training markets to support the absorption of large numbers of disadvantaged groups into skilled and semi-skilled employment. It supports a skills training market that targets the poor and those with limited education, with special attention to the development potential of women. Interventions will be tailored to employer needs in the Ready-Made Garments and Construction industries, and linked to jobs that improve earning potential and subsequently enable beneficiaries to graduate from poverty. SEP-B is implemented by Palladium International, in consortium with Swisscontact and British Council. The programme adheres to the TVET reform agenda of Bangladesh in coordination with the Ministry of Education. The objective of SEP-B is to establish integrated, market-driven, skills training models in Bangladesh that incentivize higher productivity, efficiency and investment among trainees, private training providers and employers. Interventions are structured around three components:
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