Request for Proposal (RFP)

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is inviting interested Consultancy Firm/Service Provider to design and develop sector and country specific Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO) programme for Jordan bound Bangladeshi migrant workers as per below Terms of Reference (ToR):

Background   

International migrant workers constitute an important part of the labour force in global supply chains. In a scenario where globalizing markets place immense pressures on companies to deliver high quality at low cost in short time frames and against rapidly changing market demand, migrant labours are considered as critical resources, given their willingness to accept lower wages, engage in jobs with high physical requirements or work in remote locations. Thus, by accepting challenging jobs, migrant workers are not only helping to achieve productivity growth in county of destination but also contributing significantly to the country of origin by bringing in remittances and foreign exchange earnings and thus supporting poverty reduction and climate change adaptation. Bangladesh as a major source of labour sending country sends workers to 168 countries across the globe. According to official data in recent years a well over half a million migrant workers left Bangladesh to join overseas employment. The government is planning to increase the number in the coming years as some closed labour markets are expected to reopen. 

An increasing number of Bangladeshi women migrant workers are going abroad to find employment. According to the Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training (BMET), in 2019 a total of 700,159 Bangladeshi workers went abroad for work and of them, 104,786 were women migrant workers. There are ¬five Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) that constitute the destinations for 90 percent of women migrant workers from Bangladesh from 1991 to till date. They are mostly employed as housekeepers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Oman, and as garment workers in the ready-made garment sector of Jordan. In Jordan the Ready-Made Garment sector employs over 70,000 workers with more than two thirds being migrant workers. It is heavily dominated by women making up almost 75 per cent of employees. The largest group of migrant workers 52per cents from Bangladesh.

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