MRCs are under supervision of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) and integrated with the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) and District Employment and Manpower Office (DEMO).
Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE)
Bangladesh Government has established a separate ministry named the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) on 20 December 2001. The main objective of the Ministry is to ensure welfare of the expatriate workers and enhancement of overseas employment with a principle of equal opportunity for the people of all areas of the country. For more information: https://probashi.gov.bd/
Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET)
Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) was established as an attached department of the then Ministry of Manpower Development and Social Welfare in 1976. Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh established BMET with the purpose of recruiting and sending migrant workers overseas. BMET is engaged in overall planning and implementation of the strategies for regulating migration process, promoting migrant workers rights and skill development proper utilization of migrant workers of the country as a government department under the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE). For more information: https://bmet.portal.gov.bd/
Among the other specific potential partners are:
- Within the MEWOE (in addition to BMET, DEMOs and TTCs): Wage Earners Welfare Board, Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Limited, Labour Wings
- Other governments agencies: Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development Cooperatives, Union Digital Centres, Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Social Welfare Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Administration
- Private sector: Bangladesh Association of International Recruitment Agencies, private technical training centres, financial institutions and money transfer agents
- Academic and training institutions
- Civil society, community-based and migrant organisations