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Strengthening public-private partnership during electoral transition

October 22, 2018

Civil society and private sector leaders called for public dialogues with the political leaders to bring public aspirations into electoral commitments and to ensure smooth continuation of development works during…

‘Bibhui’ represents Bangladesh on APICTA 2018

October 13, 2018

Being the winner of the BASIS National ICT award 2018 in Bangladesh, IID’s ‘Bibhui’ got nominated by BASIS to represent Bangladesh in the international APICTA awards 2018. BASIS National ICT…

IID gets internationally recognized for ‘Bibhui’

October 3, 2018

IID’s Bibhui app has won the mBillionth Award South Asia for the year 2018 for providing feasible solutions to migration related problems. The mBillionth Award is presented for socially valuable…

IID has moved office!

September 11, 2018

We are very happy to announce that IID team has moved to an exciting new office just around the corner of the old office. The new office interior is inspired…

Collaborate and explore new intervention areas

September 10, 2018

PROKAS approach of collaborative action remain crucial for it’s partner organizations to design and implement programs that are non-redundant and well-coordinated. Scope of collaborative action were discussed at the ‘Brainstorming…

IID wins BASIS National ICT Awards 2018 for ‘Bibhui’

September 6, 2018

IID takes the pride to inform that its app ‘বিভূঁই‘ (Bibhui) has been awarded as the Champion in the ‘Inclusion and Community Services’ category at the BASIS National ICT Awards…

Information, language and skills for fairer labor migration

August 31, 2018

In the views of young volunteers; information, language and skills for fairer labor migration are major concerning issues. They also shared their experiences of interviewing the aspirant migrants in TTCs…

Practical learning for safety of employees at home and abroad

August 16, 2018

Economic growth and employment, at home and abroad became general issue and an area of concern for the youth. The major areas of apprehension were expressed at IID’s Policy Forum…

A government hotline number for the pre-migration phase

August 9, 2018

Youth volunteers of IID’s Youth Network ‘Youth for Policy’ at a 5 day workshop in Barishal named ‘Policy Camp’ suggested introducing a government hotline number for potential Bangladeshi migrants to…

Extend Pre-departure Training duration for future migrants

July 26, 2018

Youth volunteers at an IID organized 5-day workshop in Chittagong named ‘Policy Camp’ suggested extending the training duration of the mandatory Pre-departure Training (PDT) as well as shifting the timing…

Evaluation of Sesame Workshop’s financial empowerment initiative

July 10, 2018

IID is conducting the evaluation of Sesame Workshop’s financial empowerment initiative, Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families. This initiative aims to create awareness among children and parents for the financial…

‘Jobless growth’ needs to be addressed by coordinated efforts

July 8, 2018

Globally, jobless growth has become a major concern as fast economic growth is not creating enough jobs, resulting in a high-growth-high-unemployment situation. Given Bangladesh’s huge demographic dividend of youth, it…