The Economic Relations Division, finance ministry, signed a grant agreement worth five million Euro with the International Organisation for Migration on Tuesday.
The agreement titled 鈥楽trengthened Service Delivery Systems for Improved Migration Management and Sustainable Reintegration鈥� will contribute to implementing the four-year project by the IOM with fund support from the European Union, said an official聽 handout.
The project will support the initiatives of the Ministry of Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen initiatives related to migration and reintegration.
The objective of the project is to contribute to strengthen gender-responsive and right-based migration and reintegration services in Bangladesh that ensure safe and orderly migration practices and the sustainable reintegration of migrants and returnees.
The project aims to achieve this through two main outcomes: strengthening migration service delivery systems and supporting vulnerable returnees.
Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary of the ERD, and Lance Bonneau, chief of mission, IOM Bangladesh signed the agreement.
Representatives from UN Wing of ERD and concerned government agencies were present at the signing ceremony.