ILO joins hands with Bangladesh; Germany to develop Employment Injury Insurance

The International Labour Organization (ILO), Government of Bangladesh and Germany have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate in the development of an Employment Injury Insurance (EII) Scheme for Bangladesh, recently. In initial stages, the three signatories will work together on the design of a suitable EII scheme for the Ready Made Garment Sector while in later stages, a pilot scheme will be launched before being scaled up to run nationwide and extended to other industrial sectors. Minister, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – Federal Republic of Germany Gerd Müller; Secretary, the Ministry of Labour and Employment of Bangladesh Mikail Shipar; and ILO Country Director for Bangladesh Srinivas Reddy signed the Letter of Intent.