Chevron launches fresh skill development project in Dhaka, Sylhet

Chevron has launched a second phase of its skill development project “Uttoron” in Bangladesh.

The project, “Uttoron- skills for better life”, funded by Chevron Bangladesh and implemented by Swisscontact Bangladesh, was renewed for second phase in an event styled “Continuing the momentum: Launch of Uttoron phase-II” at a Dhaka hotel on Wednesday, says a press statement.
The press communique also reads that the fresh project will continue for more three years between 2019 and 2022. This phase aims to enhance the skills and employability of community youths in Sylhet and Dhaka divisions and generates sustainable provisions for skills training near Bibiyana area. It will also work to create opportunities of advanced welding training for youths.

The project is planning to support 2,000 community youths to acquire skills on different occupations and place them in employment, it added.

The statement also says first phase of the project, which commenced its journey in August 2016, worked for three years with an aim to enhance employment opportunities for 1,400 community members in Sylhet, Moulavi Bazar and Habiganj regiuons of the country. Phase-I of “Uttoron”, ended in July 2019, raised awareness of around 53,000 community members on skills training and trained up 1449 (21 per cent female) youths in three sectors. As many as 983 graduates of these 1449 have successfully become employed in different industries.

Mollah Jalal Uddin, additional secretary of labour and employment ministry, attended the programme as a chief guest while Earl Miller, United States ambassador to Bangladesh, Neil Menzies, president of Chevron Bangladesh, Ismail Hossain Chowdhury, Chevron Bangladesh’s director of the corporate affairs, Manish Pandey, Swisscontact’s director of South Asia and Anirban Bhowmik, country director of Swisscontact Bangladesh, were present as special guests.