Bangladesh National Federation of Youth Organisations in Bangladesh (NFYOB)

membership: 480

— theme: Youth Employment, Youth Enterprise, Skills for Youth, Giving Youth a Voice, Green Youth, Most vulnerable Youth

— country: Asia, South Asia, Bangladesh

National Federation of Youth Organisations in Bangladesh (NFYOB) is the coordinating council of youth organizations in the country which includes 480 member organizations and about four thousand youth organizations as its primary members. Central committee of the federation is elected and constituted by the representatives of different member organizations. NFYOB has been very actively involved in all sorts of youth development actions programmes.

Affiliation

NGO

Contact No.

(+88) 02 9111660

Address

Dulal Biswas, Secretary General,
2/7, Sir Syed Road, Mohammadpur,
Dhaka 1207,
Bangladesh

Email Address

nfyob_bd@yahoo.com

Website

http://orgs.tigweb.org/national-federation-of-youth-organisations-in-bangladesh-nfyob

1. Source of funding

Government of Bangladesh, ECOSOC

2. Mission and Objectives

To plan, direct and coordinate the youth development activities of the country and to organize the huge youth force of the country

1. To plan, direct and coordinate the youth development activities of the country and to organize the huge youth force of the country
2. To employ the youth force in all fields of national development activities.

3. Areas of work relating to youth employment

Skills development; Social dialogue; Youth employment policy; Enterprise development; Micro-finance; and Social protection.

4. Partners and areas of partnerships

Department of Youth Development; Ministry of Youth & Sports; UNDPI; and ECOSOC

5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO

6. Successful youth employment interventions

1. Regular Leadership Training Programme: In every three months NFYOB organizes this training for the members of the executive committee of the member organisations.

2. Motivational and skill development training, advocacy for youth development, and seminars and workshops for youth.

3. Training and Self-employment for Rural Youth: project aimed to provide mobile training on livestock and poultry farming for the poor youths in the rural villages. Project period is two years.

proposed interventions:

     1. Set up a program of internship with the cooperation of multinationals and conglomerates operating in that particular country.
     2. Organize workshops and seminars conducted voluntarily by professionals from repaid evolving technology sectors.
     3. Encourage entrepreneurs by awarding grants to the most feasible and most innovative projects in a regular nationwide contest.
     4. Set up National Youth Bank
     5. Encourage self-employment
     6. Employment opportunities for special groups
     7. Voluntary community service involving Youth

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