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Youth Population of Bangladesh
Population of Bangladesh is about 143.9
million
About one third of the total population is
youth.
According to National Youth Policy the
age group between 18-35 years is defined
as Youth in Bangladesh.
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• Establishment of the Youth Ministry
: 1978
• Establishment of the Department of
Youth Development (DYD)
: 1981
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Vision of the DYD
1. To transform the unemployed youth into
organized, disciplined and productive work
force.
2. To involve the youth in the main stream of
national development process.
3. To facilitate the unemployed youth for Selfemployment/ wage employment at home and
abroad providing skill development training
and micro-credit support.
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Objectives
To encourage the youth for self-employment or wage
employment through motivation, training and other
necessary support.
To organize the youth through voluntary youth
organizations and motivate them to take part in
community development and nation building
activities.
To Promoting formation of youth organizations at
the grass root level and ensuring their participation
in national development process.
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Objectives
To involve the youth in socio-economic activities like
literacy programme, disaster management, primary
health care, environmental improvement, resource
conservation and awareness building against antisocial activities, drug abuse, AIDS/STDs etc.
To take necessary steps for empowering the youth by
providing skill development training & micro-credit
support for establishing self-employment projects
and ensure their participation in decision making
process.
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ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP
Director General who is
assisted by 5 Directors and
Project Directors.
There are 64 district, 476
upazila and 10 metropolitan
thana offices and 111 training
institute of the DYD.
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On-going Programmes of DYD
 Skill Development training
 Youth enterprise
employment
development
and
Self-
 Credit support programme
 Motivational and Awareness Program
 Public Private Partnership (PPP)
(MoU Regarding Joint Programme Collaboration)
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On-going Programmes of DYD
1. Skill Development Training
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Computer Basic course
Computer Graphics course
Electrical & House wiring course
Refrigeration & Air-conditioning course
Electronics course
Modern Office Management & Computer application
Livestock, Poultry, Fishery & Agriculture course
Aquaculture course
Dress Making and tailoring course
Block, Batik & Screen Printing course
Block Printing course
House keeping & Laundry Operations
Food & Beverage Service
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Pattern Making
On-going Programmes of DYD
1. Skill Development Training
15. Poultry Rearing and Bird-Flu Control and
Biodiversity Management.
16. Flower & Vegetable Production, Processing,
Packaging, Preservation & Marketing
17. Mushroom Production, Processing, Packaging,
Preservation & Marketing
18. Nursery, Propagation, Making of fruit Garden and
Management Course
19. Dairy Rearing and Beef Fattening Course.
20. Fruit Processing, Packaging and Marketing Course
21. Seed Production, Processing, Preservation and
Marketing Course
22. Beautification and Hair Cutting Course
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23. Shuttering
On-going Programmes of DYD
1. Skill Development Training
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35.
36.
Sweater Knitting
Linking Machine Operating
Household Service Course
Korean Language Course
Arabic Language Course
Oven Sewing Machine Operating
Mobile Phone Servicing and Repairing Course
Tourist Guide Training Course
Mason Training Course
Rod binding Training Course
Plumbing Training Course
Tiles fixer Training Course
Handiwork Training Course
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On-going Programmes of DYD
2. Youth enterprise development and Self-employment :
Yearly Target of Training
: 2,15,000 Persons
Number of Trained Youths
: 36,67,801
(upto September 2011)
Number of Self-employed Youths
: 19,62,164 (54%)
(upto September 2011)
Range of monthly income of Self-employed Youth :
Tk. 1500/- to Tk. 1,00,000/13
DYD TRAINING CENTRES
A. DYDs own infrastructures
Youth Training Centre
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B. Human Resource Development Centre
1) National Youth Centre at Savar, Dhaka
2) Central Human Resource Development Centre
3) Regional Youth Centre,Bogra
4) Regional Human Resource Development Centre
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C. Training Centre of Hired House
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Total =
111
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3. CREDIT SUPPORT PROGRAMME
Two types of Credit programme
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2.
Individual Credit Programme
Group based Credit programme
1. Features of Individual credit Programme:
- Credit in disbursement to individuals.
- Participation in training course on any trade from DYD is the
precondition of this credit
- Ceiling of credit for individual is Tk. 10,000-50,000
- 10% service charge is collected in declining method.
2. Features of Group based Credit Programme:
- Loan is disbursed for people under extreme poverty line.
- Five members forms a group
- Five to ten groups forms a Kendra
- Each group members receive Tk.7000-11000 as first to fifth
disbursement.
-Credit repaid on weekly basis within 52 weeks.
- 10% service charge is collected in declining method.
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CREDIT PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
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Principal Revolving Credit Fund
: Tk. 16691.51 lakhs
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Present Total Credit Fund
: Tk. 29380.80 lakhs
(including service charge)
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Total amount of loan disbursed
: Tk. 101790.91 lakhs
(Including revolving fund)
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Total beneficiaries
: 763902 persons
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Recovery (average) rate
: 91%
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4. Motivational and Awareness Program
On
Reproductive Health, Prevention of HIV/AIDs,
STD, Substance Abuse, Norms, Values, gender
and development, good governance, disaster
management,
behavioural
development,
environment conservation, civic education for
responsible citizenship and against immoral
activities. This programs are being implemented
through 64 district offices, 476 upazilas and 10
metropolitan thana offices, 111 youth training
centres and 6838 Youth clubs all over
Bangladesh.
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Name of Partner
organizations
Name of the Programme
Status
i)Sweater
1.
BGMEA & BIFTA
Knitting Machine
Operating training
ii)Linking Machine Operating
training.
2.
BRAC
Training program on Community
Library Members of BRAC
3.
HASAB
Reproductive Health Care, Gender
On going
Issue & HIV AIDS Training
4.
HOPE’87
Welding (6-G) training
Rod binding training
5.
Modern Herbal
Group
Training
Program
on
Herbal
On going
Treatment and Herbal Plantation
6.
CRP
Skill Training for the CRP Members
On going
Under
process
On going
On going
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6. On-Going Projects
A) Investment Projects:
1. Establishment of New Youth Training Centre
in the Remaining Eleven Districts.
2. Project on Completion of Incomplete Works
of the Old Youth Training Centre.
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B) T.A Project :
1. Project on Youth Empowerment through Life Skills
Education & Livelihood Opportunity (UNFPA
Funded).
2. Project on Strengthening the Programme
Based Networking
Between DYD & Youth
Organizations.
3. Project on Commonwealth Youth Programme
Technology Empowerment Centre on Wheels
for
Disenfranchised Rural Young People of
Bangladesh.
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7. Other Activities.
1. National Youth Day: The Government of the people’s
Republic of Bangladesh celebrates National youth day
every year.
2. Club Enlistment and Grant-in-Aid: 13575 youth
organizations have been enlisted with the DYD. Tk. 612.71
lakh has been sanctioned to 5861 youth clubs from a welfare
fund named “Youth Welfare Fund”. The principal amount
of this fund is Tk. 10 crore.
3. National Youth Policy: National Youth Policy
hasbeen approved by the Government in the year of 2003.
The registration of the youth clubs by the DYD is yet to be
implemented.
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4. Relations with other International Agencies: UNDP, UNFPA,
ESCAP, ILO, UNESCO, JICA(JOCV), American Peace Corps and
KOICA are extending their Cooperation in implementing the
programmes of the DYD under the Ministry of Youth & sports.
5. Commonwealth Youth programme (CYP): 175 Youth officials &
Youths participants obtained “Diploma in Youth and Development
Work” from CYP Asia Centre.
6. Khas Ponds & Tanks Lease for Youth Employment: DYD can lease
out up to the size of 20 acres of khas ponds and tanks to the enlisted
and registered youth co-operative societies. The total no. of ponds is
26572 and among these 12878 ponds and tanks has been leased out
among the registered youth co-operative societies all over
Bangladesh. The total revenue collected from the leased ponds is
Tk. 4319.88lakh. Now this program is ended.
7. Herbal Tree plantation: Programme is being undertaken To
motivate the unemployed youth regarding plantation, use and
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export of herbal trees to generate self-employment.
8. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DYD AT A GLANCE
( Up to June/2011)
Total no. of trained youth
Total no. of self-employed youth
Principal Revolving Credit Fund
Total amount of loan disbursed
Total no. of beneficiaries
Present Total Credit Fund with
Service Charge
Rate of loan realization
Total no. of ponds
Total no. of leased ponds
Revenue earned from the leased
ponds
36,67,801 persons
19,62,164 (54%)
Tk.166,91.51 lakh
Tk. 101790.91lakh
7,63,902 persons
Tk.29380.80 lakh
91%
26,572 nos
12,878 nos.
Tk. 4319.88 lakh
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Total amount of grant disbursed from Youth
Welfare Fund
Tk. 406.31 lakh
Total no. of youth organizations received grantin-aid from Youth Welfare Fund
5861 nos.
Total capital of Youth Welfare Fund
Tk 15 crore
Total amount of grant-in-aid disbursed to the Youth Tk. 612.71 lakh
Organizations from revenue budget
Total no. of youth organizations received grant-inaid from revenue budget
1870 nos.
Total no. of enlisted youth organizations/clubs
13592 nos.
Total no. of successful youth received National
Youth award
270 nos.
Total no. of youth training center
111 nos.
Total no. of Diploma in Youth and Development Work
175 nos.
Total no. of Commonwealth Youth Award
19 nos.
Total no. of SAARC Youth Award
2 nos.
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9. Future Plan
1.
Project on Strengthening of Training at Upazila level for Creation
of Employment and Self-employment.
2.
Project on Technical Training to Unemployed Youths for Creation
of Employment and Self-employment Opportunities.
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Project on Innovative Management of Resources for Poverty
Alleviation Through Comprehensive Technology (phase-2)
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Project on Capacity Building and Enhancing the Training Facilities
of the Department of Youth Development.
5.
Project on Creation of Employment and Self-employment
Opportunities for Unemployed Youths in 7 Poverty Stricken
Districts of North Bengal.
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10. Revenue Allocation & Expenditure for DYD
2010-11 :
10027.35 Lakh
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11. ADP Allocation for 2011-12 of DYD
( In Lakh Tk. )
Estimated
Cost
ADP Allocation
2011-12
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Project Name and Duration
01.
Establishment of New Youth Training Centre in the
Remaining Eleven Districts
14636.25
5000.00
02.
Project on Youth Empowerment through Life Skills
Education & Livelihood Opportunity (UNFPA
Funded). 01-12-2006 to 31-12-2012
788.66
81.00 ( P.A)
03.
Project on Completion of Incomplete Works of the
Old Youth Training Centre
10398.79
6000.00
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Strengthening the programme based networking
between DYD & Youth organizations.
4000.00
2368.00
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Project on Commonwealth youth programme
technology empowerment centre on wheels for
disenfranchised rural young people of Bangladesh.
188.35
72.00
Total
13521.00
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