ILO's regional director in town
Tomoko Nishimoto, assistant director general and regional director for the Asia-Pacific region of International Labour Organisation, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday.
Nishimoto will participate in the opening session of a national tripartite consultation on social dialogue and industrial relations in Bangladesh today, ILO said in statement yesterday.
She will later attend the inaugural of the Centre of Excellence for the Bangladesh RMG sector.
She is also scheduled to meet Mujibul Haque Chunnu, labour and employment minister, and Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister, along with development partners and representatives of employers' and workers' organisations.
Nishimoto will also speak at a high-level commemoration event themed "Rana Plaza two years on: Towards a safer RMG sector for Bangladesh" to be held on Thursday.
The government of Bangladesh and ILO with cooperation from Canada, the Netherlands and United Kingdom will organise the event.
The ILO official also plans to visit a garments factory to meet the disabled employees that have received skills training, a footwear factory and the Centre of Excellence for Leather Skills in Bangladesh.
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