JUST TRANSITION
Convention Bangladesh-2025
Uniting for Just and Fair Future
JUST TRANSITION
Convention Bangladesh-2025
Uniting for Just and Fair Future
JUST TRANSITION
Convention Bangladesh-2025
Convention Bangladesh-2025
Uniting for Just and Fair Future
Background
Bangladesh is being reshaped by two powerful forces: the global drive to decarbonize and a rapid wave of digitization, automation, and AI. For workers in RMG, leather, agriculture, construction, transport, and fisheries—many in informal and precarious jobs—these shifts bring both opportunity and risk.
A Just Transition keeps people at the center, linking climate action to decent work, social protection, gender equity, and worker voice.
BLF and BILS, with support from Mondiaal FNV, are convening a national, multi-stakeholder convention to co-design a worker-centered roadmap. The gathering will align climate goals with secure, dignified employment, close green and digital skills gaps through upskilling and reskilling, protect women, youth, and informal workers, and embed unions and civil society in policy and planning. Join us to shape an inclusive transition rooted in rights, equity, and democratic participation.
Objectives
- Raise awareness among the stakeholders on how climate and technological shifts affect the world of work.
- Amplify the voices of workers especially women, youth and informal workers from vulnerable sectors.
- Disseminate research findings on sectoral impacts and share real-life worker testimonies.
- Facilitate dialogue among trade unions, policymakers, civil society, businesses and development partners.
- Identify policy gaps and propose actionable recommendations for a Just Transition.
- Adopt a national-level Workers’ Call to Action with clear demands for inclusive transition pathways.
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Honorable Guests
Brigadier General (R.) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain
Honorable Adviser
Ministry of Labour and Employment, GOB
Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Honorable Adviser
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GOB
Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed
Executive Director
Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS)
Anwar Hossain
President
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Sramik Dal & Chairman, WRC
Max Tunon
Country Director Designate
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Joris van Bommel
Ambassador
Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka
Ms. Baiba Zarina
Deputy Head of Delegation
Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh
Tahmid Ahmed
Vice-President
Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) / Director (External Affairs), The Bengal Glass Works Limited
Ruben Korevaar
Policy Adviser
Mondiaal FNV
Abdul Kader Howladder
Joint Coordinator
Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP)
Dr. Md. Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan
Secretary
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Shahidullah Badal
President
BMCGTWF
Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan
Acting Chairman
BILS
Nazrul Islam Khan
Secretary General
BILS
Mesbahuddin Ahmed
Adviser
BILS
A K M Ashraf Uddin
Executive Director
Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF)
Speakers / Panelists
Dr. Md. Shakhaoat Hossain
Associate Professor & Head of ACH Unit
Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University
Mostafiz Ahmed
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work, Jagannath University
Abul Kalam Azad
Project Coordinator
ActionAid
Habibur Rahman
Lecturer
Department of Social Welfare, Islamic University
Sampreety Ali
Communication Officer
Awaj Foundation
Md Zubaer Alam
Program Officer
Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF)
Dr. Ananya Raihan
Chairperson
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AKM Ashraf Uddin
Executive Director
Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF)
Naimul Ahsan Jewel
Member Secretary
National Coordination Committee for Workers' Education (NCCWE)
Badal Khan
Member
National Coordination Committee for Workers' Education (NCCWE)
Mir Mohammad Ali
Assistant Professor
Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Kohinoor Mahmood
Member
Tripartite Consultative Council (TCC)
Nazma Yesmin
Director (Research & Development)
Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS)
Tashin Sifat
Member
Bangladesh Labour Federation (BLF)
Ahsan Habib Bulbul
Joint Coordinator
Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP)
Abul Kalam Azad
Member
Bangladesh Trade Union Centre (TUC)
Dr. Mohammad Abu Yusuf
Secretary
Ministry of Social Welfare
Saif Islam
Senior Programme Officer
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Engr. Md. Belayet Hossen Ripon
Director
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA)
Advocate A K M Nasim
Country Program Director
Solidarity Center-Bangladesh Office
Fahmida Akhter
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Muqeed Majumdar Babu
Chairman
Prokriti O Jibon Foundation
Shaheen Anam
Executive Director
Manusher Jonno Foundation
Razequzzaman Ratan
President
Samajtantrik Sramik Front (SSF)
Tanzila Tajreen
Senior Policy Advisor
Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands in Bangladesh
Dr. Samina Luthfa
Professor
Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka
Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar
Adviser
Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS)
Kutubuddin Ahmed
President
IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC)
Abu Syed Belal
Advisor-Trade and Economic Affairs
European Union Delegation to Bangladesh
Bablur Rahman
Country Manager
Fair Wear Foundation
Kabita Bose
Country Director
Plan International Bangladesh
Dr. Michael Klode
Head of Project
Programme for Sustainability in the Textile Sector (STILE II)
Selim Reza Hasan
Country Manager - Bangladesh
Solidaridad
Abil Bin Amin
Executive Director
Ethical Trading Initiative Bangladesh (ETI)
Elisa Benistant Fremigacci
Technical Officer Just Transitions
International Labour Organization (Bangladesh)
Vidiya Amrit Khan
Vice President
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)
Monjurul Islam
Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP)
Arif Ahmed Khan
Additional Inspector General (Joint Secretary)
Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE)
Chowdhury Ashiqul Alam
Chairman
National Coordination Committee for Workers' Education (NCCWE)
Md Johar Ali
Member (Admin and Finance), Joint Secretary
National Skill Development Authority (NSDA)
Dr. Badrun Nessa Ahmed
Senior Research Fellow
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
Dr. Khondaker Golam Moazzem
Research Director
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Shamim Ara
Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP)
Bijon Islam
Chief Executive Officer
LightCastle Partners
Prodip Gabriel
Manager of Sustainability
H&M
Kazi Moklesur Rahman
Project Director (Joint Secretary)
Economic Acceleration and Resilience for NEET (EARN) Project, Department of Youth Development
Farzana Sharmin
Joint Secretary (Compliance Cell)
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA)
Sunzida Sultana
Additional Executive Director
Karmojibi Nari
Salahuddin Swapan
IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC)
Convention Schedule
Day 1 — Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Day 2 — Thursday, 25 September 2025
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