Sudokkho Project

What is Sudokkho?

In Bangla, ‘SUDOKKHO’ refers to a person who has received training, developed skills and earned a reputation for being competent and knowledgeable.

Sudokkho supports private-sector led training for the poor, with a focus on training that effectively supports women and disadvantaged people into decent employment.

The programme seeks to test and scale-up market driven, quality skills training models within the Ready Made Garments (RMG) and construction sectors that will stimulate further investment in training by trainees, private training providers and employers.

TARGET

Within the programme period, Sudokkho supports up to 70 different projects run by private training providers and industry that will train at least 110,000 men and women during the life of the project (currently until 2019).

PROGRAMME INTERVENTIONS

1. Supporting private training providers to offer affordable quality training that enhances employ-ability.
2. Supporting private sector industries to develop and operate industry-led training facilities.
3. Supporting the policy environment and the development of skills training  packages that meet the occupational standards of the industry and can be used by above mentioned training systems.

SECTOR FOCUS

Sudokkho targets two sectors with high growth potential and ability to absorb large numbers of poor people in sidled and semi-skilled jobs:

• RMG (Ready Made Garments)
• Construction (of houses and buildings) including selected input supply

CONTEXT

Private sector companies in Bangladesh consistently identify low skill levels among the labour force as a fundamental constraint to economic growth. The two sectors in which Sudokkho works, Ready Made Garments and construction, are growing and face a shortage of skilled workers.

They have tremendous potential to absorb labour and offer employment opportunities for large numbers of uneducated men and women.

Sudokkho aims to stimulate private sector investment in training of the labour force. Working closely with the private sector, the programme supports the development of a skills-training market and incentivises market players to invest in skills training.

Sudokkho supports and builds upon the TVET reform agenda of Bangladesh in co-ordination with the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) of the Ministry of Education.

SUDOKKHO CORE PRINCIPLES

• Fair and open competition between prospective recipients of project funds
• Targeting people currently excluded from public training schools
• Building and managing relations with training providers and industry representatives, with payment based on training and employment results
• A market development approach, with a focus on market-based solutions of TVET systems

SUDOKKHO FUNDING

Sudokkho is co-financed by UK aid through its Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Palladium is implementing Sudokkho in partnership with Swisscontact and the British Council. The total implementation budget is £21.63 million (approx. USD 32 million).

Website: http://sudokkho.org/