With a view to creating a transparent and congenial environment in the process of migration from Bangladesh, a database computer network has been established in the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) with connection to the Ministry for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, airport and BAIRA Office. This database network has been established with the objectives of bringing in transparency in overseas recruitment process through checking fraudulent practices by the sub-agents, reducing the migration cost, increasing wage and creating opportunity for overseas recruitment from all corners of the country, and ensuring welfare and service to the dependents of migrant workers. This set up has been established with the support of the Institute of Information and Communication Technology of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

The advantages gained through this project are:

1. Occupation and skills of potential migrants from every corner of the country can be known and equal recruitment opportunity will be ensured.
2. Illegal sub-agents will be eliminated and migration cost will be reduced.
3. List of job seekers can easily be available that will facilitate sending of workers. In this way the gap between the employer and employee will be reduced.
4. The recruiting agencies will be able to select candidates directly through this system.
5. Transparency and accountability in migration system will be established.

The government has made it compulsory for the overseas job seekers to enlist their names in the database. An overseas job seeker must register himself with the nearest District Employment and Manpower Office (DEMO), Dhaka DEMO or BAIRA office. Each person is supplied with a Registration ID Card for his Identity and future use with a unique Registration ID number after all information is fed into the system. An amount of Tk 50 is charged as registration fee in the form of A/C payee pay order or bank draft in the name of Director General, BMET. He/she has to mention about three occupations that he/she intends to get involved in the destination country. Recruiting agencies will select their candidates as per their requirement from the database. Each job seeker can use this Registration card in future for any service relating to overseas employment from BMET.
For the DEMO addresses visit: http://www.bmet.org.bd/demo.html 

This system is expected to eliminate the sub-agent system that currently persuades recruitment system for overseas employment. Apart from this, the service charge and airfare can be processed through bank.

for more details visit www.bmet.org.bd