Italy will launch a project in November to prepare Bangladeshi workers who want to come and work in the country. The Italian Ambassador in Dhaka, Antonio Alessandro, announced it during a meeting with Mahdi Amin, adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Deputy head of mission Federico Zamparelli also attended.
What it includes
Participants will study Italian, the country’s civic and social norms, and gain practical and technical job skills, with the aim of finding regular employment in Italy. The ambassador also said Italy intends to increase visas for Bangladeshi students.
Mahdi Amin said sending skilled workers and teaching a third language are among “the Prime Minister’s top priorities”.
The numbers
In a September interview with the daily Kaler Kantho, the ambassador said about 10,000 Bangladeshis went to Italy legally for work in 2025, with a similar number expected in 2026. A few hundred a year already travel under a new mechanism that requires vocational training at home first. Italy also issues 12,000–13,000 family reunification visas a year.
Pre-departure training is one of the tools the two governments are using to strengthen legal channels after years marked by fraudulent job contracts.
