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Youth Engagement Annual Report 2025

UNDP Bangladesh's Youth Engagement Annual Report 2025 documents the operationalisation of its Youth Engagement Strategy 2025–2030, mainstreaming youth across economic transformation, climate action and democratic governance. Over the year, 425,050 youth were reached, with 150,150+ accessing digital and technology scholarships, 6,651 job opportunities facilitated, and 423 Union-level Youth Platforms activated. A defining milestone was the registration of 5,845,023 new voters ahead of Bangladesh's 13th National Election in February 2026, with youth engagement embedded throughout the reform-to-election continuum.

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Skills-to-livelihoods programmes including digital freelancing, STEM, career guidance and entrepreneurship; climate resilience and cooperative-based livelihoods for rural youth; democratic governance engagement including civic tech, electoral literacy and human rights training; Youth Engagement Strategy 2025–2030 operationalised across UNDP Bangladesh country programme Custom geography from upload: Bangladesh

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 425,050 youth reached across all strategic pillars
Key Metric 2 150,150+ youth benefited from digital freelancing training, frontier technology and language scholarships
Key Metric 3 5,845,023 new voters registered, many of them youth

Key Outcomes

  • 6,651 job opportunities facilitated and 173,215 youth accessed career guidance and labour market linkages
  • Youth inputs reflected in Bangladesh's 166-point Reform Agenda and Voluntary National Review of the SDGs
  • 423 Union-level Youth Platforms activated and 5,000+ youth trained as human rights defenders

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