The Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission (UGC) n cooperation with Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ ) are jointly implementing a project to reduce the skill gap of mid-level managers in the country’s textile and Readymade Garments (RMG) sector.

The project, titled “German-Bangladesh Higher Education Network for Sustainable Textiles (HEST), has developed three university partnerships among four German and eight Bangladeshi universities.

The four German universities are Hof University of Applied Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, Dresden University of Technology, and University of Stuttgart. The eight Bangladeshi universities include Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Asian University for Women, Bangladesh University of Textiles, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, North South University, Notre Dame University Bangladesh and University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.

The HEST project will play a vital role in reducing the skill gap of the textile industry besides addressing the sustainability challenges of higher education.