Training courses

November 2020

  1. Deadline for application: 16 October 2020

    Emerging technologies on Social Protection (NEW)

    23 - 27 November 2020

    The course is aimed at decision-makers from ministries and institutions responsible for social security and OSH; senior officials and advisers from government institutions responsible for the planning, implementation and management of OSH; and workers' and employers' representatives involved in OSH policy-making at the national or regional level.

  2. Deadline for application: 15 May 2020

    Curso a distancia en seguridad y salud en el trabajo

    1 June - 13 November 2020

    El curso está dirigido a formadores y asesores en SST pertenecientes a organizaciones gubernamentales, de empleadores y de trabajadores que participan en la promoción de SST dentro de las empresas. El programa también puede ser de interés para otras personas de organismos profesionales o industriales, instituciones de capacitación involucradas en temas de SST y gerentes, supervisores y personal técnico a cargo de SST dentro de las empresas.

  3. Fecha limite para la inscripción: 11 octubre 2020

    Gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo (course in Spanish)

    2 - 13 November 2020

    Este curso se dirige a formadores/as y consultores/as procedentes de organizaciones gubernamentales, de empleadores y de trabajadores, implicadas en la promoción de la SST en las empresas. Resulta también de interés para organismos e instituciones, públicas o privadas, que realicen labores de asesoría y formación sobre SST y, por otra parte, para empresarios/as y miembros del equipo técnico de empresas con competencias en el área de la SST.

  4. Deadline for application: 04 October 2020

    ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses

    9 - 13 November 2020

    This Workshop will offer you an excellent opportunity to upgrade your knowledge in prevention of occupational respiratory diseases and improve your skills in using the ILO Classification with high competency. This course is aimed at radiologists; occupational physicians in public organizations and private enterprises involved in screening and surveillance; researchers and university professors of medical radiology.

  5. Deadline for application: 26 September 2020

    Management of occupational safety and health in international organizations (NEW)

    2 - 6 November 2020

    This course is aimed at OSH coordinators, supportive staff and supervisors involved in the implementation of OSH measures in international organizations; employees’ and management’s representatives involved in bipartite consultative bodies concerned with OSH in international organizations; external consultants supporting international organizations on OSH.

  6. Event

    Supporting enterprises at scale: adapting business training programmes under the COVID-19 ‘new normal'

    4 November 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented levels of disruption for small and medium-sized enterprises across the Asia-Pacific, often impacting vulnerable groups the hardest. Simultaneously, travel restrictions and hindered social interaction has made it difficult to deliver assistance to affected enterprises, exacerbating isolation and threatening livelihoods. This webinar will discuss how business training programmes can be adjusted to support enterprises to build back better from the crisis whilst adapting under new digitalised circumstances.

October 2020

  1. Deadline for application: 13 September 2020

    National programmes and systems of occupational safety and health

    19 - 30 October 2020

    This course is aimed at policy-makers, senior officials and advisers from government institutions responsible for the planning, implementation and management of OSH, and workers' and employers' representatives involved in OSH policy-making at the national level. The programme may also be of interest to researchers, trainers and consultants in this field.

  2. Deadline for application: 28 August 2020

    Strengthening and Modernizing Labour Inspection

    12 - 23 October 2020

    The course will address the main features of a modern labour-inspection system, and will expose participants to selected international best practice. It will provide participants with the opportunity to gain new insights, share experiences and reflect on key issues, trends and challenges to modernizing their labour inspection systems.

September 2020

  1. Event

    On-line HealthWISE training for healthcare workers in Hubei Province

    1 August - 30 September 2020

    In the context of COVID-19: Promoting Occupational Safety and Health in Healthcare settings

  2. Fecha limite para la inscripción: 14 agosto 2020

    La prevenión de las enfermedades del trabajo (course in Spanish)

    14 - 25 September 2020

    Este curso se dirige al personal técnico de organizaciones tripartitas e instituciones de la seguridad social implicado en cuestiones relativas a la seguridad y salud en el trabajo (SST); representantes de otras organizaciones y empresas implicados en la SST.

  3. Deadline for application: 15 June 2020

    Training of Trainers SOLVE: Integrating Health Promotion into Occupational Health and Safety Policy

    7 - 18 September 2020

    The programme promotes the design of enterprise level policies and intervention programmes to improve working conditions and reduce work-related stress from an OSH occupational safety and health perspective by incorporating psychosocial hazards into the risk assessment and risk management strategy, involving both employers and workers through bipartite OSH committees at the workplace level.

  4. Deadline for application: 24 July 2020

    SOLVE: Integrating Health Promotion into Workplace OSH Policy

    7 - 11 September 2020

    The ILO's SOLVE programme is based on recognition of the interdependent relationships in the workplace between psycho-social factors and other health-related behaviours and their underlying causes (work organization, working conditions, labour relations). The programme includes modules on work-related stress; addictive behaviours; violence at work; HIV & AIDS; nutrition and physical activity; healthy rest and sleep; economic stress; and the management and promotion of health in the workplace.

  5. Deadline for application: 17 July 2020

    Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases

    24 August - 4 September 2020

    The course is aimed at decision-makers from ministries and institutions responsible for social security and OSH, representatives of employers' and workers' organizations involved in the governance of OSH and social security, the technical staff of employment injury institutions, and representatives of training institutions involved in OSH and social security issues.

  6. Deadline for application: 31 May 2020

    Training of Trainers on Improving Safety and Health in Small and Micro Enterprises

    26 August - 3 September 2020

    This course aims at strengthening the institutional capacity to improve OSH and working conditions in SMEs and in the workplaces of the informal economy. This course is aimed at: Trainers and technical advisers from government institutions responsible for supporting SMEs on OSH and working conditions; Workers’ and employers’ organizations representatives involved in supporting their members in improving OSH and working conditions; Representatives of non-governmental organizations actively supporting SMEs in OSH and working conditions; Staff of technical cooperation projects supporting SMEs; Consultants, university teachers and researchers working in the fields of OSH and working conditions.

July 2020

  1. Deadline for application: 8 May 2020

    E-learning course on labour inspection

    8 June - 31 July 2020

    This course will familiarize participants with the principles, functions and main characteristics of labour inspection. Participants will be able to choose from different compliance strategies and carry out a comprehensive and effective labour inspection visit relating to working conditions and occupational safety and health, applying new tools and a set of indicators for identifying the employment relationship.

  2. Deadline for application: 5 June 2020

    Occupational Safety and Health management in the construction sector

    13 - 23 July 2020

    This course is aimed at government officials involved in the enforcement of OSH legislation; OSH advisers and trainers belonging to employers' and workers' organizations involved in the promotion of OSH; and managers, supervisors and technical staff responsible for OSH in construction-sector enterprises.

June 2020

  1. Webinar

    The COVID-19 and Labour Inspection

    16 June 2020

    The events will gather regional and national institutions to exchange on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour inspectorates and how are these shifting priorities and adapting operations to respond to the new needs of the labour market.

  2. Fecha limite para la inscripción: 03 mayo 2020

    Programas y Sistemas Nacionales de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (course in Spanish)

    1 - 12 June 2020

    Este curso se dirige a responsables políticos, funcionarios de alto nivel y asesores de las instituciones gubernamentales encargadas de la planificación, la ejecución y la administración de la SST a nivel nacional; representantes de organizaciones de trabajadores y de empleadores que participan en el proceso de toma de decisiones en materia de SST a nivel nacional. El programa también puede ser de interés para otras personas, tales como investigadores, formadores o consultores en este campo.

April 2020

  1. Webinar

    Learning Webinar: Business, non-discrimination and gender equality in the time of COVID-19

    29 April 2020

  2. Africa Virtual OSH day commemoration

    World Day for Safety and Health at Work Commemoration AFRICA WEBINAR

    28 April 2020

    ILO and AUDA-NEPAD will be hosting a 2-hour virtual OSH day commemoration 28th April from 13h00 – 15h00 (CAT). ILO recently revised the World Day for Safety and Health at Work theme from “Violence and Harassment in the World of Work” to “Stop the Pandemic: Safety and Health at Work can Save Lives”, to resonate with the current COVID-19 situation. ILO and AUDA-NEPAD will be hosting a commemoration webinar for Africa under the sub-theme “Saluting Healthcare Workers in the fight against COVID-19” to honour the healthcare workers and their contribution to combating COVID-19.