Events and training
Events
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XX Congress on Safety and Health at Work: "Sharing a Vision for Sustainable Prevention"
24 - 27 August 2014, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The World Congress, organized every three years since 1955, provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge, practices and experiences for all occupational safety and health specialists, employers and managers, trade unions, public administration, insurance and social security professionals, manufacturers and importers, as well as anyone with an interest in safety and health at work.
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2013
28 April 2013, Worldwide
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work in 2013 focuses on the prevention of occupational diseases.
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The 6th China International Forum on Work Safety and Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition
18 - 19 September 2012, Beijing , China (The People's Republic of)
The forum represents a primary information platform about China’s policy development trade in safety and health. The exhibition is an opportunity to link businesses with China’s market and provides a venue for understanding China’s safety technologies and products demand.
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work in 2012: Promoting safety and health in a green economy
28 April 2012, Geneva
The 2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) in a green economy. There is a shift in the world to a greener and more sustainable economy. However, even if certain jobs are considered to be “green”, the technologies used may protect the environment but not be safe at all.
Conferences
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Improving working conditions in small and medium enterprises
9 - 10 May 2013, Geneva, ILO Headquarters
International experts, researchers and field practitioners are meeting at the ILO to discuss how investing in working conditions, safety and health and training can turn into increased competitiveness and performance and result in a win win scenario for small and medium enterprises in developing and transition economies.
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Video-conference on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work
27 April 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine and Saint-Petersburgl, Russia
The innovative teleconference between Ukraine and Russia was carried out in the rank of other promotional activities devoted to the occasion in the two countries. The event made it possible to further raise awareness in the occupational safety and health (OSH) field of tripartite partners and enterprises, as well as get them acquainted with the modern trends in harmonization of national OSH legislation with the ILO and European Union (EU) OSH standards.
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Commemorating the World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Interactive Talkshow on OSH and SMEs in Indonesia
25 April 2012, Jakarta, Indonesia
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia have become a significant support to the sustainable development of the economy and important channel to adsorb surplus labour forces. However, the SMEs are still facing many challenges. One of them is how to raise productivity while improving occupational safety and health and working conditions.
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ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA
20 - 21 October 2011, Düsseldorf, Germany
The conference will focus on the application of international tools on occupational safety and health (OSH) strategic approach at national and enterprise levels. Good practice in construction and health sectors, which face high and emerging risks to occupational accidents and diseases, will be highlighted. Under the theme "Promoting a preventative safety and health culture: International instruments, national strategies and good practices", the conference will offer an excellent forum to share the experience of different stakeholders and learn how to put it in practice at each level.
Courses
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National Governance of Occupational Safety and health
14 - 25 October 2013, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy
The general objective of this course is to strengthen the capacity of planning, developing and governing the national efforts to improve the OSH.
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Master in Occupational Safety and Health
1 October 2013 - 30 September 2014, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy
Public and private sector organizations throughout the world are increasingly concerned with improving occupational safety and health (OSH). In both developed and developing countries, the rapid pace of technological change, combined with the persistence of unsafe or environmentally threatening working conditions, has served to focus attention on the need to create a safe, healthy working environment and to promote a new safety culture at the workplace.
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The employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases
9 - 20 September 2013, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy
The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment injury institutions for the management of the occupational accidents and diseases and the promotion of the prevention approach on occupational safety and health.
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SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies
24 June - 5 July 2013, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy
The overall objective of this course is to develop knowledge and skills that will lead to the integration of the psychosocial and health promotion issues into a comprehensive enterprise policy and establish a framework for preventative action. This course will be held in Spanish.