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Events

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 30th International Congress on Occupational Health

    18 - 23 March 2012, Cancun, Mexico

    The 30th Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) will bring together occupational health researchers and practitioners from all over the world to share and learn from each other the most current advances in the field of occupational health. The theme of the congress is "Occupational health for all: From research to practice" and is based on the belief that all workers require health protection to prevent any occupational disease or injury as part of their human and labor rights.

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Conferences

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. International Forum on Occupational Health and Safety: Policies, Profiles and Services

    20 - 22 June 2011, Espoo, Finland

    The aim of the International Forum is to look into occupational safety and health policies and profiles and make an inventory, and then to continue with the introduction and further development of occupational health services, Basic Occupational Health Services in particular. In addition, time is reserved for discussing the practical tools for solutions and good practices. Our intention is to come up with recommendations for further actions for more sustainable solutions in the world of work.

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Courses

  1. SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies

    12 - 23 November 2012, 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 French.

  2. Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases

    8 - 19 October 2012, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

    The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment-injury institutions to improve the coverage and management of occupational accidents and diseases and to promote prevention as a means to occupational safety and health.

  3. Training Workshop on Prevention of Pneumoconioses (using the ILO 2011 Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses)

    17 - 20 September 2012, Lima, Peru

    This training workshop, which is jointly organized by the ILO Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) and the National Institute of Health in Peru (NIS-CENSOPAS), aims to upgrade the skills of occupational physicians, chest doctors, radiologists, and pulmonologists for the effective use of the ILO 2011 International Classification of Radiographs for early detection and health surveillance of pneumoconiosis. In addition to its advanced training program, the workshop includes the national test for certification of X-ray readings for pneumoconiosis developed by NIH-CENSOPAS.

  4. Occupational safety and health management in the enterprise

    4 - 15 June 2012, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

    The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity for the implementation and development of OSH management practices in enterprises.

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