Promotional materials
Promotional materials
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Beyond death and injuries: The ILO's role in promoting safe and healthy jobs
25 June 2008
The ILO report provides the most recently revised estimates of the global impact of occupational accidents and diseases, as well as an examination of what can and is already done to improve safety at work.
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My life, my work, my safe work - Managing risk in the work environment
28 April 2008
Despite the positive efforts to reduce accidents and ill health, injuries and diseases are still all too common in the world of work today. This publication describes some basic steps for managing risks in the workplace.
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Why does the world need a new, on-line edition of the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety?
01 January 2008
Twelve years after publishing the 4th edition of the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, an updated, on-line version is being prepared.
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About the ILO OSH-MS Guidelines
01 January 2001
Videos
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Fair WIND for Safety in Kyrgyzstan
17 December 2008
An ILO occupational safety and health training program for farmers and other agricultural workers in Kyrgyzstan has become a starting point for a broader political process of social dialogue between workers, employers and government.
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Statement by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia on the occasion of World Day for Decent Work
01 October 2008
"Hard won rights at work must be at the heart of the 21st century struggles for social justice and a fair globalization," says ILO Director-General Juan Somavia on the occasion of October 7, the World Day for Decent Work.
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Why does the world need a new, on-line edition of the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety?
01 January 2008
Twelve years after publishing the 4th edition of the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, an updated, on-line version is being prepared.
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Burkina Faso: Protecting the Environment by Profiting from Garbage
09 October 2007
Burkina Faso’s first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project. It provides a money earner to the poor while tackling environmental pollution. Local industry also benefits – the recycled plastic granules cost half the price of importing new plastic from abroad.
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Adoption of the new fishing convention
14 June 2007
Innovative new labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women working in the fishing sector worldwide were adopted today at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Tackling Child Labour in Agriculture
12 June 2007
Worldwide, agriculture is the sector where by far the largest number of working children can be found - an estimated 70 per cent, of whom 132 million are girls and boys aged 5-14. These children are helping to produce the food and beverages we consume. Their labour is used for crops such as cereals, cocoa, coffee, fruit, sugar, palm oil, rice, tea, tobacco and vegetables. They also work in livestock raising and herding, and in the production of other agricultural materials such as cotton and cottonseed.
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Bulgaria: Joining the European Union
12 January 2007
As Bulgaria joins the European Union, it must enforce tougher safety and health standards. To avoid having to pay out big compensation benefits, Bulgarian employers are looking more towards preventing accidents before they happen by setting up a safety and health monitoring service. ILO TV explains:
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Documentary, 1999
The Face of Decent Work
Director: Miguel Schapira
Producer: Karen Naets SekiguchiThis is an exposé of some of the world’s most deadly professions (mining and agriculture) and hazards of the workplace (factory fires). It shows conditions of labour unchanged over hundreds of years and the victims of these conditions under pressure to produce in an increasingly competitive and global economy.
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SafeWork Playlist
Watch the videos in the SafeWork playlist of the ILO YouTube channel