All events: occupational safety and health

Safety training at small construction sites

Training of Trainers on Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites (WISCON)

Recognizing the need to address the decent work deficits faced by the construction sector workers in Nepal, the ILO is providing technical support to the relevant stakeholders in the construction sector and promote decent work through formalization...

SCORE Experience Sharing Meeting in Deqing

09 March 2017, the ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia (ILO CO-Beijing) and the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) co-organized SCORE Experience Sharing Meeting in Deqing, Huzhou of Zhejiang province.

Labour inspection and administration

ILO to bolster inspection of occupational safety and health in Kuwait energy sector

The ILO International Training Centre will hold a training course with occupational safety and health inspectors of Kuwait’s Public Authority of Manpower to cover guidelines for inspection activities in the energy sector.

Training workshop on promotion of good workplace practices for small and medium-sized enterprises using ILO’s WISE training methodologies

Occupational safety and health standards optimize workers’ productivity, ensure safe workplaces, and cater to the development of organizations. The event is aimed at increasing awareness on OSH practices and also in addressing the challenges around...

SafeYouth@Work Event

SafeYouth@Work Communications Planning Workshop

The ILO SafeYouth@Work Project has convened its implementing partners from government, workers, employers and civic organizations for a Communications Planning Workshop. The event helped implementing partners define their roles in advocating safety...

Safety and Health at Work

SafeYouth@Work Communications Planning Workshop

The ILO SafeYouth@Work Project in the Philippines will gather partners in a communication workshop aimed at promoting and raising awareness on safety and health of young workers.

Decrees on labour-related violations sanctions

Workshop on reviewing the implementation of decrees on labour-related violations sanctions

The event focuses on occupational safety and health issues and is an activity of the SafeYouth@Work project.

Training workshop for labour inspectors on “ensuring good working conditions for workers, including migrant workers”

As part of a series of training workshops to labour inspectors around Jordan, the ILO delivered a three day workshop for labour inspectors of the Ministry of Labour, based in Amman, to strengthen their capacity relating to effective inspection of...

Project Steering Committee Meeting

The second Meeting of the SafeYouth@Work Project Steering Committee in Viet Nam

The Project Steering Committee (PSC) is a group of the key tripartite partners and stakeholders responsible for providing guidance on the implementation of the SafeYouth@Work project. The Second Project Steering Committee Meeting of SafeYouth@Work...

Improving occupational safety and health in healthcare settings -- TOT Workshop on HIV and HealthWISE in China

Healthcare workers in China face high risks of occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens including HIV in their daily medical practice. Protecting healthcare workers’ rights and improving their occupational safety and health conditions will...

Training of Trainers

Training of Trainers (TOT) for Farmers' Union on Occupational Safety and Health

The TOT is organized in Danang City (21-24 November 2016) and in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province in December 2016 in collaboration with the Central Farmers' Union and the Department for Work Safety, MOLISA. Participants attending the TOT are...

Meeting of Experts to Adopt a Revised Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Ports

Pacific Sub-Regional Foundation Skills Training for OSH and Labour Inspectors

Fifteen inspectors from Kiribati, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Tonga are joining WorkSafe and the International Labour Organization (ILO) for a five day foundations skills training programme.

ILO/CEC Training Workshop on Ergonomic Checkpoints in Zhengzhou and Luoyang

The ILO and the Chinese employers join hands in improving workplace occupational safety and health in SMEs.

Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Violence against Women and Men in the World of Work

The Governing Body of the ILO, at its 325th Session (November 2015), decided “to place a standard-setting item on ‘Violence against women and men in the world of work’ on the agenda of the 107th Session (June 2018) of the Conference” and “to convene...

Labour inspection strategy for Bangladesh under development

The development of a first ever labour inspection strategy for Bangladesh took a step closer following the start of a consultation process on the contents of a draft.

The 8th China International Forum on Work Safety

The ILO and State Administration of Work Safety of China jointly organized the 8th China International Work Safety Forum in Beijing during 27-29 September 2016 in Beijing. The Forum aims to provide a platform to identify key issues, share technical...

Training of Trainers for Using the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses

The training workshop is an annual cooperative activity between the LABADMINOSH/ILO, WHO and Health Environment Management Agency (HEMA) of the Ministry of Health, that aims to address the national efforts for prevention of pneumoconioses in Viet...

South Asia Experts’ Meeting on Occupational Safety and Health

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together occupational safety and health experts from South Asia, as well as ILO specialists, to enhance knowledge-sharing and technical collaboration on occupational safety and health issues among SAARC...

Discussion on expanding National Occupational Diseases List China

People with Hepatitis are more common than people with HIV in China. Occupational infection of these blood borne pathogens should be considered an occupational disease for healthcare workers.