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ILO and Lao Government, employers and workers take action to improve occupational safety and health in the coffee sector

India must seize the opportunity to create safe and healthy workplace

OpEd by Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Office for India and Decent Work Team for South Asia, New Delhi

ILO, Armenia Sign New Decent Work Country Programme

The Programme aims to further develop mechanisms of regulating labour relations, improve employment policy and enhance employability of women and men, and to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining at all levels.

Forestry

A tripartite ILO meeting adopts conclusions to promote decent work and safety and health in forestry

The first global ILO meeting on forestry in 14 years took place in Geneva between 6 and 10 May 2019 and provided a unique opportunity for ILO’s tripartite constituents to discuss developments, challenges and opportunities in the promotion of decent...

Young people seek OSH solutions at SafeJam 2019

Event highlights importance of engaging youth in strengthening OSH culture in Qatar

Recognizing the dangers of asbestos

The ILO in collaboration with the Indonesia Ban Asbestos Network (INA-BAN) raised the public awareness about the danger of asbestos.

Enterprise development

ILO-ETI Experience Sharing Session on SCORE Training for Supply Chain

ILO and ETI celebrate closure of successful pilot collaboration to upgrade supply chains with SCORE Training in China.

Our impact, Their voices

Making safety and health at work a priority for the benefits of all

The wide reaching benefits of SCORE Training Safety & Health at Work explained in a successful case study in Viet Nam..

First Qatar OSH month comes to a successful close

Over 15,000 take part in events across Qatar to strengthen culture of Occupational Safety and Health

New heat stress guidance to be issued before summer 2019

Heat stress guidance and a new labour inspection policy to foster a national preventative safety and health culture in Qatar.

A safe and healthy future of work

Bangladesh Government honours 24 companies on National Occupational Safety and Health Day

Note to Correspondents

Occupational safety and health

Guy Ryder: ‘All countries should ratify health and safety conventions’

Speaking in Russia ahead of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said the well-being of workers continues to be a priority for the ILO as the world of work undergoes rapid change.

Occupational safety and health

An unacceptable human cost

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder outlined the importance of occupational safety and health to sustainable development and decent work, in a speech at the All Russia Week on Occupational Safety and Health, at the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Awareness raising seminars conducted on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work for cotton growing communities in district Sanghar

Under the ILO-INDITEX PPP, two community level awareness raising seminars were conducted in district Sanghar benefiting 159 participants (cotton growing communities and local key stakeholders) to strengthen their understanding on the Fundamental...

National workshop on fundamental principles and rights at work and occupational safety & health in the cotton supply chain

The ILO convened a two days National Consultative Workshop on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Occupational Safety & Health in the Cotton Supply Chain.

Occupational safety and health

New safety and health issues emerge as work changes

A new report on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), published ahead of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, reviews the ILO’s 100 years of achievements, and reveals some of the emerging challenges and opportunities in creating...

Media advisory

ILO to launch new report on occupational safety and health

Radiation protection

Strengthen protection of workers against radiation in Latin America

The International Atomic Energy Agency and the ILO jointly convened a regional workshop to strengthen the protection of workers exposed to radiation in their jobs by using a new IAEA/ILO Safety Guide on Occupational Radiation Protection (GSG-7). The...

OSH Campaign

Towards improved OSH data collection and analysis in ASEAN

Indonesia hosted the 6th ASEAN OSHNET: OSH Data Collection and Analysis, aimed to improve policies for reporting occupational accidents and employment injury insurance in ASEAN.