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SAFEDAY
ILO Myanmar highlights on SAFEDAY the importance of safe and healthy workplaces in building resilience to crises
28th April is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work (SafeDay). This year’s campaign focuses on how OSH management can build resilience in workplaces to respond to crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and highlights the important role of...
Occpational safety and health
Assessment of Drivers and Constraints for Occupational Safety and Health in the Construction Global Supply Chain in Myanmar
Vision Zero Fund aims to prevent and reduce work-related accidents, injuries and diseases by strengthening public frameworks and establishing sustainable business practices in global supply chains (GSCs). Vision Zero Fund Myanmar Phase II started in...
Occupational safety and health
Pesticide safety in action: Lessons from Myanmar
Vision Zero Fund is a project on occupational safety and health (OSH) working in Myanmar since May 2017 in the garment, ginger, and construction value chains. Handling agrochemicals brings risks to farmers and has been a significant OSH concern in...
Occpational safety and health
Banning Hazardous Pesticides: Recommendation for Myanmar
Vision Zero Fund is a project on occupational safety and health (OSH) working in Myanmar since May 2017 in the garment, ginger, and contruction value chains. Handling agrochemicals brings risks to farmers and has been a significant OSH concern in...
ILO assessment
ILO estimates reveal heavy job losses in the first half of 2021 in Myanmar
With an economy already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapid assessment by the ILO reveals a deep employment crisis following the military takeover in Myanmar.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work: ILO Social Partners to join hands
Today, April 28, marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work (SafeDay). This year’s SafeDay focuses on anticipating, preparing and responding to crises – by investing in resilient Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Systems.
Occpational safety and health
Vision Zero Fund Myanmar: Outcomes and practices assessment 2017-2020
The Vision Zero Fund (VZF), an initiative of the group of seven (G7) countries, aims to achieve zero severe or fatal work-related accidents, injuries and diseases in global supply chains (GSCs).
Discussing opportunities to improve occupational safety and health in myanmar’s construction sector
Meeting with Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Construction to discuss opportunities for improvement of occupational and health in the construction sector in the country.
ILO launches COVID-19 campaign to observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work
In collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and employers and workers organizations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) today, on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work,...
Vision Zero Fund project (VZF) supports Workshop on Strategic Compliance Planning for Government Inspectors to Improve Safety and Health in...
Senior inspectors and Government officials gathered in Nay Pyi Taw for an FGLLID-ILO workshop on improving safety and health in Myanmar through better strategic planning. In addition to FGLLID inspectors from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and...
Vision Zero Fund
ILO supports the Social Security Board, employers, and workers in preparing to scale-up an enhanced version of the Employment Injury...
Workers, employers and the Social Security Board (SSB) gather in Naypyidaw to discuss the results of the employment injury insurance (EII) pilot in Hlaing Tharyar (Yangon) and Pyi Gyi Tha Kone (Mandalay) townships and the options for a scale-up to...
Improving electrical inspection in Myanmar: Vision Zero Fund supported two-day workshop and five-day training for electrical inspection
Vision Zero Fund (VZF) worked intensely alongside the Electrical Inspection Department, Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection (DISI), Ministry of Industry, in the month of September to strengthen technical concepts and inspection...
Market assessment, OSH Risk assessment and business case analysis on occupational safety and health in the Myanmar garment sector
The VZF team conducted a comprehensive mapping of the entire garment value chain, an OSH Risk Assessment and a study on a ‘business case for OSH’, aiming to frame interventions from the perspective of cost-effectiveness and market-based incentives...
Handbook
Managing OSH risks pays off! (Handbook)
This handbook is the awareness raising campaign material about new OSH law in Myanmar for garment factories.
Pamphlet
Managing OSH risks pays off! (Pamphlet)
This pamphlet is the awareness raising campaign material about new OSH law in Myanmar for garment factories.
Poster
Managing OSH risks pays off! (Poster)
This poster is the awareness raising campaign material about new OSH law in Myanmar for garment factories.
Coordinating with the FGLLID and Social partners, ILO Vision Zero Fund organized Awareness Raising Campaign about new OSH law at the three...
From June 25th to June 30th 2019, coordinating with Factories and General Labour Law Inspection Department (FGLLID), the Vision Zero Fund (VZF), ILO has organized an awareness raising campaign, in 3 industrial zones: Mingaladon, East Dagon and...
Myanmar’s Government, Employers and Workers work together to improve safety and health at work and receive international high-level support...
A nine-person tripartite delegation headed by the Director General of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID), and comprising the Joint Secretary General of the Union of Myanmar Federations of Chambers of Commerce and...
Vision Zero Fund
ILO supports Social Security Board in strengthening the Employment Injury Insurance scheme in Myanmar
Insured workers in Hlaing Tharyar (Yangon) and Pyi Gyi Tha Kone (Mandalay) will enjoy a more efficient and client-centric process to access the employment injury insurance (EII) scheme of the Social Security Board (SSB). The ILO - Vision Zero Fund...
Myanmar commemorated its third National Day on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) on 28 April 2019 in Yangon
The ILO is working closely with the Government and the social partners to make workplace safety and health a national priority and reality for all.