International Safety and Health Conference 2009 (ILO)

  Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards Globally

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International Labour Standards

The ILO develops international labour standards, including standards in the field of occupational safety and health, to help protect you at work. These standards exist to guide governments in setting national laws and regulations and enforcing their application at the workplace. If a country ratifies an ILO Convention, it has to incorporate its provisions into national law and practice. This means that employers and workers and their organizations also have the framework to improve working conditions and occupational safety and health. This is why ILO standards are promoted worldwide to ensure safe and healthy working environments.

How can we sit back when every 15 seconds a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease and every 15 seconds, 160 workers have a work-related accident. By the end of one day of our conference 1 million workers will suffer a workplace accident. Around 5,500 workers will die due to an accident or disease from their work! When cutting costs, why does safety and health have to go first? Only a safe and healthy workforce can be more productive. Health and safety at work today is a basic human right more than ever.

Opening Session:
The Economic Crisis and Safety and Health at Work

Session 1:
Health and Life at Work: A Basic Human Right

Session 2:
European Forum on the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work

Session 3:
Good Practices on OSH Management

Session 4:
Good Practices on Prevention

Session 5:
Labour Inspection in the Path of Change

Round table discussion:
Threat or Opportunity for OSH in Time of Crisis
(Round table discussion)

More information in our detailed conference schedule

Lectures by :

• Michele Patterson, IALI Präsident, South Australia
• Herbert Mai, Mitglied des Vorstandes und Arbeitsdirektor, Fraport AG,Germany
• Dr. Sameera Al-Tuwaijri, ILO, Direktor SafeWork,Schweiz
• Mitglied des Arbeitssicherheit- und Gesundheitsausschusses, Arcelor Mittal, Luxembourg
• Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Generalsekretär , Internationale Vereinigung für Soziale Sicherheit (ISSA), Schweiz
• Maureen Shaw, Präsident , Accident Prevention Association, IAPA, Kanada
• Assane Diop, Exekutiv Direktor für Soziale Sicherheit, ILO, Schweiz

Conference Languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, German

Registration and Information:

Ms. Anja Köhler
Institut Arbeit und Gesundheit (BGAG) der DGUV
Königsbrücker Landstrasse 2, 01109 Dresden
Tel. 0 351 – 457 – 1320
FAX 0 351 – 457 – 1325
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Coordination International Düsseldorf ILO Conference:

Gerd Albracht
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