SafeWork

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SafeWork ILO Programme on Safety and Health at
Work and in the Environment
DECENT WORK COUNTRY PROGRAMMES (DWCPs) IN LATIN
AMERICAVALENTINA FORASTIERI Coordinator,
health promotion and training unit, ILO
Programme on Safety and Health at Work and in
the Environment
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• SafeWork
• GOALS
• To protect workers in dangerous occupations
• To extend protection to workers without access
  to it
• To promote worker health and well-being
• To show that prevention is an investment

DECENT WORK Productive work Freedom and equal
opportunity Acceptable levels of income and
economic security Protection of rights, social
protection, and Access to opportunities for
quality jobs
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ILO GLOBAL STRATEGY ON GLOBALIZATION

• ILO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND ITS DECLARATION
  ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES AT WORK
  (1998)
• THE DECENT WORK PARADIGM (1999)
• PROGRAMME ON SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK/SAFEWORK
  (2000)
• WORLD COMMISSION ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF
  GLOBALIZATION (2001)
• TRIPARTITE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES ON
  MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND SOCIAL POLICY
  (2002/05)
• PILOT DECENT WORK COUNTRY PROGRAMMES (2003)
• DECENT WORK COUNTRY PROGRAMMES 2006-2015

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ILO GLOBAL OSH STRATEGY ON GLOBALIZATION

• GLOBAL STRATEGY ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
  (2003)
• PROMOTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
  HEALTH, CONVENTION No. 187 (2006)
• SUMMIT AND DECLARATION ON SAFETY AND HEALTH AT
  WORK (2008 WORLD CONGRESS)
• COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE DECENT WORK AGENDA
  AND DWCPs
• COLLABORATION WITH MINISTRIES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL
  SECURITY STRUCTURES
• OSH AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT AND
  RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
• PROMOTION OF A CULTURE OF PREVENTION, AND
  MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF
  THE DECLARATION
• ILO DECLARATION ON SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR A FAIR
  GLOBALIZATION,
  
  (ILC, 2008)

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DECENT WORK THE ILOS FRAMEWORK OF ACTION IN
LATIN AMERICA 2000-2015

• TRIPARTITE EMPLOYMENT FORUMS TRIPARTITE
  DECLARATION ON PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT
  WORK OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF LABOR,
  Southern Cone, Andean Region, and Central America
  (2005)
• SUBREGIONAL HIGH-LEVEL TRIPARTITE COMMITTEES AND
  ILO SUBREGIONAL ACTION PLANS (2005)
• DECLARATION OF THE XXXVII SUMMIT OF HEADS OF
  STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN
  INTEGRATION SYSTEM (SICA) (2005)
• ILO REGIONAL MEETING AN AGENDA FOR THE
  HEMISPHERE, 2006-2015 (2005)
• DESIGN OF DECENT WORK COUNTRY PROGRAMMES IN
  CONSULTATION WITH THE TRIPARTITE CONSTITUENTS
  (2006-2007)

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ILO HEMISPHERIC AGENDA FOR LATIN AMERICA
2006-2015 OSH PRIORITIES

1. NATIONAL OSH POLICY National SafeWork Programmes
   
2. UPDATING AND APPLYING NATIONAL OSH LEGISLATION
3. NATIONAL OSH INFORMATION SYSTEM Recording and
   notification vs. prevention
4. BUILDING OSH LABOR INSPECTION CAPACITIES
5. OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS building capacities for
   bipartite action at the company level

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DECENT WORK COUNTRY PROGRAMMES WITH A SAFEWORK
COMPONENT 2008-2015

• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua

• Panama
• Dominican Republic

• Uruguay
• Chile

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DECENT WORK/SAFE WORK NATIONAL SAFEWORK
PROGRAMMES

• COSTA RICA National OSH System (AGRICULTURE)
• National OSH system C.187
• Safety and Health in Agriculture Program C.184
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81/C.129
• HONDURAS NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM (SMEs)
• NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM C.187/C.155
• National system for recording and notification of
  occupational accidents and diseases
  C.155/P.155/R.194
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81
• Improving working conditions in SMEs
  WISE/MATIZE/WIND
• Good OSH practices and corporate social
  responsibility in SMEs C.155/R.164/WISE

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DECENT WORK/SAFE WORK NATIONAL SAFEWORK
PROGRAMMES

• NICARAGUA NATIONAL OSH INFORMATION SYSTEM
• National system for recording and notification of
  occupational accidents and diseases
  C.155/P.155/R.194
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81
• PANAMA OSH IN CONSTRUCTION
• National Program for OSH in Construction C.167
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81
• Training of delegates on OSH in construction and
  bipartite OSH committees C.155/R.164
• Strengthening the labor movement for
  participation in OSH national/company/collective
  bargaining C.155/R.164

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DECENT WORK/SAFE WORK NATIONAL SAFEWORK
PROGRAMMES

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL OSH INFORMATION
  SYSTEM
• National OSH system C.187/C.155
• National system for recording and notification of
  occupational accidents and diseases
  C.155/P.155/R.194
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81/C.129
• Pilot Safety and Health in Agriculture Program
  C.184
• CUBA NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM (OSH MANAGEMENT
  SYSTEMS)
• National OSH system C.187/C.155/OSH Management
  System Guidelines
• Program for OSH in Construction C.187
• Safety and Health in Agriculture Program and
  Productivity
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81/C.129

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DECENT WORK/SAFE WORK NATIONAL SAFEWORK
PROGRAMMES

• MEXICO NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM
• National OSH system C.187/C.155
• National system for recording and notification of
  occupational accidents and diseases
  C.155/P.155/R.194
• Health surveillance system and national list of
  professional occupational diseases
  C.155/P.155/R.194
• Contribution to drafting the mines standard C.176
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81
• Safety and Health in Agriculture Program and
  Productivity C.184/SIMAPRO
• CSR on OSH in the automotive industry supply
  chain (VW/GTZ/ILO) C.155/R.164/WISE
• Worker nutrition project (TRAVAIL/Food at work)

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DECENT WORK/SAFE WORK NATIONAL SAFEWORK
PROGRAMMES

• CHILE NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM (OSH MANAGEMENT
  SYSTEMS)
• National OSH system C.187/C.155
• National system for recording and notification of
  occupational accidents and diseases
  C.155/P.155/R.194
• Social Security reform (occupational risk
  management system/National OSH Institute
  C.102/C.121/C.155/P.155/R.194
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81/R.82
• National Program for OSH in Construction
  (Tripartite Sectoral Committee)
  C.155/R.164/C.167
• Strengthening the labor movement for
  participation in OSH national/company/collective
  bargaining C.155/R.164/C.167

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DECENT WORK/SAFE WORK NATIONAL SAFEWORK
PROGRAMMES

• URUGUAY NATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN
  AGRICULTURE/FORESTRY PROGRAM
• National OSH system C.187/C.155
• Update of OSH legislation C.187/C.155
• Update of legislation on Safety and Health in
  Agriculture Program C.184
• Safety and Health in Agriculture/Forestry Program
  C.184
• Strengthening labor inspection C.81/P.81/R.81/C.12
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• Strengthening the labor movement for
  participation in OSH national/company/collective
  bargaining C.155/R.164/C.167

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SUBREGIONAL STRATEGIES

• Strengthening labor inspection in OSH
• C.155/R.164/C.81/R.81/P.81 C.129/R.129
• National training programs (sectoral approach)
• International congress on new trends in OSH
  labour inspection. SAFEWORK the International
  Association of Labour Inspection (IALI) 2009

• Building capacities among union representatives
  in the OSH area C.155/R.164
• Training of trainers program for labor union
  delegates to OSH peer committees in
  collaboration with the Central American and
  Caribbean Labor Institute (ISACC) and the ILA in
  the Andean Region
• National training-of-trainers programs with a
  tripartite approach in the Southern Cone

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SafeWork ILO Programme on Safety and Health at
Work and in the Environment

• VALENTINA FORASTIERICoordinator, health
  promotion
• and training unit
• www.oit.or.cr
• www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework