Workshop on management of occupational safety and health in international organizations of the United Nations

Workshop on management of occupational safety and health in international organizations of the United Nations
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Workshop on management of occupational safety and health in international organizations of the United Nations

24–28 mars 2025
Le cours est disponible en English
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Présentation du cours

International organizations face the challenge of managing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). Frequently, the nature of their operations, the legal frameworks of reference or the lack of an integrated approach has resulted on unsatisfactory management systems for the needs of the organizations and their members. As other business issues OSH can be managed in an organization. In general terms, OSH management refers to the practices and organizational measures for the deployment of resources from an initial plan to reach the intended goals in order to ensure that an acceptable level of safety and health is maintained in the organization. An OSH management system method also requires to monitor and evaluate progress toward the previously established goals, and identify areas for improvement. A common understanding on the general principles, concepts and fundamentals of OSH and its management among all stakeholders could allow them easier discussion, interaction and decision-making within OSH management. The knowledge of the existing and potential hazards, the preventive and protective measures are among the most important issue for the management of OSH. It is therefore very important the development of skills on how to identify hazards, how to assess the relevance of the risks that these hazards pose to the worker's health, how to implement control and preventive measures. The International Training Centre of the ILO is organizing this workshop in Turin, Italy to acquaint participants with ILO guidelines and principles, as well as with consolidated and successful OSH management practices from other organizations.

Groupes cibles

OSH coordinators, supportive staff and supervisors involved in the implementation of OSH measures in international organizations; employees' and management's representatives involved in bipartite consultative bodies concerned with OSH in international organizations; external consultants supporting international organizations on OSH.

Objectives

This workshop provides participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively implement and operate a management system for the improvement of the OSH Workshop on anagement of occupational safety and health in international organizations. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the main concepts and fundamentals as well as the ILO principles on OSH.
  • Describe the most relevant hazards concerning their organizations and the most frequent preventive and protective measures to be adopted.
  • Analyse and the OSH-MS in an organization in order to propose measures for its improvement
  • Transfer knowledge on OSH management and the methodology and steps to carry out a risk assessment in a workplace.
Contents
  • Concepts and fundamentals on occupational safety and health (OSH)
  • The ILO principles on OSH
  • Main risks in international organizations
  • Why manage OSH? Management approaches
  • Policy and organization
  • Risk assessment: methodologies
  • Hazard control and prevention and protection measures
  • Monitoring, evaluation and review of OSH performance
  • Reporting, recording and investigation of occupational accidents and diseases
  • Fire prevention and management
  • Management of psychosocial risks
  • Health surveillance.

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