INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CONFERENCE

Istanbul, Hilton Hotel, 6-7 December 2017

Catherine BRÅKENHIELM Former Chief Technical Advisor for OSH, Consultant for the ILO ILO Office for Turkey, ANKARA

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SOMA, MAY 13, 2014

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OSH SITUATION IN TURKEY 2014

HARMONIZATION WITH EU OSH REGULATIONS New OSH Law 6331 (2012) developed with EUassistance

RATIFICATION OF ILO OSH STANDARDS Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981(No. 155) and the Occupational Health ServicesConvention, 1988, (No. 161) ratified 2005.Promotional Framework for Occupational Safetyand Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) ratifiedJan. 2014.

TOWARDS A PROJECT

May 2014: High-level ILO mission to expresssympathy and offer ILO assistance.

July 2014: ILO mission to hold tripartitediscussions on possible assistance.

October 2014: National Tripartite Meetingconcluded with adoption of a “Roadmap” foran ILO technical assistance project.

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ILO MANDATE

IMPLEMENT ELEMENTS OF THE ROADMAP

Improve OSH through increased awareness

Assist and advise national OSH institutions

Examine OSH in mining including problems relatedto subcontracting

PROMOTE ILO OSH STANDARDS

Focus on mining and construction

NEGOTIATE A TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM

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AREAS OF ACTIVITIES

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IMPROVING NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM

World OSH Day

National OSH Council

National OSH Profile

Recording and notification

Indicators

IMPROVING IMPLEMENTATION OF ILS

Training of judges on ILS and OSH

Review of the role of OSH professionals

Review of curriculum for OSH professionals

OSH parts of vocational training for Syrian refugees reviewed and adapted

RESEARCH ON MINING

Further regulation of OSH in miningneeded

The pressure of the market a keyproblem

Sub-contracting: anomalies caused by non-application of legal requirements

FACILITATING RATIFICATIONS

Mining and Construction

Gap analyses

Implementation guides

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AREAS OF ACTIVITIES

TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROJECT

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MANDATE: Develop a 5-year technical cooperationproject to improve national OSH system focussed onmining and construction.

DRAFT PROJECT: Developed and negotiated withtripartite constituents during the project.

CHANGED NATIONAL POLICY: Postponed « sine die ».

LESSONS LEARNED

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POSITIVE RESPONSE

In meetings and interactions

ILO Conventions on OSH in Construction (C.167) and on OSH in Mining (No. 176) ratified

Follow-up to initiatives taken

INCREASED AWARENESS OF OSH STANDARDS

Through active tripartite participation in meetings

Through active participation from members of the judiciary

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WAY FORWARD

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GENERALLY

Strengthen national OSH institutions

Ensure that employers assume their responsibilities

improve OSH training of workers, managers and OSH professionals

MINING

Ease pressure from national energy production

Review mechanisms for monitoring of OSH

Track dangerous occurrences

Building a preventative safety and health culturerequires a long-term effort.

The ILO supervisory system contributes to longerterm impact of ratified Conventions.

Hopefully some positive effects have been triggeredby the project. Particularly hopeful among thejudiciary where the right to removal was discussed.Implementing this right may save lives.

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CONCLUDING REMARKS

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