31.08.2010 - 02.09.2010, Beijing, China
The China International forum on Work Safety with theme of Infrastructure Development and Capacity Building in Work Safety was held in Beijing, China from 31 August 2010 hosted by the State Administration of Work Safety. Beijing Statement in support of the Seoul Declaration was adopted at the special session.
July 2010
A new Website on the Canary Islands Declaration has been opened by the Canary Islands government to promote prevention culture in support of the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work. The Website includes information, photos and videos about the Declaration and related events and prevention initiatives.
5 July 2010, Seoul, Korea
International Seminar on the Best Implementation on the Seoul Declaration was held on July 5, 2010 in COEX, Seoul, Korea. The seminar hosted keynote speakers from ILO, ISSA, and KOSHA and had 7 presentations from domestic and abroad on the best implementation on the Seoul Declaration. During the seminar, a support statement of the Seoul Declaration was adopted.
30 June 2010, ISSA
Prevention strategies will become increasingly central for all branches of social security, and can have measurable economic benefits for both enterprises and social insurance schemes, a meeting of occupational safety and social security experts has affirmed.
19 April 2010, Port Louis, Mauritius
Participants of the 25th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Occupational Safety and Health Organisation have endorsed the Mauritius Declaration in support of the Seoul Declaration concerning safety and health at work in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on 19 April 2010.
25 March 2010, ILO
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) approved a new list of occupational diseases at its meeting on 25 March 2010. Designed to assist countries in the prevention, recording, notification and, if applicable, compensation of diseases caused by work, this new list replaces the one in the Annex to the Recommendation No. 194.
15 – 16 March 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam
Identifying options to put the Seoul Declaration efficiently into force in the ASEAN region was the aim of the Strategy Conference hosted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, ISSA Mining, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia, and the ASEAN-OSHNET in Hanoi, Vietnam.
4 November 2009, A+A, Düsseldorf, Germany
A new stage in building a global movement for safety and health at work was reached at a high-level European meeting held in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 4 November, when representatives of business and professional organizations committed to promoting a “preventative workplace safety and health culture worldwide.”
