Meeting of Experts to Examine Instruments, Knowledge, Advocacy, Technical Cooperation and International Collaboration as Tools with a view to Developing a Policy Framework for Hazardous Substances
The Governing Body of the ILO at its 292nd Session (March 2005) decided to hold this Meeting of Experts. The purpose of the Meeting of Experts was to discuss how ILO instruments and other tools concerning occupational safety and health and hazardous substances could be best incorporated into a new policy framework and action plan.
The ILO prepared a background information paper as a basis for its discussion in order to facilitate the adoption of a Policy Framework for Hazardous Substances. The paper discusses how ILO instruments and other tools concerning occupational safety and health and hazardous substances could be best incorporated into a Policy Framework for Hazardous Substances. Such a Policy Framework could take into account major ongoing international, regional and national activities in the context of sound management of chemicals, in particular the ILO's Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health and proposed revision of standards related to single chemical substances, the Convention concerning the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 (No. 187) and the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for the Clarification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
The Final Report provides recommendations decided by the Meeting of Experts and a summary of the discussions.
The ILO prepared a background information paper as a basis for its discussion in order to facilitate the adoption of a Policy Framework for Hazardous Substances. The paper discusses how ILO instruments and other tools concerning occupational safety and health and hazardous substances could be best incorporated into a Policy Framework for Hazardous Substances. Such a Policy Framework could take into account major ongoing international, regional and national activities in the context of sound management of chemicals, in particular the ILO's Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health and proposed revision of standards related to single chemical substances, the Convention concerning the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 (No. 187) and the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for the Clarification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
The Final Report provides recommendations decided by the Meeting of Experts and a summary of the discussions.