Regional Workshop for Asia/Pacific on ILO Convention 190 and Recommendation 206

Objectives:

• Know the core principles of the Convention and its accompanying recommendation
• Gain an understanding of how C190 and R206 can improve occupational health and safety and equality at work
• Learn how to compare national legislation and policy against provisions of C190 and R206
• Be able to compare existing workplace policies and/or collective bargaining agreements against C190 and R206
• Gain insights into how C190 and R206 can be used in negotiations and dialogue
• Identify strategies for ratification of C190
• Be able to deliver a similar training session to other trade union representatives.

Content:

• Scope of the Convention
• Core principles
• Protection and Prevention
• Enforcement and remedies
• Guidance, training and awareness-raising
• ITUC campaign for ratification – how to get      actively engaged

Participants will receive a set of mandatory reading materials in preparation for the training session. These will include the text of Convention 190 and Recommendation 206, which can be found here:

C190 https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C190

R206 https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:R206