Upholding sustainable delivery mechanisms to promote Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Over the last 25 years, the ILO has developed and implemented effective delivery mechanisms to improve Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and overall working conditions and productivity, in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) including in the informal economy. The ILO promotes participatory action-oriented approaches in which entrepreneurs, managers, workers and/or farmers are empowered and supported to improve OSH, working conditions and productivity through systematic identification, assessment and implementation of local and affordable solutions and good practices that encourage peer learning and knowledge sharing. This project aims at taking stock of the various experiences from the ILO and other relevant initiatives to further strengthen the effective implementation of these approaches and to promote improvement of OSH in SMEs. To this end, the project will: (i) document and disseminate lessons learned and good practices from existing delivery mechanisms to improve OSH in SMEs; (ii) develop a “how to” guide for constituents to improve OSH in SMEs based on the good practices identified; (iii) upgrade existing ILO tools to better respond to SMEs current needs and challenges to improve OSH and productivity and; (iv) pilot the “how to” guide in two to three target countries and finalize the tools.

Project symbol

GLO/17/52/KOR

Admin unit

LABADMIN/OSH

Start date

01/04/2018

End date

31/12/2021

Total allocation

386142

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

358207

Development Partners

Republic of Korea, Ministry of Labour

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Outcome 7: Adequate and effective protection at work for all