A safe and healthy world of work for everyone in Panama

Occupational safety and health is part of the fundamental principles and rights at work, so it is essential to reinforce and expand the efforts that the country has made in recent years in this regard. To achieve the ultimate outcome “Improved Occupational Health and Safety, especially for women, in Panama” it is expected, on the one hand, to “Improve protection of workers against occupational hazards, by Ministerio de trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral (MITRADEL), the occupational health and safety (OSH) National Council, trade unions and employers”. On the other hand, it is expected to “Increase use of gender responsive strategies for addressing occupational health and safety”. These two intermediate outcomes are expected to bring about an overall improvement in conditions to promote occupational safety and health and to ensure that this improvement also has a positive impact for women workers in Panama, together with the following outputs. - Improved protection of workers against occupational hazards, by MITRADEL, the OSH National Council, trade unions and employers in Panama. - Enhanced abilities of MITRADEL to ensure and enforce compliance, especially in fundamental rights. - Increased awareness about and competencies to address, the specific needs of women regarding occupational health and safety of MITRADEL, ILO partner trade union centrals and employers' organizations. - Enhanced abilities of MITRADEL, ILO partner trade union centrals and employers' organizations to develop strategies to prevent and address psychosocial risks at work, particularly those related to violence and harassment at work.

Project symbol

PAN/24/01/CAN

Admin unit

DWT/CO-San Jose

Start date

06/03/2024

End date

14/11/2025

Total allocation

541536

Total expenditure

Status

Active

214258

Development Partners

Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada

Country/Countries

Panama

Outcomes

Outcome 6: Protection at work for all
Outcome 5: Gender equality and equality of treatment and opportunities for all