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Labour Inspection as Influencer, Catalyst, Partner and Facilitator

Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards Globally International ILO Conference Dusseldorf , November 2009. Labour Inspection as Influencer, Catalyst, Partner and Facilitator. Presented by Michele Patterson IALI President & Executive Director SafeWork SA.

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Labour Inspection as Influencer, Catalyst, Partner and Facilitator

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  1. Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards GloballyInternational ILO Conference Dusseldorf, November 2009 Labour Inspection as Influencer, Catalyst, Partner and Facilitator Presented by Michele Patterson IALI President & Executive Director SafeWork SA

  2. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • A pathway to effective labour inspection – 2008-2011 and Beyond

  3. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • 1.IALI – the professional association • Objective:> To provide the professional foundation for building strong, modernised and effective labour inspection worldwide.

  4. IALI’s Global Code of Integrity for Labour Inspection • Approved and adopted in June 2008 at IALI’s triennial General Assembly • Now available in 10 languages • Being implemented by IALI’s 100+ member countries • Can you help? – translation? implementation plans? Sharing your experiences?

  5. The Global Code of Integrity for Labour Inspection (country level) • Underpins signatory nations commitment to Convention 81 • Gives countries guidance on expectations and professional standards • Provides a service guarantee to those in the workforce • Ensures all countries work towards modern ethical standards of practice

  6. The Global Code of Integrity for Labour Inspection (inspector level) • Protects labour inspectors, and the role of labour inspection • Identifies maturity of the profession • Provides a basis for increased influence & therefore safe, healthy & decent work outcomes

  7. Building a Professional Foundation: what’s next? • Step 1 – Global Code of Integrity for Labour Inspection • Step 2 – Development of Principles of Operation for Labour Inspection • Also working on evaluation of labour inspection activities; • Seeking to engage international employer and worker reps • Aiming for global representation of inspectorates

  8. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • 2.IALI as influencer • Objective:> To promote the profession and interests of labour inspection through development of spheres of influence.

  9. World Health & Safety Summit – Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work (29 June 2008) • “- Ensure that the occupational safety and health of workers is protected through an adequate and appropriate system of enforcement of safety and health standards, including a strong and effective labour inspection system”

  10. Who to Influence? • Engaging IALI members in opportunities to influence • Examples: organisations that work in global marketplace (eg UN, WHO, WTO, World Bank); regional LI Groups (eg ARLAC ASEAN-OSHNET); lobby groups for decent work (eg Fair Trade CSR groups); • Ethical investment (eg World Bank, IFC etc) • Employer & worker groups

  11. Community Politicians Business Media Economists Opinion-makers Governments Employers Workers Designers Manufacturers Suppliers etc Who do we need to influence?

  12. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • 3.IALI as partner Objective:> To build IALI's participation in both formal and informal partnerships and alliances with related organisations and in specific projects to promote decent work around the world.

  13. IALI and the ILO as partners • IALI and the ILO are working on an MOU to strengthen the existing productive and cooperative partnership • Collaborating in Decent Work Country Programmes, sharing technical expertise, projects, joint events etc

  14. IALI and the ILO as partners Current examples: • Forced Labour and Human Trafficking Special Project • Norway Project • International tools for measuring the effectiveness of labour inspection • Provision of technical expertise

  15. Building effective relationships with others • Alliances with other professionals: eg MOU with International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Adelaide • Special projects eg Forced Labour & Human Trafficking • International employer & worker organisations

  16. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • 4.IALI as catalyst • Objective:> To act as a catalyst for the development of regional cooperation in labour inspection.

  17. Important global developments in labour inspection - IALI Promoting and facilitating Regional Cooperation in Labour Inspection 2005-2008 Pacific, SE Asia, Africa, E & W Europe, Americas, etc IALI Conference - Adelaide March, 2008

  18. Regional Cooperation Agreement – SE Europe, Azerbaijan and Ukraine Sept 2008; RALI now in 2nd year

  19. Hong Kong & SafeWork SA Regional Collaboration, August 2009 IALI Conference - Adelaide March, 208 North Africa Alliance: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia (to be extended) Baltic: Lithunia, Estonia, Latvia E Europe: CIS countries; Started: Pacific; SE Asia; Central America

  20. Developing strong and effective partnerships across regions Alliances result in: • Shared good practice • Collaborative action • Combined resources • Better results

  21. IALI’s Regional Cooperation Objectives • Regional representatives assigned • Strategic plan for regional cooperation • IALI conferences in partnership with host countries in every region

  22. Regional Alliances: In the globalised world of work, labour inspection alliances need to deliver strong outcomes Partnership arrangements formalised in MOU’s and declarations can facilitate trade agreements, social dialogue, deregulation, harmonisation, robust auditing & mutual recognition

  23. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • 5.IALI as facilitatorand communicator • Objective:> To provide information for members and to facilitate member initiatives to improve their labour inspection service.

  24. Facilitating global communication • Facilitating member initiatives • Information resources; eg regional cooperation reports & information • Interactive web site to facilitate global consultation

  25. IALI’s Action Plan for the Future • 6.IALI as source of technical expertise • Objective:> To provide a resource for accessing technical expertise in labour inspection.

  26. Scope of Labour Inspectors activities: Gender equality and discrimination Illegal employment Specifc sectoral functions (eg agriculture, construction, mining etc) Occupational safety and health Conditions of work Forced labour Child labour Employment relations Social security

  27. Labour Inspection: bringing OSH standards to life In summary, for workers LABOUR INSPECTION IS VITAL TO ENSURE: 28

  28. Labour Inspection: bringing OSH standards to life In summary, for business LABOUR INSPECTION IS VITAL TO ENSURE: 29

  29. Labour Inspection: bringing OSH standards to life In summary, for your country LABOUR INSPECTION IS VITAL TO ENSURE: 30

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