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Seminar on
National Ship Breaking & Recycling Policy
for Bangladesh held in
Chittagong |
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| Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and
Environment Foundation (OSHE) organized a round
table seminar on National Ship Breaking & Recycling
Policy on 15 March 2009, at Hotel Saint Martin,
Chittagong under the OSHE/FNV project in ship
breaking Industry. Chair of the said program was
Saki Rezwana, Chairperson, OSHE. Wilma Roos, Policy
Advisor, FNV Mondial, Leonie McCann, Project
Administrator, FNV Mondial; Prabhu Rajendran,
Consultant, FNV; Mr. M. A. Khaleque, Joint Director
Labor and Mr. M. A Jahurul Haque, Deputy Chief
Inspector, Department of Inspection for Factories &
Establishment & Mr. Abdul Haque, Chairman of
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies,
Chittagong University were presented among the
guests. The Participants of this program were
representatives from owner and worker, trade union
leaders, concern govt. official, resources persons,
journalist, NGO and civil society representatives.
Mr. Omar Faruq, program officer, OSHE delivered his
presentation on National Ship Breaking & Recycling
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| Discussants of this program discussed
about National Ship Breaking & Recycling
Policy from different point of view. They
urge to present govt. to formulate the
policy immediately. Side by side they
attract concentration of govt. so that the
policy should have worker and environment
friendly. To lead ship breaking industry
properly and ensuring workers right
participants were raised some important
recommendation. This recommendation mainly
include to ensure appropriate implementation
of BLA 2006 in all workplace including ship
breaking industry; |
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| pursue the concerned employer in each yard to
distribute appointment letter and identity card
among the workers; establishment of the safety
committee maintaining the coordination with both of
the employers and workers representative to promote
workers health and safety in all yard; establishment
of the participation committee formed jointly by
both of the employers and workers representatives;
each employer should appoint workers according to
their designation and classification and also should
provide weekly holiday, over time benefits,
gratuity, festival allowance, risk allowance,
shifting allowance etc and introduce environment
friendly waste management system. |
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For more information: A.R. Chowdury REPON, OSHE
E-mail: oshe@agni.com
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