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TRAINERS TRAINING ON OSH AND WORKERS RIGHTS
 held for Readymade Garments Sector Workers in Dhaka
 
 

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To enhance the awareness on occupational safety, health and environment situation and improve the culture of decent working condition in workplace, OSHE has organized a two day long Trainers Training Workshop on Occupational Safety, Health and Environment in RMG sector, from 12-13 December 2006 at Bangladesh Institute of Management, 4 Sobhanbug, Mirpur Road, Dhaka with the collaboration of Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC, Hong Kong).

 
     



The key objectives of the training were as follows:
 

To trained-up a pool of health and safety trainers in RMG sector at national level to jointly work for promotion of decent work by participatory method.
To develop OSH human resource among trade unions and NGOs working on promotion of human rights of workers in RMG sector.
Building capacity and network among RMG sector trade unions and labour NGOs to collectively work on OSH and Workers rights issues in RMG sectors.

25 representatives from 10 different industrial federations in RMG sector (mainly ITGLWF affiliates), officials of labour NGOs and representative of employer’s side (BGMEA) attended this workshop.

Mr. Sanjiv Pandita, Programme Coordinator (OSH) Asia Monitor Resource Centre, Hong Kong, Omana George, Communications Officer, Asia Monitor Resource Centre, Hong Kong were the main facilitators of the training course.

Ms. Saki Rezwana, Chair Person of OSHE inaugurated the training. In her welcoming speech to the participants, she emphasized the importance of workers right especially in the workplace. Then Mr. A. R. Chawdhury Repon presented an instructive presentation highlighting the present workers force and condition of workers especially in workplace.