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Initiate National Policy Dialogue
 
Initiate national policy dialogue on labour issues focusing on workplace safety, health and environment is one of an important core task of Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation.

This core activity create a good opportunity for the grass root workers representatives from different industrial sectors sitting together and getting involved in face to face dialogue with different national policy makers and representatives of relevant other stakeholders on policy related issues for necessary development actions.
 
 
  It also enable workers unions to freely express concerns and provide improvement suggestions on state policy matters that effect life, employment, income and welfare of workers.

OSHE is currently initiating policy dialogues on following issues and impleemnting activities accordingly:

:: National Labour Policy
:: National Safety Policy
:: National Health Policy: Focus to Workers Health
:: National Environment Policy: focus to labour
:: National Policy for the street Vendors
:: National Policy on Elemination of Child Labour
 
Action Oriented workers Education - Training Top
 
As specialized labour institution, OSHE provides impact oriented quality training on following areas based on practical training curriculum and practically training approach:
LABOUR STANDARDS AND WORKERS RIGHTS:

:: Basic Labour Law Course (Safety and Health Focus)
:: Training on Core Labour Standards and Human Rights at Workplace.

WORKPLACE SAFETY:

: Participation Oriented Safety Improvement by Workers - Trade Union Initiative (POSITIVE)

WORKERS HEALTH:

:: Chemical Exposure, Fire Fight & First-Aid
:: Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and family planning

LABOUR AND ENVIRONMENT:

:: Workers education course on Environment and Climate Change
:: Special Educatin course on Sustainable Development

GENDER ISSUES:

:: Special training coursefor women workers to fight against workplace discrimination.

OTHER HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES:

:: Youth Leadership Development Training
:: Poverty reduction and workers actions

Union representatives, Organizer, Activists and grass-root union members are main target group for education and training program organized by OSHE.
 
SPECIAL TRIPARTITE TRAINING COURSE:

As National collaboarating center of CIS-ILO, the OSHE occasionally organize special tripartite training program on above issues for Government-employer-workers representatives.
 
Information Service Top
 
Obtain authentic information on the labour issues in right time enable stakeholders towards taking appropriate actions for sustainable workplace development in time.

In order to reach that information related goal, OSHE provides following regular information services on workers rights, safety, workers health, environment, labour economy and social issues effect labour market, industry and life of the general workers.

Relevant Government agencies, trade unions, employers' organizations, policy makers, academic and development institutions are major recipients of our information services.

             

 

 

 
Action Research Top
 
  Action research on labour issues is another core work of the Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation since its inception.

OSHE is specialized on participatory action research activities and have a professional research wing to carryout this important task.

The core objective of our research and study works are to support the workers organizations for use OSHE research findings as reference tool for argument on policy related issues, as well as help them design appropriate action programmes at workplace level.
 
Action Research/Study by OSHE (2006):
 
  • Study on enforcement status of ILO Conventions ratified by Bangladesh.
  • Snap-short study on OSH in Rice Mills.
  • Export Processing Zone of Bangladesh: Progress of Workers Rights Status
  • Global Framework Agreement: Bangladesh Case study
  • Globalization: Impact on working conditions in Bangladesh
  • Worst form form Child Labour: Bangladesh review
  • Environmental challenges for Industry and Workers: Policy options
  • Corporate social responsibility: Case study on MNCs in Bangladesh
  • PRSP and Trade Union: Country progress report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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