Working Group No. 5 “ Occupational Safety & Health ” Chair of the Working Group: H.E Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque, State Minister Government of Bangladesh

Need for speedy enactment of separate, unified fire and OSH legislation, covering all workers in both formal and informal sectors. Promotion of cooperation and sharing of OSH knowledge and good practices amongst SAARC region and other countries. 2 Recommendations

Development and implementation of OSH policies & management systems at both national and enterprise level in line with ILO conventions & guidelines. Development and standardization of OSH curricula at different levels and capacity building of OSH professionals, managers and workers. Recommendations

Improvement of OSH statistics and data management systems and establishment of National Helpline for reporting of workplace accidents and occupational diseases. Recommendations

Establishment of working group for speedy drafting of separate, unified fire and occupational safety legislation, covering both formal and informal sectors. Holding annual OSH conference for promotion of cooperation and sharing of OSH knowledge & good practices amongst SAARC region and other countries. 5 Way Forward

Establishment of working group for development and implementation of OSH policies & management systems at both national and enterprise level in line with ILO conventions. Establishment of working group for standardization of OSH curricula at different levels and strategy for capacity building of OSH professionals, managers and workers. Way Forward

Establishment of OSH National/ Provincial Data Management Centre for reporting & evaluation of OSH statistics for evidence based research and decision making. Way Forward