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KOSHA launches a new international framework for prevention | 2011.09.19 | ||
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Author : KOSHA | |||
KOSHA launches a new international framework for prevention The 1st General Assembly of the ISSA Section for a Culture of Prevention held in The 1st General Assembly of the ISSA (International Social Security Association) for a Culture of Prevention, the 12th International Section of the ISSA’s Special Commission on Prevention was held on With the launch of the new Section for a Culture of Prevention in ISSA, Korea ? the chair country ? will build a network of 43 professional safety and health organizations and related government bodies in countries around the world including China, France, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, UK, and the US, etc. The Section’s activities will focus on promoting a culture of prevention, through global network. * ISSA: International Social Security Association - Founded in 1927, the ISSA has some 350 members from 150 countries. As a non-profit organization specializing in social security, the ISSA has the Special Commission on Prevention with 12 Sections including the recently established Section for a Culture of Prevention. The newly established Section’s 1st General Assembly was held during the 19th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in For the past years, KOSHA has stressed the importance of a new Section in the ISSA, which promotes a culture of prevention for facilitating “The International Section of the ISSA for a Culture of Prevention is a new engine, which helps workers in countries around the world to work in safe and healthy conditions. To spread the Seoul Declaration adopted and signed by 46 tripartite representatives during the last World Congress in 2008, KOSHA will expand our cooperation and exchanges with many international organizations within the framework of the new Sections,” said President Hun-Ki Baek of KOSHA through his opening remarks at the 1st General Assembly of the Section. |
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