Cooperation and Development Section ■ Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia

EU – CHINAPROJECT ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY IN HIGH RISK SECTORS

Project Objectives

The main objective is to enable China to achieve effective standards of work safety and health in the high risk sectors comparable to those prevailing in the EU, including the objective of a zero-fatality rate. These high-risk sectors include: coalmining and non-coalmining, chemicals, fireworks, construction and transport.
The project purpose is to develop China's capacity at all appropriate levels to design and enforce an effective OSH strategy based on the principles of prevention and the direct involvement of workers in risk management.
The EU aims to develop China's capacity at all levels to design and enforce an effective OSH strategy based on the principles of prevention and the direct involvement of workers in risk management.The EU can provide the expertise to assist China in its priorities of developing a sound risk assessment concept in the high-risk sectors and will offer assistance specifically in the sectors where SAWS has a stake. Attention will also be given to areas where leading industries display an interest in with working with China to further develop its OSH.

Main Programme Activities

The OSH consists of two components. The first component will address the shortcomings in institutional capacity at the central and provincial levels and will focus on aspects of policy, regulations and OSH-related standards, enforcement as well as inspection systems. The second component will address the deficiencies in workers' awareness of OSH issues, in their capacity to deal with OSH demands and in enforcement of OSH regulations and standards by way of improved training, curricula, well-trained trainers, and testing at pilot worksites.
These components will be achieved through implementing the following activities:
1.Exchange of expertise, best practices and solutions between EU and China
2.The organisation of workshops, seminars and conferences with a good geographical representation and participation on topics of relevance to the project content to present results and lessons learned during the project and to discuss how this can be reflected in policy making.
3.Training in the EU for (1) experienced trainers of official training centres, with a balanced geographical representation; (2) enterprise managers that have already started to implement and enforce new concepts of OSH and (3) administration inspectors
4.Developing sustainable dialogue and coordination mechanisms to enable the establishment and functioning of the triangle of employers, workers and administration that prevails beyond the projects lifetime.

Implementation Progress

The project is under the phase of Initial Plan of Activities (16 April – 31 December 2012) and focuses the activities on:

Initiating communication strategy and monitoring & evaluation system

Setting up the project website

Conducting sector baseline studies, training needs analysis and OHS comparative analysis both the EU and China

Launching project in combination with the EU-China high level Dialogue on OHS

Contact Details in the EU Delegation

Project Officer

Mrs. Xiaolin Yi

Contact Details of the Project Director

Mrs. Hu Yuhong

Contact Details of the Technical Assistant Team

Team Leader

Mr. Paul Huijzendveld:

Updated time of fiche:1 Dec 2012

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