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9 March, 2009
Collaboration between ICEM’s Latin American/ Caribbean Region, the International Labour Foundation for Sustainable Development, Sustainlabour, and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA), will result in an international conference on health and safety in the Chemicals Sector in São Paolo, Brazil, next month, 14-16. The venue is Fundacentro, or Brazil’s National Labour Centre.
The meeting is part of the program to facilitate the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), a United Nations policy framework that fosters sound management of handling of chemicals. This particular program was initiated in November 2007 with the objective of reducing workplace risks to staff in the chemicals sector.
The tripartite coordination, between ICEM, Sustainlabour, and TUCA, will focus activities in Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay between November 2008 and October 2010. This conference will seek to strengthen the alliance between the three groups for the common goal of improving health and safety in the chemical industry. Further objectives of the conference are to share information on health and safety in the industry and to look to developing partnership with governments.
Nilton Freitas of the ICEM affiliate, Sindicato dos Químicos do ABC, is playing a leading role in organizing the conference on behalf of the ICEM and its partners.
Find the registration form and program for the conference at www.fundacentro.gov.br.