OIC training meeting starts in Turkey
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states Second Occupational Safety and Health Network (OSHNET) training meeting began in Turkish capital Ankara with attendance of delegations from 18 countries.
Delegations of OIC member states are to review the progress of the actions and activities accomplished since the first meeting held in Ankara, on May 16-17, 2011 and discuss the modalities of closer collaboration during the second training meeting.
"Turkey has conducted very significant changes and transformations in the last decade," Ministry of Labor and Social Security Undersecretary Fatih Acar saaid in the opening speech of the meeting.
Acar underlined that the aim of the meeting was to have member states of the OIC meet in the common ground on the issues of occupational health and safety. "We are members of a religion which says 'whoever saves a life saves all humanity'. Collaborating for occupational accidents and diseases to prevent the deaths and human resource loss is a religious and an economic must," he said.
Acar stressed that a concrete action plan should come out and said, "Let's not delay it any more and agree on a plan."
"As much as in other sectors, Turkey has progressed very well in labor safety," Khalifa Ismael, director general of Health Services from Brunei Ministry of Health said.
Ismael stated that Brunei had implemented its workplace health
and safety pact in 2009 and said, "We would like to collaborate,
study and exchange our experiences with Turkey in occupational
health and safety by means of this meeting."
OSHNET training meeting will end on Wednesday.