EGYPT - Organizational Modernization of the Occupational health and Safety (OHS) Management System

 
Medium-term objectives:
The objective of this Twinning project is to contribute to the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety policies, procedures and services, hence reducing the number of work-related accidents and incidents in Egypt.
Actions:
Improving the legislative framework of OHS, and enforcing the relevant secondary laws/directives with respect to implementation aspects of occupational health and safety;
Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Occupational Health and Safety Agency (OHS) at the central (national) and at the local (governorate) levels in a pilot project;
Contributing to the implementation of reform changes at all governorates through a Comprehensive National Strategy and Action Plan including investment plan for equipment for OHS Development;
Strengthening the institutional capacity at the central and local levels will include, but not limited to, organizational structure, work process, system and communication flows, internal monitoring, control and evaluation, inspection process reengineering, human capacity building and infrastructure upgrading as well as awareness raising campaigns to be developed in association with social partners to improve enforcement in companies and public sector.