ICOH Activities
The most visible activities of ICOH are the triennial World Congresses on Occupational Health, which are usually attended by some 3,000 participants. The 2000 Congress was held in Singapore, the 2003 Congress in Iguassu Falls (Brazil), the 2006 Centennial Congress in Milan, (Italy) and the 2009 Congress in Cape Town (South Africa). ICOH 2012 Congress will be held in Cancun (Mexico), while ICOH 2015 shall be in Seoul (Republic of Korea).
At the ICOH 2006 General Assembly, the President highlighted the overriding importance of permanent training and education of experts in order to face the rapidly changing world of work, the need to develop occupational health services throughout the world (including the development and dissemination of basic occupational health services - BOHS), the importance of creating BOHS guidelines, tools, training, and pilot projects and the intention of making a global survey on the OHS situation in ICOH member countries. Cooperation with World Health Organization, International Labor Organization and other NGO partners is among the priorities of the current ICOH Strategy (ICOH Centennial Declaration).
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