Academy on Labour Administration and Labour Inspection
24 October-4 November
2011
By Chea Sophal
Turin, 30 October 2011
Turin, Italy: 30 October 2011, the
International Training Centre (ITC) and Labour Administration and Inspection
Programme (LAB/ADMIN) organized a two-week Academy on Labour Administration and
Labour Inspection at the ITC, Turin, Italy.
There are around 80 participants from different continents such as
Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Those countries include, Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verge, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Moldova, Namibia, Nigeria, Panama, Peru,
South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Macedonia, Trinidad Tobago,
Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Salvador, and Senegal.
The
academy aims at analyzing and discussing new operating conditions for labour
administration and labour inspection, making reference to recent international
debate on the issue. It also focuses on
analysis of labour administration and labour inspection key functions, trends
and challenges related to national context and comparing them to other
countries practices.
Article
3 of t he ILO Convention 81 concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and
Commerce, outlines key functions of the labour inspection such as ensuring the
enforcement of the legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the
protection of workers while engaged in their work (provisions relating to
hours, wages, safety, health and welfare, the employment of children and young
persons, and other connected matter) are enforced by labour inspectors. The other functions include supplying
technical information and advice to employers and workers concerning the most
effective means of complying with the legal provisions, and bringing to the
notice of the competent authority defects or abuses not specifically covered by
existing legal provisions. Cambodia is
not yet a state party to this ILO Convention 81 yet.
Cambodia
as the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and Better Work Programme are discussed
in the session on Public/Private Partnership in the field of Labour Inspection
and Labour Administration. The
Public/Private Partnership inspection programme like BFC and other Better Work
Countries Programme are not to replace the state public labour administration
and labour inspection. It is there to
help and assist the public labour inspection.
The participants who are taking part in the academy hold
key positions from various institutions such as Director, Labour Inspector,
Chief of Inspection Department, Coordinator- General, Researchers, Enforcement
Officer, Executive Officer, and Project Coordinator.
Based on the consultation with the participants from
different countries, the labour inspectors have variable monthly salary for
examples a monthly salary of $150-$250 for inspectors in Cambodia, $500 for
Honduras and Mexico, $1,100 to $1,300 for Peru and Chile, and $5,000 to $6,000
for Brazilian labour inspectors.
Below are some photos on the workshop and around the ITC
compound.
Participants from Asia
Turin, ITC and Its Nature in the training compound.
Aerial
view, flight from Paris to Turin over Alps mountain range
Teleconference session with CINTERFOR and Public/Private Partnerships in Public Employment Services and Vocational Education Training.
Participants from African Continent
Better Work Representative delivered a presentation on Public/Private Partnership.
Turin City Tour
Canteen at ITC
A team of interpreters that enable us to communicate to and with different languages such as English, French, Spainish, and Portugese.
Banner on the Labour Administration and Labour Inspection Academy and ILO Skills Development Academy
The strong and helpful organizing team
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