This presentation will share lessons learned from a current training project in Indonesia, focused on building health and safety capacity among labor and community activists. The project has been organized by the Asia Health and Safety Training Project, in partnership with a local Indonesian workers' rights group, LIPS (Lembaga Informasi Perburuhan). The project included an initial four-day training workshop in June, 2000, for thirty-two Indonesian labor and community activists, including representatives from women's and human rights groups, trade unions, and legal service organizations. Training exercises were hands-on and participatory, including a "hazard hunt" to practice using industrial hygiene equipment, and role plays to practice asking workers about hazards. A highlight was the full day spent doing health and safety walkthrough inspections at a 7,800-worker shoe factory. We will also report on follow-up activities conducted since the first training. These have included a written survey, focus group discussion and additional training with the June participants, as well as a training workshop for a new group of Indonesian activists conducted by the original training participants.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: 1) Describe participatory training activities that can be used in international health and safety training; 2) Discuss key steps and barriers to developing international partnerships focused on building the health and safety capacity of Indonesian labor and community organizations.
Keywords: Occupational Health,
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