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2. Each Member shall promote and advance, at all relevant levels, the right of workers to a safe and healthy

working environment.

3. In formulating its national policy, each Member, in light of national conditions and practice and in

consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers, shall promote basic principles

such as assessing occupational risks or hazards; combating occupational risks or hazards at source; and

developing a national preventative safety and health culture that includes information, consultation and training.

IV. NATIONAL SYSTEM

Article 4

1. Each Member shall establish, maintain, progressively develop and periodically review a national system for

occupational safety and health, in consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and

workers.

2. The national system for occupational safety and health shall include among others:

(a) laws and regulations, collective agreements where appropriate, and any other relevant instruments on

occupational safety and health;

(b) an authority or body, or authorities or bodies, responsible for occupational safety and health, designated

in accordance with national law and practice;

(c) mechanisms for ensuring compliance with national laws and regulations, including systems of inspection;

and

(d) arrangements to promote, at the level of the undertaking, cooperation between management, workers and

their representatives as an essential element of workplace-related prevention measures.

3. The national system for occupational safety and health shall include, where appropriate:

(a) a national tripartite advisory body, or bodies, addressing occupational safety and health issues;

(b) information and advisory services on occupational safety and health;

(c) the provision of occupational safety and health training;

(d) occupational health services in accordance with national law and practice;

(e) research on occupational safety and health;

(f) a mechanism for the collection and analysis of data on occupational injuries and diseases, taking into

account relevant ILO instruments;

(g) provisions for collaboration with relevant insurance or social security schemes covering occupational

injuries and diseases; and

(h) support mechanisms for a progressive improvement of occupational safety and health conditions in micro-

enterprises, in small and medium-sized enterprises and in the informal economy.

V. NATIONAL PROGRAMME

Article 5

1. Each Member shall formulate, implement, monitor, evaluate and periodically review a national programme

on occupational safety and health in consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and

workers.

2. The national programme shall:

(a) promote the development of a national preventative safety and health culture;

(b) contribute to the protection of workers by eliminating or minimizing, so far as is reasonably practicable,

work-related hazards and risks, in accordance with national law and practice, in order to prevent occupational

injuries, diseases and deaths and promote safety and health in the workplace;

(c) be formulated and reviewed on the basis of analysis of the national situation regarding occupational safety

and health, including analysis of the national system for occupational safety and health;

(d) include objectives, targets and indicators of progress; and