□ Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (Chairman Young-Soon Lee) held a handing over ceremony of movable safety and health training bus at MLIP (Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population) of Yangon, Myanmar on Dec. 19 (Mon).

? Thirty(30) persons concerned of two countries including Ho-Sung Lee, Vice President for Training and Safety Culture from KOSHA; Win Shein, Director General of Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) from Myanmar, etc. participated in the ceremony.

□ MLIP of Myanmar reached an technical cooperation agreement on the occupational safety and health with KOSHA in 2014, and has been promoting ‘Improving workers’ safety and health through enhancing awareness of safety’ as one of major national policies.

? The training bus project started from March of this year based on discussions between the concerned persons from the two countries.

? The buses are equipped with 25 seats and audio visual training facilities such as a microphone, a beam project, a screen, etc.

? With the ceremony, training specialists from KOSHA passed on know-how by giving a demonstration of how to use training facilities in the buses, lecture techniques, etc.

? The training bus will be utilized to prevent the occupational accidents such as providing safety training supports for workplaces at long distances.

□ Director General Win Shein said, “I am grateful for the training bus provided. We will make our best to enhance safety and health of Myanmar workers spurred on by constant support from KOSHA.”

□ Lee Ho-Sung , Vice President for Training and Safety Culture from KOSHA said, “I hope that with this bus project serving as a momentum, the way of safety and health training in Myanmar will be improved into on-the-job and participatory training using multimedia”, and added “KOSHA will not spare technical supports to prevent occupational accidents of developing countries.