KOSHA Provides Mobile Training Bus to Mongolia

- In accordance with the Technical Agreement between KOSHA and MSWL-

October 20, 2011

A bus for mobile training has been provided to Mongolia to help the country carry out practical activities related to the prevention of accidents at work.

Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA; President: Baek, Hun-Ki) signed an MOU with the Mongolian Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The MOU is about the provision and use of mobile training bus from KOSHA to MSWL.

Since KOSHA and MSWL singed a technical arrangement in 2003, the arrangement between the two organizations was renewed two more times to continue fellowship training programs for the Mongolian OSH specialists and on-site consultation programs.

In 2008, some of the specialists from KOSHA helped to establish the OSH law in Mongolia by providing advices, thereby playing a key role in the beginning process of Mongolia’s OSH system.

The MOU was singed in relation to the provision of mobile training bus from KOSHA to MSWL. Upon the request KOSHA received from MSWL regarding the provision of the training bus, KOSHA has decided to provide the bus, which is no longer in use in KOSHA.

“According to the National Situations Report of Mongolia in 2011, about 56.1% of industrial accidents of the country are occurring in energy, mining, and agriculture industries. In addition, poor OSH training infrastructure is leading to more accidents. The mobile training will help to gain access to small workplaces, which are located over a vast area. I hope the bus will provide realistic help to preventing work related accidents in Mongolia. On the other hand, KOSHA will continue to improve the safety and health capacity of countries around the globe by providing OSH technical assistance and strengthening cooperation,” said an official from KOSHA.