Health and Safety at Work: 26 Beninese resource persons trained to the international ISO 45001 version 2018 standard

The National Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control (ANM), with the financial support of the West Africa Quality System Programme (WAQSP) organized, from 14 to 16 November 2018, at the General Directorate for Industrial Development (DGDI), a training workshop of about twenty (26 in total) national resource persons on the Occupational Health and Safety Management System. This is under the direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Benin.

During the three days of training conducted by Quality Management and Organizations expert, Mr. Anicet Babatounde, the participants were strengthened on the requirements and subtlety of the international standard ISO 45001 version 2018.

At the closing ceremony, the Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Phileas Yvon Martial Patinvoh, said that "this training will provide a pragmatic vision of the ISO 45001 version 2018 standard, its understanding and its application ". In the opinion of the trainer, this is a chance for Benin to host the first training on this new standard that was only released in March 2018. "After the three days of training and after evaluation, I can say that the level is acceptable. Instead of just training on the requirements, we went further to give participants the tools they needed to start implementing this new standard ", he said. For the representative of the European Union, this activity is carried out within the framework of the EU-funded 'National Quality Policy'. He did not fail to encourage participants to continue in this process because, according to him, there is always a way to improve himself. For the representative of the participants in the training, Mrs. Salimath Raïmi Dendé, from the company "Jeovah Nissi Petrolum SA", it is a pleasure for them to participate actively in the training. "Now we are better equipped to implement the 45001 version 2018 standard: Occupational Health and Safety Management System." The representative of the Minister of Industry and Commerce hopes that this training will enable the beneficiaries to help the organizations to have a healthy and safe work environment, avoid trauma and pathologies related to work and continuously improve health and safety performance.

At the end of the ceremony, participants received from the organizers their certificates.

 

This program is funded by the European Union with the technical support of UNIDO, the implementing Agency

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