Decision on the 13th item on the agenda: Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body. Seventh report: Developments in relation to the International Organization for Standardization, including in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH)
Decision on the 13th item on the agenda: Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body
Seventh report: Developments in relation to the International Organization for Standardization, including in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH)
The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers:
(a) decided that, if the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) reached an understanding that contained the necessary elements indicated in paragraph 4 of document GB.317/INS/13/7 before its 318th Session (June 2013), such an understanding might be concluded on a pilot basis, subject to communication of the agreement to the Governing Body for information at its next session and to review its implementation at the 320th Session (March 2014); and
(b) authorized the Office, if the understanding was concluded, to use it for specific collaboration between the ILO and the ISO in the field of occupational safety and health management systems, subject to submission of any development on the matter for information to its 319th Session (October 2013).