The Republican Research Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (RNIIOT) hosted a meeting with representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO) mission to discuss occupational safety and health and prospects for cooperation in the context of Kazakhstan’s developing blue economy.
The meeting was attended by Nurtugan Yerikenov, National Consultant to the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Saule Issabekova, ILO National Project Coordinator in Kazakhstan; and Christina Martinez, ILO Senior Specialist in Enterprise Development and Green Job Creation.
The participants discussed issues related to ensuring safe working conditions, assessing occupational risks, and adapting workers to environmental and technological changes.
RNIIOT presented its research areas related to the transition to a green economy, including the study by A.B. Bekmagambetov, “Working Conditions and Occupational Risks: Classification, Categories and Grouping Criteria in the Context of the Transition to a Green Economy” (2024–2026), as well as the research area presented by G.A. Nasyrova, “Green Approaches to Occupational Safety and Health.”
The meeting marked an important step in exploring opportunities for further cooperation to improve the occupational safety and health system in the context of Kazakhstan’s sustainable economic development.
