2000 - Singapore
27/8 - 01/09/2000
26th International Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
There are 2200 participants coming from 90 countries. 50 per cent of members are researchers from the university or institutes, 40 per cent is represented by occupational health services at enterprise level (physicians, nurses, hygienists, physiotherapists, etc.), the remaining 10 per cent is from national authorities and labour market parties.
Collaborations with other international bodies
Persons in charge with collaboration with other international bodies having active cooperation relationships are:
IEA - Barbara McPhee, Kazutaka Kogi ;
IOHA - Linnea Lillienberg;
ISSA - Jean-François Caillard, Gustav Schaecke;
ILO - Malcolm Harrington;
WHO - Bengt Knave, Tee Guidotti.
Structure of ICOH
The Congress schedules envisages a tight agenda of SC meetings (39 meetings in all) in addition to the opening and closing Assembly plus a meeting of the new members of ICOH.
In his Address at the closing assembly the President “emphasises the importance of the 35 Scientific Committees' activities. The Scientific Committees (SCs) remain the "backbone of ICOH" comprising a wide range of scientific expertise. There are continuous work within all the SCs to adapt the structures and the activities of the Committees to the changes in society and worklife worldwide”. Besides he invites the SC to “present "position papers" or "consensus documents" on topics within their respective fields”.
During the same Assembly, the President presents the Five-year Programme Strategy for ICOH. Together with the four ICOH Officers - the President, the two Vice-Presidents and the Secretary General - all the Board members will be involved in various Task Groups and Networks. The incentive to this development has been a need for increased transparency within ICOH and active promotion of ICOH as the international organisation of expert on occupational health and safety issues.