Background

Good safeguards practices should be well-established in the overall process of development. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is one of the major components of safeguards policy and practices. It strives for highest degree of protection for the environment and for everyone who works. It assures safer and healthier environment which is supported and observed by everyone being engaged in the development process.

Government of Nepal (GoN) is committed to address safeguard requirements while designing and implementing any development projects that could have adverse impacts, however, safeguards performance of development programs and projects seems very poor. That is why, ADB’s Nepal Country Partnership Strategy has emphasized the need for improvement in such performance of projects funded by it. There is an urgent need of developing capacity in key agencies and to meet an immediate requirement for better environmental and social safeguards policy provisions. Training needs assessments conducted by Capacity Development Resource Center in 2017 and 2021 have indicated gaps in safeguards related knowledge and skills of officials working in the ADB assisted projects. In this regard, the training program on OHS has been designed to impart safeguards knowledge and skills to the participants.

 

Course Aim

The aim of this course is to enhance OHS related knowledge and skills of the participants working in different government agencies.

 

Objectives of the Course

At the end of this training program, the participants are expected to be able to:

  • analyze the legal procedures, principles and provisions of OHS; and
  • implement safeguards policy principles in development projects.

Course Contents

The training course will be organized to deliver the following con-tents:

  • OHS requirements, standards, guidelines
  • OHS management
  • OHS planning and implementation
  • OHS monitoring and auditing
  • OHS management system review
  • Controlling high risk activities
  • OHS in bidding document and contract agreement
  • OHS in major construction projects

 

Training Approach and Methodology

Adult learning principles will be used to facilitate the learning of the participants. Particularly, instruction techniques such as interactive lecture, site inspection, and group works will be used to enhance participants' learning

Participants

S.N

Name of the participants
  1.  

Arun Shah
  1.  

Ashik Paudel
  1.  

Ashish Kumar Deo
  1.  

Baburam Bhandari
  1.  

Bharat Kandel
  1.  

Bikas D.C.
  1.  

Drona Katuwal
  1.  

Gulab Sahu
  1.  

Kula Nand Chaudhary
  1.  

Milan Sapkota
  1.  

Nabin Gotame
  1.  

Nipun Chand
  1.  

Padam Raj Bhatta
  1.  

Poonam Pandey
  1.  

Pradeep Bhattarai
  1.  

Rupesh Bhattarai
  1.  

Sajan Shrestha
  1.  

Saraswati KC
  1.  

Tej Manandhar
  1.  

Yubraj Joshi