THE VECTOR OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF LABOR PROTECTION AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WILL BE DISCUSSED BY EXPERTS AT KIOSH 2023

ON MAY 24-26, THE 11TH KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION - KIOSH 2023 WILL BE HELD AT THE EXPO IEC.

 The main topic of KIOSH in 2023 is dedicated to the risk-oriented aspect of the preventive policy in the field of labor protection and industrial safety. Labor protection culture is an important component in any organization, the KIOSH expo platform presents the audience with the latest achievements in the field of safety and labor protection, as well as methods and tools for training and developing a labor protection culture in organizations and in production.

Recall that the creation of safe labor conditions and the reduction of industrial injuries is one of the key tasks of the Government and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. Over the past five years, comprehensive measures taken by government agencies and employers in the field of labor protection have reduced the level of industrial injuries by 6.5%.

In order of prevention and non-admission of violations, 2,800 enterprises of the country have introduced safety and labor protection standards. Also, together with the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan, a socially important project “People’s Control” is being implemented, which provides for the involvement of persons with disabilities as “people’s controllers” (240 enterprises of the republic, where internal control is carried out by more than 600 employees). Since 2019, the Ministry has been actively working to promote the Concept of Zero Injuries - Vision Zero (332 enterprises have already joined). In addition, the Online Labor Consultant electronic service was launched, which provides for the employer to undergo a self-examination of compliance with labor protection requirements (13,854 employers have used it since the service was launched).

The main goal of the KIOSH Conference and Exhibition is still to popularize the safety culture of labor protection and the safety of life and health of employees in the workplace by demonstrating novelties in the field of PPE, equipment and innovative solutions for labor protection and industrial safety, effective exchange of experience with industry experts from around the world .

Traditionally, the KIOSH project will be represented by an exhibition that will bring together 45 companies from Kazakhstan, China, Pakistan, Russia and Uzbekistan. Industrial and Operational Support Services, IOSS, ZhaikCaspian Group, XM Textiles Kz, Vysota-M, Diamond Kazakhstan, Plant Filter, MirLight and others will perform as debutants with a stand for the first time in order to develop the professional skills of specialists, the exhibition participants and invited experts will hold a series of training seminars and master classes.

The content of the two-day KIOSH Conference, which will be held on May 25 and 26, will outline the main issues in labor protection and industrial safety, issues in each of these fields will be discussed on a separate day. A distinctive feature of the Conference will be the updated format in terms of the growth of discussion platforms, practical cases, demonstration workshops, which will give the platform maximum efficiency, as well as even more time for discussions and networking.

May 25, the first day of the Conference, will be entirely devoted to labor protection issues. In the first half of the day, there will be a Forum of Inspectors, dedicated to discussing preventive control and determining new tasks in monitoring safety and labor protection issues. Speakers from the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the World Health Organization, medical and specialized institutions within the framework of the Round Table will consider practical approaches in issues of labor medicine and health protection of the working population, issues of preventive medicine and occupational health. The content of the program of the first day of the Conference will also include a Round Table “Labor protection in the aspect of social protection of employees”, a b2b business meeting, where domestic companies will share the best practices of corporate experience in developing a labor protection culture. The speakers of the two foresight sessions will share their models for the development of professional competencies and methods for assessing professional risks with the audience. During the strategic session, the speakers will discuss in more detail changes in legislation in the social and labor sphere, consider the concept of labor protection in Kazakhstan, predict further development and key trends in the field of labor protection in the country and in the world. The session will be attended by representatives of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the International Social Security Association, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), partner companies in the oil and gas and mining industries.

The first day of the Conference will end with a strategic session, the topic of which will be “Digitalization of labor protection as a modern challenge to reality”.

May 26, the second day of the KIOSH Conference, will consider industrial safety issues, strategic and panel sessions, workshops and an industrial block, which will be held with the support of the Industrial Safety Committee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The speakers of the session “Ensuring industrial safety in the Republic of Kazakhstan” will be representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises, KAZENERGY Associations, Emergency and Rescue Services of the Republic of Kazakhstan and others.

Professionals will talk about digital industrial security as a new ESG trend, about the application of digital transformation in our country, about the development of industrial security through the application of digitalization within the framework of a panel session on digitalization.

Speakers from major energy, mining, oilfield services and oil and gas companies will share their experience in reducing the risk of accidents in the operation of corporate fleets of vehicles and special equipment during the panel session. Also, a workshop on fire safety will be held especially for industry professionals.

The Conference will end with an industrial block, dedicated to the discussion of industrial safety at coal mines and oil refining and petrochemical facilities.

Every year KIOSH is held with the state support of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Official support is provided by the Committee for Industrial Safety of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Atameken, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republican Research Institute for Labor Protection of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan Republican State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management, Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises ALE, KAZENERGY Kazakhstan Association of Oil, Gas and Energy Complex Organizations ALE, PPE Association of the Russian Federation, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) (Great Britain), Union of Builders of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, National Association of Light Industry Enterprises “Qaz Textile Industry” Self-Regulatory Organization Union of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, Safe Driving Association, OSHA, Pakistan Safety Council.

Gold partners are: KAZZINC LLP, ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC, Kazakhstan branch of JMJ ASSOCIATES LTD.

Silver partners are Tengizchevroil, KAZ Minerals and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium - K.

The event is organized by Iteca Kazakhstan Exhibition Company and its international partner - ICA Events Group of Companies.

More detailed information about the event - the list of participants and the schedule of the business program of the Exhibition and Conference can be found on the official website: www.kiosh.kz