farmers have participated and over 40,000 improvements
have been made. The WIND programme was expanded
to 13 more provinces at the end of 2008.
Likewise, the WISE programme was received positively.
Within one and half months of its introduction, a total
of 216 improvement examples were developed by 32
participating enterprises in five provinces. Anecdotal
evidence from a participating mining company in Thai
Nguyen province indicates that the OSH improvements
made raised labour productivity by some 21 per cent.
Table 12 provides a summary of the WISE experience.
Moving forward
Participatory work-improvement programmes, such
as the WIND and the WISE, are new approaches for
providing practical services to farmers and workers in
SMEs. The participating farmers and workers generate
many low-cost improvement ideas that are easy to
apply because they rely on available materials. Both the
WIND and the WISE were integrated into the first
National OSH Programme of Viet Nam (2006–2010)
and are being used to reach more workplaces through
the government, workers and employers networks.
Province
Bac Kan 6 26 105
Thanh Hoa 6 60 60
Lang Son 6 16 23
Hai Duong 8 36 18
Thai Nguyen 6 12 10
Total 32 150 216