Introduction
Ma n y p e o p l e i n C a m b o d i a w o rk i n i n f o r m a l
economy workplaces, such as a home, street vending,
transportation services or unregistered small construction
sites. The Labour Law does not yet cover workers in
the informal economy. Thus, they have little OSH
protection or service, even though their workplaces
present many safety and health risks.
Work improvement programmes
The DOSH has leveraged participatory training methods
to extend the coverage of its OSH services to informal
economy workplaces. These methods are encompassed
in three ILO work-improvement programmes that
the DOSH has adopted– i) Work Improvement for
Safe Home (WISH) for home workers; ii) Work
Improvement in Small Construction Sites (WISCON);
and iii) Work Improvement in Neighbourhood
Development (WIND) for farmers. These programmes
were adopted with technical assistance from the ILO's
Informal Economy, Employment and Poverty Reduction
Project (2004–2006).
The methodology (illustrated in the following diagram)
used in each of these programmes involved the
establishment of a team of DOSH and ILO officials
working with representatives from workers' and
employers' organizations and NGOs. The group visited
informal economy workplaces looking for good OSH
examples that were then incorporated into training
materials.