Organizational Modernization of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Management Systems in Egypt

Introduction
The goal of this project was to support the Ministry of Manpower and Migration (MMM) to undertake relevant legislative and institutional reforms as regards to Occupational Health and Safety services and norms. This project worked on three levels: 1. Legislative framework (primary and secondary legislation); 2. Institutional capacity building of the Occupational Health and Safety Department; 3. Development of a “National Strategy and Action Plan” to train human resources.

Methods
To contribute to the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety policies, procedures and services, hence improving the OHSM system to reduce the number of work-related accidents and incidents in Egypt.

Results
In order to ensure the sustainability of the results the MMM should:
1) Complete pending activities to modify the legislative framework by receiving the formal approval of the legislative amendments 
2) Set up a system to disseminate the results achieved under the pilot project
3) Design a road map to endorse organizational major changes proposed. 
4) Keep on working on building synergic actions within the MMM and other institutions responsible for OHS to provide inspectors with all the tools necessary to successfully implement their tasks.

Discussion
The MMM should keep on working on the pending activities :approval of legislative amendments, and statistical system testing in the pilot project, to apply the results of the pilot project in terms of organizational modification and statistical system set up.