About ICOH
ICOH - International Commission On Occupational Health
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) is an international non-governmental professional society whose aims are to foster the scientific progress, knowledge and development of occupational health and safety in all its aspects. It was founded in 1906 in Milan as the Permanent Commission on Occupational Health. Today, ICOH is the world's leading international scientific society in the field of occupational health with a membership of more than 2,000 professionals from over 110 countries.
The ICOH is recognised by the United Nations as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and has close working relationships with ILO and WHO. Its official languages are English and French. The most visible activities of ICOH are the triennial World Congresses on Occupational Health, which are usually attended by some 3,000 participants. The 2000 Congress was held in Singapore, the 2003 Congress in Iguassu Falls (Brazil), the 2006 Centennial Congress was held in Milan (Italy), the 2009 Congress was held in Cape Town (South Africa), the 2012 Congress in Cancun (Mexico), the 2015 Congress was held in Seoul (Rep. of Korea), the 2018 Congress venue was Dublin (Ireland). The ICOH 2022 Congress was held in a digital format on 6-10 February 2022. The ICOH 2024 Congress will take place in Marrakesh (Morocco). ICOH has 37 Scientific Committees. Most of these committees have regular symposia, scientific monographs and review the abstracts submitted to the International Congresses.
To be able to serve the ICOH members in the most accurate way, several Committees have been established: a Finance Committee, an Ethics and Transparency Committee, a Scientific Advisory Committee. Furthermore, there are several Task Groups on: Information and Communication, Membership, Constitution Bye-laws and Guidelines. Working groups have been established on: Future of Decent Work, Implementation of the Global Strategy of Occupational Health for All with a special reference to global ban of asbestos and elimination of Asbestos-related Diseases, Demographic Changes and Occupational Health, Occupational Cancer, Implementation of ICOH Guidelines on Congress Organization, Inequalities in Occupational Health.
ICOH operates in consideration of the overriding importance of permanent training and education of experts in order to face the rapidly changing world of work, the need to develop occupational health services throughout the world (including the development and dissemination of basic occupational health services - BOHS), the importance of creating BOHS guidelines, tools, training, and pilot projects and the intention of making a global survey on the OHS situation in ICOH member countries. Cooperation with WHO, ILO and other NGO partners is among the priorities of the current ICOH Strategy.
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