On 21.10.2009 in the hotel “Aleksandar Palas” in Skopje, the final conference within the project “Implementation and enforcement of EU occupational safety and health standards in the garment industry” was held.

Welcoming speech was delivered by Mr. Uno Abrahamsen, representative of the Norwegian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Mr.Dragan Tillev, State Advisor in SEA and Mr. Milan Petkovski, President of Macedonian Occupational Safety and Health Association.

On the conference, aside from the presentation of the project activities (financed by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Secretariat for European Affairs of the Government of Republic of Macedonia), representatives of the stakeholders and the factories as the final beneficiaries of the project activities, addressed the audience.

At the same time, the flag through which the employees of the textile factories involved in the project expressed their gratitude to the Norwegian people for helping them to improve their work conditions was presented.

MOSHA