The 2nd National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Programme, developed in consultation with the social partners, was endorsed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in June 2011. It was launched with the vision that all workplaces, workers and employers would have created and promoted a preventative occupational safety and health culture in Lao PDR.

The missions of the Programme are:
• Developing the mechanism of policy and legislative framework to support employers’ and workers’ efforts to make advance progress on occupational safety and health at workplace;
• Promoting and providing OSH protection and training to all workers;
• Assisting all workers to create the mechanism system on OSH administration and management effectively

Within this framework, the following nine areas have been identified as priority areas:
• Establish Occupational Safety and Health Organizations at Provincial Level;
• Enact Essential Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Legislation.
• Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health Staff
• Strengthen Occupational Safety and Health Inspection.
• Improve Work Accident and Occupational Diseases Reporting Systems;
• Occupational Safety and Health Research and Development;
• Control and Prevention Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases;
• Occupational Safety and Health Promotion and Dissemination;
• Study and Research for Establish Occupational Safety and Health Institute.