Meeting of the organizing committee for the preparation of the IX Russian Labour Safety Week

The IX Russian Labour Safety Week will be held from 10 to 13 September 2024 in the Sirius Park of Science and Art on the Sirius Federal Territory. This decision was made at the meeting of the organizing committee for the preparation and holding in 2024 of the IX Russian Labour Safety Week (VNOT-2024), which was held by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova. The event was held in the Home of Youth at the RUSSIA EXPO.

The organizing committee was also attended by representatives of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, the Russian Government, federal and regional ministries and agencies, the Roscongress Foundation, as well as the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).

"Preserving the health of employees at work is a key factor in achieving the main national goal of increasing life expectancy set by the President. In recent years, we have formed a stable legislative framework that allows us to organize systematic work on risk management, both at the state level and directly at work. The volume of allocations for preventive measures in the field of labour protection is steadily increasing. In 2023, about 20.9 billion rubles were allocated for these purposes in the federal budget, and 28.7 billion rubles, 33.7 billion rubles and 39.9 billion rubles are planned for 2024-2026, respectively," said Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the VNOT.

The main strategic theme of the VNOT 2024 business program will be the formation of a safe work culture.

"In his Address, the President named the personnel issue as one of the two key risks that can play a decisive role in increasing the rate of economic growth and development in general. The answer to this challenge is in building a comprehensive human resources policy. The Russian Labour Safety Week will be one of the key platforms for sharing experience and developing solutions in human resources policy. Personnel saving in the broadest sense of the word should become a unifying direction of the movement of social partners - the state, business, trade unions," stressed the Head of the Ministry of Labour Anton Kotyakov.

Traditionally, the Youth Day with the participation of HR specialists from the largest enterprises will be held within the framework of VNOT-2024, and the results of the professional skills competition in the field of social services will be summarized. The satellite events of VNOT-2024 will be held in April in Rostov-on-Don and in July in Vladivostok.

In addition, an extensive international program is planned for VNOT-2024. On the occasion of Russia's BRICS chairmanship, a meeting of BRICS labour and employment ministers will be held in Sochi. A meeting of the Advisory Council on Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Population of the Commonwealth of Independent States will also be held on the VNOT margins.

"On the opening day of the Russian Labour Safety Week we will hold a special tour for the BRICS Ministers of Labour and demonstrate the display exposition of the VNOT-2024. In this way, the participants of VNOT-2024 will have an opportunity to show their achievements at the international level. In addition, taking into account the close intersection of the labour markets of our countries, we plan to discuss the development of common approaches in the field of labour protection in the course of joint work with colleagues from the Commonwealth of Independent States," said Anton Kotyakov.

It should be reminded that the Russian Labour Safety Week is organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and operated by the Roscongress Foundation. Last year VNOT was held from 26 to 29 September in the Sirius Science and Art Park on the Sirius Federal Territory. The official website of VNOT: http://rusafetyweek.com

The key theme of the plenary session in 2023 was the digitalization of occupational safety and health. Traditionally, conferences, roundtables, all-Russian industry seminars and international meetings were held at the VNOT. In 2023, VNOT brought together more than 8,000 participants from all regions of the Russian Federation, representatives of 30 countries and more than 200 companies, as well as 11 federal government agencies.