PIACT is an acronym for programme developed by the

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...

for improvement of

occupational health and safety Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work (i.e., while performing duties required by one's occupation). OSH is re ...

. The

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is derived from its French name ''Programme international pour l'amélioration des conditions et du milieu de travail'' (PIACT), but it is also widely known under its English name Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment. The programme was launched by the International Labour Organisation in 1976 at the request of the International Labour Conference. PIACT is designed to promote or support actions aiming at "making work more human". The programme is concerned with improving the

quality of working life Quality of working life (QWL) describes a person's broader employment-related experience. Various authors and researchers have proposed models of quality of life, quality of working lifealso referred to as quality of worklifewhich include a wide ra ...

in a broad interpretation. This includes prevention of occupational accidents and diseases, wide application of principles of

ergonomics Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of Psychology, psychological and Physiology, physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Primary goa ...

, enhancement of organization of work and "a greater concern for human element in the

transfer of technology Technology transfer (TT), also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform invent ...

".Quoted from Thurman (1988), the preface PIACT has resulted in various publications, most notably the Work improvement in small enterprises (WISE) manuals.

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* * (Trainers' manual) Occupational safety and health {{industry-stub