The 21st ASEAN-OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH NETWORK (ASEAN-OSHNET) COORDINATING BOARD MEETING (CBM-21) was chaired and conveyed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Lao PDR virtually on 15 October 2020. The meeting was attend by representatives of the ASEAN-OSHNET of all ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the ASEAN Secretariat together with representatives from external parties such as ILO, IALI, KOSHA, KDI and SESRIC attended the open session.

The Country Coordinators updated the meeting on the status of implementation of ASEAN-OSHNET Initiatives under the ASEAN-OSHNET Plan of Actions 2016-2020 as well as development of the ASEAN-OSHNET Work Plan 2021-2025. In the last session Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population of Myanmar as the former ASEAN-OSHNET Secretariat, handed over the ASEAN-OSHNET Secretariat role to the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour, Thailand, for the period of 2020-2023.