Jakarta, April 25 -- Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah, on Thursday, expressed optimism that the National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Program for the 2024-2029 period would support the smooth development of national strategic projects (PSNs).

During the program's launch event livestreamed from Jakarta, Fauziyah remarked that the program is aimed at spreading the application of the OSH culture in Indonesia in the hopes of reducing the number of work accident cases that has been rising in recent years.

"Secondly, this (program) is also expected to boost added value and minimize the risk losses in every national strategic project while supporting the implementation of the downstreaming policy in other sectors," she pointed out.

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