IRATA’s Mediterranean Regional Advisory Committee (MEDRAC) Chair and Vice-Chair, Sébastien Gilleron and Yvan Clavelier, met with the Direction Générale du Travail in Paris on 10^th January 2023 to discuss rope access in France and to promote IRATA’s safe working practices.

Statistics from IRATA’s Work and Safety Analysis (WASA) were presented to the Labour Authority to inform with regard to the ‘Prevention of Falls from Height’ in the French government’s national safety at work plan (Plan Santé au Travail).

Sébastien Gilleron, pictured below with Yvan Clavelier at the Tour Mirabeau, commented “The team is proud to have taken part in this meeting and appreciative to the French authorities for their attentiveness and for the quality of the discussions.”