empowered to investigate breaches of the rules of hygiene and safety and to prepare reports, summons and findings against defaulting employers. - The National Social Security Fund (CNSS): it is specifically mandated to control the enforcement of regulatory provisions in the area of hygiene and security in business enterprises; investigations where necessary in companies with risk profiles ; information, education and training of workers in the area of hygiene and safety ; compensation for workplace accidents and occupational diseases ; - Workers’ Health Centre (OST) : its main objective is to promote and maintain the highest possible standard of physical and mental well-being of all workers in all professions ; - The BURKINA Mines and Geology Agency is mandated to ensure, among others, the enforcement of prescriptions relating to the regulation of hazardous, insalubrious and inconvenient establishments. 180. In accordance with legislative and regulatory provisions, some initiatives have been developed in companies to put into effect a better protection of workers. They include : - Labour safety and health committees which cooperate in the implementation of policies and programmes for the prevention of occupational risks ; - Safety department which is the manifestation of the actual will of the company to resolve safety and health problems of the workers ; - Medical services of companies and inter-companies are responsible for ensuring periodic medical check-ups, visits to workplaces and the assessment of occupational risks, information, training and sensitisation of workers on occupational risks and the means of guarding against them. 181. It should also be noted that some private structures make interventions in the area of workplace safety and health, some of them are: IGEMA AFRIQUE, ERGO SERVICE, BUNEE (National Environmental Assessment Agency, RPN (Radio Protection and Nuclear Safety), the activities of which are exclusively directed at the formal sector, leaving majority of the population together in the informal sector without any real protection. Regarding visits to companies, joint outreaches are often organised by the Labour Inspectorate, the National Social Security Fund, the National Fire-fighting Brigade and the Workers’ Health Centre. These outreaches are done on an informal basis without any real impact. 182. Burkina Faso was recognised as a “Compliant Country” by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in January 2013. This international acclaim for the country translates all the efforts made to ensure that mining operations are consistent with standards required by the international community. However, the government, conscious of the concerns and expectations of the population in the mining sector, established regional frameworks for dialogue on mining resources in 2012 in order to find sustainable solutions for the concerns of the target population. e) Measures taken to ensure the right not to be used for medical or scientific trials without one’s free consent 183. The different professional Associations in Burkina Faso collaborate to ensure compliance with the cardinal values of the health workers’ profession. They include the professional 47