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Useful
OSHE Links
Global Organisations
European Intergovernmental Organisations and Networks
The Network consists of two parts. First, a network of the experts working
in the field of occupational health and safety, both in the Baltic countries
and in the Nordic countries. This cooperation and networking is supported by
well-functioning Internet (WWW/World Wide Web) and e-mail connections between
the countries, institutions, and experts. The other part is the network
information base which can be constructed through Internet (WWW). The focal
point of this Telematic Information Network will be the Finnish Institute of
Occupational Health.
The Network contains both contact information, but also factual databases
when available. It contains information on ongoing projects and events of
occupational health and safety in the Baltic region, training opportunities
both within the region and elsewhere, informative material, and possibly
information bulletin boards for discussion among experts.
CEE OSHNet is an unofficial home page of the American
Industrial Hygiene Association's International Affairs Subcommittee for
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
The purpose of CEE OSHNet is to promote and facilitate international
collaborative programs in "industrial and occupational hygiene" and
allied fields in Central and Eastern Europe on behalf of the American
Industrial Hygiene Association and its sister European occupational hygiene
associations.
The European Agency information project "The
State of Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union - Pilot Study"
is a first step to the development of a system for monitoring the safety and
health in the European Union. It aims at providing decision-makers at Member
State and European level with an overview of the current safety and health
situation in the European Union and in this way supporting the identification
of common challenges and priority areas for preventive actions.
The project report identifies for physical exposures, postures and movement
exposures, handling chemicals, psycho-social working conditions and
occupational safety and health outcome for example sectors/occupations most
identified to be at risk. Further, the Focal Points and their national
networks provided information on trends and needs for development of
additional preventive actions related to these indicators. Implications of the
"changes in working life" on occupational safety and health are also
touched in this report.
The European Centre for Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment was
established in 1999 within the Institute of Central and East European Studies
(ICEES) at the University of Glasgow. The Institute of Central and East
European Studies has been established to promote further research co-operation
on and with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. ECOHSE has been
created as organisational host of the ongoing European Network. Its primary
aim is to serve as a focus for the exchange of academic, policy and
practitioner experience. It also aims to stimulate advanced comparative
academic research in the fields of workplace health, safety and the
environment between countries of the EU and the Newly Independent States and
CEEC.
The EEA and its wider network, EIONET, were set up in Copenhagen in 1994 in
order to deliver high quality environmental information to the Member States
of the European Union, as well as to the general public. The main aims of the
Agency are to describe the present and foreseeable state of the environment as
well as to provide relevant information for the implementation of Community's
environment policy.
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working
Conditions is an autonomous body established by the European Community by a
Council of Ministers' decision in 1975. Located in Dublin, Ireland, its aim is
"to contribute to the planning and establishment of better working and
living conditions through action designed to increase and disseminate
knowledge likely to assist this development". Its principle task is to
advise the Community institutions on foreseeable objectives and guidelines by
forwarding in particular scientific information and technical data.
Established in Lisbon in 1994, the European Monitoring Centre
for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a Community agency aimed at gathering
and disseminating information on:
- the demand for drugs and measures to reduce that demand;
- national and European Community strategies and policies;
- international cooperation and the geopolitics of the supply of drugs;
- control of the trade in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and
precursor chemicals;
- implication of the drug phenomenon for producer, consumer and transit
countries.
The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion co-ordinates the
exchange of information and the dissemination of examples of good practice in
Europe. Its member organisations have committed themselves to initiate
informal information networks on national level.
The European Commission has established the European Work Organisation
Network (EWON) in order to foster competitiveness, employment and quality of
working life. EWON aims at developing new forms of work organisation in the
European Union. The web site provides access e.g. to a newsletter, event
calendar, and surveys and case studies.
HSPro-EU is the acronym of the European project Health and Safety Promotion
in the European Union. It will set up a remotely accessible telematics system
providing a 'one stop shop' for occupational health and safety information.
The project is taking place in four EU countries - Ireland, Greece, Spain and
the Netherlands. The project is taking place over a period of 30 months,
commencing 1st January 1996, with successive and more extensive versions of
the system being progressively made available in each of the four countries.
The overall aim is to develop a health and safety information system based on
representative user needs which is capable of being accessed by all
enterprises, though there is a special emphasis on SMEs and micro-enterprises.
ISIS is the JRC impartial centre of expertise in the multi-disciplinary
analysis of industrial, socio-technical and environmental systems, the
innovative application of information and communication technology, and the
science and technology of safety management.
The Office for Central and Eastern Europe Initiatives (OCEEI) was
established in 1993 as a unit within the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC) to develop and manage IDRC activities in Central and Eastern
Europe (C&EE). OCEEI employs technical expertise, project management,
network-building and support services to find innovative solutions to the
problems of the region with partners in Eastern and Central Europe and from
other regions of the world.
European Trade Union Organisations
ETUC is recognised by the European Union, by the Council of Europe and by
EFTA as the only representative cross-sectoral trade union organisation at a
European level. As of October 1998, the ETUC had in membership, 65 National
Trade Union Confederations from 28 countries and 14 European Industry
Federations with a total of 59 million members. In addition there are 6
National Trade Union Confederations and one European Industry Federation with
observer status. Other trade Union structures operate under the auspices of
the ETUC. These are the Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff
(Eurocadres) and the European Federation of Retired and Elderly persons (FERPA).
In addition , the ETUC coordinates the activities of the 38 Inter-regional
Trade Union Councils (ITUCs) which organise trade union cooperation at a
cross-border level.
The site covers: implementation of the health and safety directives
in the European Union, technical standards, trade union
initiatives on health and safety in Europe.
Founded 37 years ago on 6 September 1958, COPA is the extension of the
agricultural unions that are representative at national level from all over
the European Union. Today it has 30 member organisations from all 15 countries
of the European Union.
HOTREC represents hotels, restaurants and cafés in the European Union. It
is the recognised spokesman for the interests of 34 national trade and
employer associations the hotel, restaurant and café industry of 19 European
countries (the European Union, the European Economic Area and Associated
Countries).
European Federation of Cleaning Industries comprises 12 national
professional organisations from trade unions and employers in the cleaning
sector
National Links
The Czech Republic
This WWW server is divided into two parts. The first is fairly thorough
information about work safety and relevant Czech laws. The second part is an
Interactive Information System of Most, town in Western Bohemia.
Country: Czech Republic
The Czech Environmental Institute (CEI) is one of the grant service
organisations of the Czech Ministry of the Environment. The tack of the CEI is
to provide information and expert support in the field of environmental
protection for local government.
Estonia
Issues published on internet: 2/1997 October 1997 1/1997 June 1997 Estonian
Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety Published 3 - 4 times a
year
Department of Working Environment is responsible for the co-ordination and
management of the activities in the field of occupational health and safety
Working Environment Council, which work a tripartite and advisory body and
deals with the following tasks:
- matters of principle, such as the policy of occupational health and
safety, harmonisation and promotion of safety at work, and the improvement
of co-operation between social partners in tripartite principles;
- important projects on the preparation of new legislation, development
activities, and on planning, follow-up and evaluation;
- general guidelines and goals and objectives and allocation of resources
in order to promote occupational health and safety.
Hungary
Latvia
The Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health (IOEH) is a
structural part of the Medical Academy (AML) of Latvia (AML), established in
the February 1996 by the restructuring of former Institute of Labour Medicine
of AML. You can find more information on the history of the IOEH on Historical
review
Today IOEH is leading institution providing a wide range
of services within the Occupational Health and Safety system of Latvia.
Lithuania
Occupational Medicine Centre (OMC) is part of Institute of Hygiene,
which is under the Lithuanian Ministry of Health. The main fields of
activities of the Institute are environmental health, occupational health,
infectious diseases epidemiology, children's health and other important issues
of public health.
Macedonia
Poland
The mission of the Institute consists in:
- conducting scientific research aimed at new technical and organisational
solutions useful in creating working conditions in conformity with
occupational safety and ergonomics requirements,
- determining scientific foundations for an appropriate addressing of the
socio-economic policy of the Polish state in that field.
The Nofer Institut e of Occupational Medicine is a complex research and
development centre with activities covering various areas of occupational and
environmental health
This institute is a national institution which
- deals with all health problems of the Polish rural population (14% of
the citizens of the country);
- is investigating the conditioning of human health having adopted a
holistic and interdisciplinary approach;
- is conducting scientific research, projects for practical implementtion
and services;
- carries out educational, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitation and
judicial activities;
- ecourages actions aimed at the improvement of primary health care in the
country.
Slovakia
Ukraine
Links to programs of UN agencies in the Ukraine, i.e., health programmes
and pesticide programmes
Other Useful Websites
Laws & Regulations:
Occupational Safety
This website is provided by the Risk Management Internet Services Resource
Library, and has access to the full text of a country's laws and regulations
related to occupational safety. Most of the Central and Eastern European
Countries are included.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta,
Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. This
website includes country profiles on various topics, i.e., tobacco
and health
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