In this area you will find links to other European and International networks.

After a brief description of the network in general, you will find additional information related to the activities of the network in the field of education and training related to health and safety.

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• Focal Point network of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU OSHA)
  EU-OSHA’s main safety and health information network is made up of a focal point in each EU Member State, as well as in Candidate and potential Candidate Countries and EFTA countries. Focal points are nominated by each government as the Agency's official representative in that country, and they are normally the national authority for safety and health at work.
  The members of the Agency Contact group “Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health” are in turn nominated by the focal points.
  According to the Community Strategy on OSH the EU-Agency is carrying out activities in the field of mainstreaming OSH into education since 2002. The Agency provides a special website dedicated to Mainstreaming OSH into education.
  Links:
  Mainstreaming OSH into education:
  http://osha.europa.eu/topics/osheducation
  Focal points: osha.europa.eu
  Website: osha.europa.eu
  Campaigns: osha.europa.eu
  
  
• Eurydice
  The Eurydice Network provides information on and analyses of European education systems and policies.
  It consists of 35 national units based in all 31 countries participating in the EU's Lifelong Learning programme (EU Member States, EEA countries and Turkey) and is coordinated and managed by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels, which drafts its publications and databases.
  Link:
  Website: /eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/
  
  
• CEDEFOP
  European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
  Cedefop is the European Agency to promote the development of vocational education and training (VET) in the European Union.
  TTnet is a network of national networks set up by Cedefop in 1998 as a Pan-European forum for key players and decision-makers in the training and professional development of vocational teachers and trainers all over Europe.
  Links:
  Website: www.cedefop.europa.eu
  TTnet: www.trainingvillage.gr
  
  
• European Forum of Insurances against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases
  The European Forum of Insurances against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases provides a venue for exchanging information and experiences between the national organisations which are responsible for the statutory insurance against occupational accidents and occupational diseases.
  The goal of the Forum is to promote and safeguard the principle of a specific insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases; moreover, it monitors actively the process of convergence between the systems in place in Europe against occupational accidents and occupational diseases. Today, the Forum has members from 18 countries.
  Link:
  Website: www.europeanforum.org
  
  
• ENSHPO
  The European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organisations (ENSHPO) brings together health and safety professional organisations from the current EU member states, new member states, applicant countries, and other European countries.
  On 19th September 2007, a Memorandum of Understanding between ENSHPO and ENETOSH was signed. This memorandum of Understanding aims at a future co-operation between both networks especially in the area of education and training.
  
  

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  Prof. Bianchi & Dr. Bollmann signing the memorandum (click to enlarge)

  
  The full document (PDF) you can find here: Memorandum
  Link:
  Website: www.enshpo.org
  
  
• ENWHP
  The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) is an informal network of national occupational health and safety institutes, public health, health promotion and statutory social insurance institutions. ENWHP is a platform for all stakeholders interested in the improvement of workplace health and committed to working towards the vision & mission of the ENWHP: "healthy employees in healthy organisations". Currently the network has national contact offices in 28 countries.
  Link:
  Website: www.enwhp.org
  
  
• PROMENPOL
  ProMenPol is a 36-month project being undertaken by partners from the Germany, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Estonia, Greece and Belgium. The project is a co-ordination action funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme.
  One of the tasks of the project is to improve the understanding of health determinants (specifically: to increase understanding/ knowledge across Member States in research terms, of health promotion and health protection policy for mental health, comparison of best practice, the prevention of mental disorders in environments such as educational institutions, workplaces, residential homes for the elderly, together with an identification of the impact of such measures on cognitive and emotional development).
  Link:
  Website: www.mentalhealthpromotion.net
  
  
• EuroHealthNet
  EuroHealthNet is an organisation that aims to contribute to a healthier Europe with greater equity in health between and within European countries.
  This is achieved by networking and cooperation among relevant and publicly accountable national, regional and local agencies in EU member states, in states seeking EU membership and in the European Economic Area.
  EuroHealthNet has no profit making aims and seeks funding from a range of sources and donors only to carry out its objectives. All partners and members are asked to be transparent concerning their interest.
  Link:
  Website: www.eurohealthnet.eu/
  
  
• European network on adolescent and injury risk prevention
  The AdRisk project (Community Action on Adolescents and Injury Risk) represents an integrated approach to reduce the injury risk and risk taking behaviour among adolescents aged 15-24 years. The project focuses on national policy and strategy development, situation analysis, network development and the provision of tools and good practices.
  The AdRisk project collaborates with partners in Member States for the exchange of information on good practices and actual policies within the framework of a partner network, supported by this website platform on Youth – Risk - Injury Prevention.
  Link:
  Website: www.eurosafe.eu.com
  
  
• ISSA: Prevention Commission and its 11 International Sections
  The ISSA is the world's leading international organisation bringing together national social security administrations and agencies covering the different risks, including prevention. The objective of ISSA's Special Commission on Prevention is to initiate and to conduct at the international level activities designed to promote the prevention of occupational risks.
  The section No. 4 “Education and training for prevention” is dealing with education and training issues.
  Links:
  Website of the section education and training: education.prevention.issa.int
  Website: www.prevention.issa.int
  
  
• ILO CIS Centre network
  CIS is the knowledge management arm of the ILO Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork). Its goal is to ensure that workers and everyone concerned with their protection have access to the facts they need to prevent occupational injuries and diseases.
  At the moment, there are more than 140 CIS Centres worldwide.
  Development and implementation of national capacity to carry out training in psychosocial issues at work is provided by the ILO SOLVE Programme.
  Links:
  The ILO SOLVE Programme: www.ilo.org
  Website: www.ilo.org
  CIS centres: www.ilo.org
  
  
• Network of WHO/Collaborating Centres in occupational health
  The network of Collaborating Centres makes a substantial contribution to our goal of "occupational health for all"; Network members are the "on-the-ground" actors, with capacities and networks in developed and developing countries, and they play a key role in capacity building. WHO estimates that only about 10 to 15% of workers worldwide have some kind of access to occupational health services, and extending coverage is a key challenge.
  The 2006-2010 Workplan of the WHO Collaborating Centres is organised into six activity areas which are the following:
  Activity area 1: Global situation analysis
  Activity area 2: Evidence for action to support national policies and delivery plans
  Activity area 3: Practical approaches to identify and reduce occupational risks
  Activity area 4: Education, training and technical materials
  Activity area 5: Development and expansion of occupational health services
  Activity area 6: Communication and networking
  Link:
  For more information including the directory and detailed workplans, visit the website: http://www.who.int
  
  
• INSHPO
  The International Network of Safety & Health Practitioner Organizations (INSHPO) is an international organization that represents generalist occupational safety and health practitioner organizations. By bridging geographical, political and economic boundaries, INSHPO provides an international forum for information exchange among these groups and gives them a unified voice in dealing with other organizations and international authorities. INSHPO also promotes the sharing of standards and best practices, and encourages the development of occupational safety and health at a professional level by promoting the highest ethical standards.
  Link:
  Website: www.inshpo.org
  
  
• Robert W. Campbell Award
  The US National Safety Council (NSC) with global partners organise the Robert W. Campbell Award, an international award for business excellence. The Award recognizes companies that have successfully integrated health, safety and environmental management into their overall business operations.
  The Award programme is supported by a network of more than 20 Global Partners across five continents. The Award business cases have been converted to be used as resources for engineering and business schools, and to promote partnerships with business schools and cooperation among professors/lecturers.
  Link:
  Website: www.campbellaward.org
  
  
• ENQA-VET
  European Network for Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training.
  In November 2002, the European Ministers of Vocational Education and Training meeting in Copenhagen agreed “to increase voluntary cooperation in vocational education and training, in order to promote mutual trust, transparency and recognition of competences and qualifications, and thereby establishing a basis for increasing mobility and facilitating access to lifelong learning”.
  “Promoting cooperation in quality assurance with particular focus on exchange of models and methods, as well as common criteria and principles for quality in vocational education and training” was seen as a key priority in the Copenhagen Declaration.
  The European Network on Quality Assurance in VET was established by the European Commission in October 2005 to support the implementation of the above declaration.
  The main purpose of the Network is to create a structured and sustainable platform for member countries to exchange information and experience, debate, mutual learning and consensus building. The ENQA-VET work programme is built on the principles of increasing cooperation between Member States, sharing of experience and the development of common instruments to support quality assurance.
  Link:
  Website: http://www.enqavet.eu
  
  
• E-CONS
  COMENIUS 3 - Consumer Education
  The Comenius 3 E-CONS network, based on its long-established experience, aims with the ENFORMA EC, to organize a European Trainers Training Meeting in order to consolidate the progress achieved and to place them at the disposal of a crucial issue “Energy saving”, using methodologies that revolve around the school ambit, since everything shows that it is essential to educate for rational energy consumption, preventing wanton waste. The project satisfies the needs of information, training and education in a fundamental subject: saving energy.
  Through the teachers attending/participating in the Meeting and those who will use the multimedia didactic material, the project aims to reach pupils, families and society as a whole. It comes to cover a need asked for by the members of the E-CONS Network in terms of useful, educational, and didactic resources that work in the classroom making pupils aware of the real need to save energy, taking advantages of good practices already carried out and new multimedia ideas.
  The direct target group of the project, in the short term are the 150 teachers who will attend the Meeting and the 10,000 who will receive the DVD; in the mid-term the pupils and families, as well as those who visit our website. In the long term, citizens in general. The E-CONS network bases its activity on cooperative learning, boosting active participation of its members, the analysis and evaluation of actions, the use of new technology and strategies to “learn how to learn”.
  Link:
  Website: http://www.e-cons.net
  
  
• OSH-EASTNET
  Occupational Health & Safety NETworking in EASTern Europe
  AIDII, the Italian Association of Industrial Hygiene is developing the project Occupational Health & Safety NETworking in EASTern Europe - OSH-EASTNET financed by European Commission under IPA 2008 Programme – Civil Society Facility: Support to Partnership Actions "Environment, Energy Efficiency, and Health and Safety at Work". Reference: EuropeAid/128287/C/ACT/MULTI.
  The overall objective of the OSH-EASTNET action is to share knowledge and good practice between the Italian Association of Industrial Hygienists (AIDII) and National Association of Public Health of Albania, Macedonian Confederation of Employers of Republic of Macedonia - Medical Companies Association, Association for Safety and Health at Work – Serbia, Association of Public Health Research of Turkey with the view of improving OHS practices in the area and to enhance its harmonization with EU standards.
  Link:
  Website: www.oshnet.eu
  
  

  Thank you Sabine Sommer for providing us with the description of some of the networks.